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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When you want to see one formula, just click in that cell and look in the formula bar. But have you ever found yourself going to cell after cell to check all of your formulas? In that situation, it would be a lot better to be able to see all the formulas on your spreadsheet. […]
The list windows in Sage 50/Peachtree can do a lot more for you than what most people realize. Of course we all know them as a way to choose a transaction we want to look at in one of the task windows. But do you realize how many ways they can help you locate a […]
In Excel, the other cells that are referred to in a formula are called precedents. Conversely, the cell containing the formula is a dependent because it needs the cell containing the data to complete its function. I’ve written before about the ability to trace precedents and dependents, But I recently learned two keyboard shortcuts that […]
One of the new features in version 2014 of Sage 50 that I have really come to appreciate is the ability to set a pop-up reminder message for any customer. The message pops up on quotes, proposals, sales orders, invoices, or credit memos. Since you can set up a different message for each customer it’s […]
Have you ever wanted to create a new column on a spreadsheet with part of the information already in another column? For example, you might have a column of zip codes with 4 digit extensions and you want to put the 5 digit zip code in column by itself and the 4 digit extension in […]
