When you first install TntMPD, you are prompted to...
| 1. | Create your first database, |
| 3. | Download addresses or gifts from your organization |
If you already have an existing database, you may find it helpful (and time saving) to import your contact information. However, don't wait on that step. Go ahead and create and database, and if your organization supports address and gift download, do that too. You can always create a new database and start over after giving TntMPD a test-drive.
Creating a new TntMPD database
| 3. | Enter your name. You probably do not need to enter your address and phone number. Click OK. |
| 4. | Once your database is created, TntMPD "welcomes" you and offers you the option of downloading addresses and gifts. |
| 5. | If your organization supports address and gift input, select either of those buttons. Note: Gift Input will automatically download addresses too. |
| 6. | Press  . |
| 7. | Select your organization from the drop-down list. |
| 8. | Enter your Login and Password to your organization's system. |
| 9. | Select a date range. Typically, the date shown will be the earliest date your organization has available. In future downloads, TntMPD will go back approximately three weeks. |
| 10. | Press  |
| 11. | Wait while TntMPD downloads gift information. This could take several minutes. You will then need to accept each partner and confirm that they do not match an existing partner. |
| 12. | Confirm that you want to add all of these contacts. |
| 13. | Wait while TntMPD downloads all of the available gifts. |
| 14. | Confirm all gifts to be loaded into your database. |
| 15. | 15.Press  to finish. |
| 16. | TntMPD will congratulate you when you are done. |
Now you can look at your contacts and try some of the features. If you have an existing database, remember that importing your contacts may be more beneficial than downloading them from your organization, because you can import a lot of information that your organization does not have (such as church name, email addresses, children information, etc.). If you want to do that, create a new database and select Continue from the welcome screen. This will bring up your TntMPD database with just your name.
Blank database, ready for importing contacts
See Also
Importing Contacts