Sage BusinessWorks—The Right First Choice
Welcome to Sage BusinessWorks accounting software! It’s an
accounting package designed for people who would rather run their businesses than spend
time trying to learn their accounting system. Sage BusinessWorks software is a comprehensive
double-entry accounting system with exceptional power and flexibility. It has been
consistently rated number one because it’s easy to learn and to use.
Currently available in Version 10.0 for DOS and Version
11.0 for Windows�, Sage BusinessWorks is
a modular system with seven modules plus a System Manager: General
Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts
Receivable, Inventory Control and Purchasing, Order Entry, Payroll and Job Cost. Since most modules work
"stand-alone," you can buy just the modules you need to get started, and add
others as your company grows. All modules are integrated to work together. Sage BusinessWorks
has a built-in networking capability to let you start with just one user and add users as
needed. Multiple users can share data simultaneously.
Sage BusinessWorks offers award-winning features
designed to simplify virtually every area of business accounting — features like
these that can increase your efficiency and productivity:
- An almost unlimited number of customers, vendors, parts and
employees (limited only by available disk storage space) means that Sage BusinessWorks was
designed to accommodate the growth of your company
- Flexible, full-featured reporting lets you quickly see just
the information you want while filtering out other data
- Instant inquiry with drill down helps you locate and review
transactions related to selected account numbers, customers, vendors, parts, jobs or
employees and then drill down to the source of those transactions for more detailed
information (Version 11.0 for Windows)
- A search capability allows you to easily locate customers,
vendors, employees, etc. by quickly and easily matching user-defined information,
eliminating the need to remember a long list of I.D. numbers
- A printable and searchable Notepad lets you track the
activity of specific customers, vendors, parts, etc. by attaching notes to them; it
provides you with sales and lead tracking, Accounts Receivable collection tracking and
lets you log purchasing, employee and General Ledger account information
- You can set up your Chart of Accounts from scratch or copy
one of the many sample Charts of Accounts that Sage BusinessWorks provides for different
business types
- A flexible Chart of Accounts allows you to set up your
account structure the way you want; you can create subtotal accounts and consolidation
accounts in addition to posting accounts, to customize your financial statements
- Multiple company and department accommodation lets you
create up to 99 companies and 99 departments, depending on your available disk storage
space; you can then create financial statements for each company and each department
- Sage BusinessWorks maintains complete audit trails to provide you
with a detail Journal Report including all journal entries for all 9 Sage BusinessWorks
journals
- Comprehensive, award-winning on-line help lets you look up
almost any topic related to Sage BusinessWorks and references user manuals for further detail
- Automatic protection allows recovery from computer
interruptions so you won’t lose important data
- Integration with over 30 of the most popular business
productivity applications like Word, Excel, Access, Quattro� Pro, Paradox (Version 11.0
for Windows) lets you turn Sage BusinessWorks data into information to analyze your
company’s financial health
- A user interface conforms to current Windows standards to
make Sage BusinessWorks for Windows even easier to use (Version 11.0 for Windows)
If you’re looking for an accounting system that just
about anyone can use, provides extensive reports instantly,and can grow with your
business, then Sage BusinessWorks software is for you. It’s the Right First Choice™
in computerized accounting!
Sage BusinessWorks Modules and Network
Extensions
System Requirements
Sage BusinessWorks 10.0 for DOS
- Novell� 3.11 or higher
- LANtastic� 4.0 or higher
Sage BusinessWorks 11.0
for Windows System Requirements
- All requirements are the same as for DOS with the following
exceptions:
- IBM 386/12 PC or compatible with 640K of memory (486SX25
recommended)
- 4 MB memory (8 MB recommended)
- Hard disk with 25 MB free disk space
- Microsoft� Windows versions 3.1, 3.11 or Windows
95
- Color VGA monitor or better
- Mouse or pointing device is highly recommended
Networks Supported for Windows
- Novell 3.11 or higher
- LANtastic 5.0 or higher (Windows 3.1 only)
- LANtastic for Windows 95
- Windows 95
- Window for Workgroups� 3.11 or higher
- Windows NT� (Version 11.0 only)
System Wide Features
- Specifications
- Number of companies Unlimited
- Number of users Unlimited
- Number of passwords per user 100
- Number of workstation configurations 99
- Number of printers per workstation* 4
- Number of months of transaction history kept 24*
- Maximum simultaneous users on a network 48
- * Except Payroll
Features
- Accounting modules work together or by themselves (except
Order Entry and Job Cost; however Job Cost DOS can work stand alone)
- Supports single users and multiple users (up to 48) on
networks
- Allows full locking and simultaneous data access when
running on a network
- Extensive on-line help available at the touch of a key
- Controls access to company data with multilevel password
protection
- Keeps notes on accounts, customers, employees, etc. with a
pop-up Notepad
- Transaction rollback recovers data after computer
interruptions
- Checkpointing warns you if data files have been corrupted or
incorrectly restored
- Programs and data can be installed in user-defined
directories
- Supports monochrome and color displays (DOS only)
- Screen colors can be user-defined
- Lookup windows list information (accounts, customers, etc.)
for input
- Instant inquiry provides status history and transactional
detail
- Browsing capability for files and directories when accessing
disk files
- Search feature allows quick location of data
- Movable windows have an automatic memory feature that
retains location of calculators, calenders and show windows for each user (DOS only)
- Allows up to four printers to be assigned to one work
station (DOS only)
- Allows user-defined control strings with printer setup
(DOS only)
- Prints reports (to a printer or a file) directly from screen
reports
- Prints from screen directly to a word processor (Windows
only)
- Prints forms through drivers to take advantage of Windows
print manager and Postscript printers
- Date ranges can be specified for most period reports
- Reports in all modules can be directed to the screen,
printers or disk file
- You can define and save report setups throughout the system
to use as defaults for the future
- Specifies file and path names for reports when directed to a
file
- Extensive on-screen reporting includes complete access to
entire report, frozen headings, user-defined bookmarks, word search capabilities and
direct access to specific page numbers
- Allows filters to be used for reports and data exporting to
further specify the selection criteria
- Optionally prints company phone and fax numbers on forms
- Prints optional date and time on reports
- Forms (checks, statements, etc.) can be printed on a laser
printer
- Multiple module close option permits speedy end-of-month
closes with one key stroke
- Allows communication over the network with a built-in mail
message system to other Sage BusinessWorks users
- Allows priority messages (with user alert) when running on a
network
- Can select which modules will appear on the main menu on
each workstation
- Maintains audit log of recent changes to data files
- Provides a rebuild log of changed/deleted information after
rebuild process has been performed
- Permits use of international money and date formats
- Includes on-line ZIP code list (over 42,000 ZIP codes) with
a built-in editor
- Inserts city and state abbreviations automatically upon ZIP
code entry
- Easily accesses other programs from the Sage BusinessWorks menu (DOS
only)
- Pop-up calendar and calculator available at the touch of a
key
- Converts data from ASCII and to Lotus 1-2-3, dBASE, Comma
Separated Variable, ASCII, Access, Excel, Word, Word Perfect, Quattro Pro and many others
Reports
- Audit Report
- Registration Report
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Inventory Control & PurchasingJob Cost
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