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Edit Multiple Excel Workbook Tabs Simultaneously

Have you ever found yourself entering the same text or the same formula on multiple tabs of an Excel workbook? You don’t have to go to all that trouble. You can enter text, numbers, of formulas on multiple tabs at the same time. Just click on the first tab you want to use then hold […]

Send Multiple Invoices from Sage 50 on One Email

Emailing invoices out of Sage 50 (formerly Peachtree) is a huge time saver. But Sage 50 only lets you email one invoice at a time and sometimes you need to send multiple invoices to a customer. You could send each one in a separate email. Or you can send each invoice to an email but […]

Reissue Payroll Checks in Sage 50

Last July I explained how to void and replace a payroll check in Sage 50/Peachtree. One year later Sage has added a new feature in version 2015.1 that allows you to accomplish almost the entire process with one click. If you need to replace a payroll check, open the original check in Payroll Entry. Click […]

Excel Sparklines – Simple In-Cell Charts Help Show Trends

Charts and can help show trends that are hard to pick out of a large table of numbers. But often you need the detail that is on those numbers. What if you could have both at the same time? That is where Sparklines come in. They are mini charts that fit within a cell in […]

Sage 50 2015.1 Features and Fixes

When Sage released version 2015 of Sage 50 (Peachtree), they said that they intended to start providing updates year round instead of just once a year. On July 9th 2014 we saw the first installment on that promise. If you are wondering what was in that update that popped up a couple of weeks ago, […]

Fixing Slow Printing Forms in Sage 50/Peachtree

Sometimes I get calls about forms, such as invoices or checks, that take a long time to print. Usually when they click the print button, they get an hourglass and it takes a long time for the print window to open and/or become responsive. There are two possible causes for this, both involve forms that […]

Suntico – Part CRM, Part Mobile Sage 50 Access, Entirely Worth Checking Out

I’ve recently learned about a new service that I think a lot of Sage 50 users will be interested in. In short, it’s a tool to improve the flow of, and access to information within your office. It does that by combining social network style communication tools with view-only access to the to customer, vendor, […]

Tracking the Status of Orders, Invoices & Other Transactions in Sage 50 Quantum

If you have ever wished you had a better way to keep track of the status of transactions in Sage 50, and to automatically notify people when the status changes, The “Track It” feature in Sage 50 Quantum could be just what you have been looking for. Since many of you who are now on […]

Text Wrapping in Excel – Multiple Lines of Text in One Cell

If you need to enter text that is too wide for your column, and you don’t want to split it into several rows, text wrapping is your answer. When you turn on text wrapping, long pieces of text wrap around to the next line within a cell and the cell height  adjusts automatically. You may […]

Sage 50 2015 (Peachtree) New Features and Changes

April 2, 2014 is the official release date for Sage 50 2015 (formerly Peachtree). So based my briefing with Sage as well as a few days of hands-on time with the new version, here is my my roundup of what’s new and changed in Sage 50 2015. PRODUCT LINEUP CHANGES The Complete edition is being […]