Importing Companies into a database from Microsoft Excel or another Act! database causes Linked Contacts to automatically update

Symptom: When I try to import Companies into my Act! database from Excel or another Act! database, my linked contacts automatically update.

Product Details:
Product Family: Act!
Product: Act! Pro, Act! Premium
Version: 2012 and later

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Cause:
The program is functioning as designed. The import process will initiate an automatic update of linked contacts.


Solution:

You can work around this by disabling linked fields before importing your Companies:

1. Click Tools > Define Fields…
2. Edit Contact fields linked to Company fields and disable the “Link to company field:” option
3. Click Finish, then Click Close

After you import, you can enable the “Link to company field:” option for each field