For the small business owner | Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008

Unsure, trouble installing with Vista | Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008

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	• Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008 Windows \| Microsoft Software, 2007 average customer review:based on 51 reviews view larger image
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Not for everyone, but just right for me

I've read the other reviews of this product here, and there are clearly a lot of negatives. Some people find this program too big, some find it too small.
I found it just right.
When I contemplated self-employment, I had several concerns, including whether or not I could actually keep the wolf from the door that way, but my largest was the thought that I would have to keep records of some kind. I don't have a talent for that. When my sixth client sent me a contract, I searched diligently for a book called, say, "The Smallest Amount of Accounting Knowledge You Need to Avoid Getting Thrown in Jail," but didn't find such a thing. All the books I could find seemed to imagine that I was -- well, an accountant.
Office Accounting Professional 2008 doesn't assume this. It is bossy software.
You know what I mean about bossy software. It reminds you to apply payments to invoices and nags you about putting in people's names correctly and won't let you charge people for "June."
In general, I don't like bossy software. Bossy word processing programs often just don't understand complex syntax and don't have as large a vocabulary as I do, and I really don't need my computer to warn me that I haven't been properly introduced to websites.
But the bossiness of this software means that someone like me can put her data in correctly enough to send it off to the accountant -- and there is a system for doing that, too.
I scoffed at the set-up poster, by the way, but it was nice to have some large paper showing all the steps in order. I had no trouble getting the software installed, everything was done by wizards, and overall I found the whole package reassuring.
Now, I have no employees, and I have no interest in eBay, so I sympathize with those who felt that there were more parts to this than they needed. However, I found that this package has just the amount of power I need for keeping track of hours, jobs, clients, income, and expenditure. If I have employees some day, I won't have to learn new software. I can foresee needing to use the banking features, so I'm glad they're there. The extra features don't hamper my use of what I currently need, and I've had the experience before of spending more on trading up than I would have if I'd bought something more powerful to begin with.
I would strongly recommend this package for small businesses.

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For the small business owner

If you are a small business owner looking for a software program to help you keep accounting of your business transactions - this software is something you should consider. There are some features you may find to be not as useful - but for the most part if you're looking for something as simple as tracking accounts receivable, accounts payable and inventory try MS Office Accounting Pro 2008.

Unsure, trouble installing with Vista

I have had trouble installing this with my new Windows Vista system. I'm not sure that this reflects a problem with the software, or something about my Vista setup. I will update my review if/when I am able to install successfully.

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Good product but for businesses not individuals

This seems to be an excellent product, but it is clearly designed for the business user and not individuals, thus, I am not able to really evaluate it fully.

Good use of SQL 2005 Express

This is an easy to install and run accounting package for small businesses. It has all of the tools necessary to manage inventory, accounts (rec. & pay.), as well as payroll (for an ad-on monthly fee).

SQL 2005 is installed on the backend as the database. This wouldn't be a good solution for larger shops that have database know-how, but is great for the non-techie.

Office Accounting Professional 2008 is a complete accounting solution that helps small businesses save time managing everyday financial tasks, get organized, and grow their business online. With its familiar Microsoft Office interface, this program is easy to learn, so you can be productive right away. Smooth integration with other Microsoft Office programs makes information-sharing simple and helps boost productivity. By organizing all of your business information in one place, Office Accounting Professional 2008 helps you find the right information at the right time, so you can make better-informed business decisions. New features will help you sell products online, get paid faster, work easily with your accountant, and more. Download bank transactions, and import them into your general ledger Use with Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager to quickly create quotes, sales orders, and customer invoices without having to transfer information from one application to another Easily convert information in one type of document into another without retyping Use the company home page to get a snapshot view of your company's fiscal health, critical tasks, and reminders, all on one screen Use the Cash Flow Analyzer to help you easily manage and forecast your financial situation Take advantage of more than 70 customizable reports that help you gain insight into all aspects of your business Use the Accountant Transfer Export Wizard to share your company's financial information with an accountant, and synchronize any changes automatically Create budgets and then compare your actual results to your projections

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