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Emailing reports
Backup Guide
Importing
Keyboard Shortcuts
Computer Comfort
Bank Rec
Clean reinstall
VAT Return
What nominal?
What Vat Code?
EC Sales Lists
Accounts Primer
Year End
Fixed Assets
Credit Control
Credit Control
Updates Guide
Word merge
Excel Links
Find Data Path
Net Setup V2012
RepDes Expres
ODBC
Sage Performance
PC Performance
Anti-Virus Config
Problem Solver
Splash Screen
Errors
Lost in Reports
DIY Stationery

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Sage 50 Guides


    Operations     Accounting
   
Emailing reports

Emailing reports does require a little setting up and understanding the options can help you be smarter and quicker and using this valuable method of communication. 

   
Setting up the Bank Reconciliation

A quick guide to setting up the Bank Reconciliation for the first time

   
Backing Up

Failed backups cause so much grief, so many systems don't work, PLEASE READ THIS because a backup will be your best friend one day and with it you will be VERY upset. 

   
Guide to doing a Year end

How to do a year end, step by step including creating archives and clearing old data

   
Importing into Line 50

Sage Line 50 provides a simple import facility and there are third party additions to do advanced importing

   
Guide to the VAT Return Process:

Fuels Scales Charges, The Return & VAT Journal

 

 

Guide to using the keyboard instead of the mouse

The mouse is an excellent tool, however, if you have a hundred invoices to post and an hour an a half to do it in using the keyboard is a lot faster.

 

 

What nominal code do I use?

A quick guide to the nominal ledger codes in Sage 50

 

 

Guide to creating a mail merge from Sage in Word

Would you like to be able to used the database in sage to mail your customers, you can! You can also incorporate and select using information from the customer accounts such as turnover.

 

 

Management Accounts Primer

This primer aims to take you through some of the common procedures required to turn bookkeeping records into valuable management accounts.

 

 

Linking Excel to Sage 
Who has had what pivot table  

This example (includes the sheets) shows how pivot tables in excel can slice and dice information.  You can see who bought how much, product lines that some customers do not buy, Which lines sell best, seasonal trends and lots more.  This working example should get you on the road to getting the information you.

 

 

EC Sales Lists changes 2010 and Sage

There are several changes to the EC Sales lists submissions that this guide covers.

 

 

Linking Excel to Sage 
Simple nominal link

This is the most simple form of link and a great place to start if you want to understand the process of linking.

 

 

Using the Fixed Asset Register

The Fixed Assets register is a great tool, if you don't add depreciation to your accounts then this is probably the most important step to getting more realistic accounting information.  If you do it by hand then this will save you time and stop silly error like depreciating assets beyond zero value.

 

 

Comfort and Health and Safety
Adjusting your computer to avoid issues
 

 

Using search for Credit Control Letters

A quick guide to successfully producing up to three (gentle, firm, final) credit control letters.

 

 

Report Designer Expressions, some are missing, some are vague, this hopes to clarify things.
 

 

Credit Management and Credit Control

Quick and simple guide to credit control in Sage 50 

         
EC Sales list changes 2010

A quick overview of the changes made to the EC sales list

         
What VAT code should I use?

A non authoritative description of how the tax code sin sage should be used in the UK

           

    Technical Guides     Tips for Older Installations
   
Guide to finding the company file

The easy way to find your datapath is to go to help and about, but if you want to change the path to the data the easy way is to edit the company file, but how do you find it?

   
 Getting dot matrix printer to print faster

(You shouldn't be using dot matrix printers nowadays, they are slow, noisy horrid things)

Dot matrix printers can be very slow, here is a quick guide on how you can get the most from what you have.

   
Guide to setting up Network Setup working in 50 V2012

If you upgrade to V2012 or do not use the setup wizard to share your data this feature disappears, this guide will help you get it back.

   
 Lost in Reports?

(The tree structure of reports makes this less useful now however this still applies to layouts and within report sections)

Finding the report you need can be hard as there are so many reports, here is our simple guide to organising reports.

   
Guide to installing ODBC Drivers

ODBC has to be set up initially, once done you can forget it, this guide shows you how to do it in simple easy steps.

   
Make your own pre-printed stationery 

(Not so useful now sage will do graphics on reports)

Using the supplied excel template you can print a grid onto your existing letterhead to have pre-printed stationery for invoices, delivery notes, order confirmations ...

   
Clean reinstall

Sage Line 50 leaves stuff behind when you uninstall normally and as a result this can lead to a reinstall not working, this guide covers how to remove all traces of sage so that a fresh clean install can be done (fixes most installation problems)

 

   
Changing how long the splash screen displays

Are you frustrated at the four second delay while you look at the pretty picture waiting to log on, now you can cut the delay.

   
Common Errors

Common problems and quick fixes

     
   
Sage Performance

How to get sage to go faster

     
   
Anti Virus Configuration

Sage is slow and your Anti Virus software will slow it down even more, unless you use this guide to exclude certain files form the scan.

     
   
PC Performance

Sage is slow our Sage performance article will help you to get it to run faster, but there are simple things you can do to make your PC go faster.

     
   
Updates Guide

Keeping your system up to date is the best way to prevent problems in the first place.

     
   
Where is the problem?

A guide to problem solving and isolation with Sage 50

     
           


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