Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008 provides a comprehensive set of accounting tools that helps you save time, get organized, and grow your business online. This guide provides an overview of the key features and functionality in Office Accounting Professional 2008. It also provides a close look at the program in action, providing guidance on specific details that demonstrate the capabilities for businesses like yours.
Features & Benefits Microsoft® Office Accounting Professional is an easy to use, comprehensive accounting package that works with other Office applications you already know.
Easy to learn and use
Works just like Word, Excel and Outlook
Get started in minutes with wizards that import your data
Save time managing everyday tasks
Share and reuse data across Word, Excel and Outlook
Manage customers, suppliers, employees and stock
Pay bills, track expenses, send invoices and bank online
Get a complete view of your business
Run customisable reports so you always know how you’re doing
See all your important data in one glance with the Digital Dashboard
Get reminders of important deadlines, pending bills and overdue invoices
Computer and processor 1 gigahertz (GHz) processor or higher Memory 512 MB RAM or higher Hard disk 2 gigabyte (GB); a portion of this disk space will be freed after installation if the original download package is removed from the hard drive. Drive CD-ROM or DVD drive Display 1024x768 or higher resolution monitor Operating system Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack (SP) 2 or Windows Server 2003 with SP1 or later operating system Other Microsoft Office Word 2002 or later is required to create customized invoices, sales orders, quotes, customer credit memos, customer statements, and purchase orders.
Microsoft Office XP (any edition) or later is required to export data to Microsoft Office Word or Excel.
To share data among multiple computers, the host computer must be running Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later, or Windows XP Professional SP2 or later.2
Internet Explorer 6.0 or later, 32 bit browser only. Internet functionality requires Internet access (fees may apply). Third-party services are available for additional fees. Additional Additional Microsoft technologies are required to use certain features:
Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in, Word 2007, or Outlook 2007, is required to send documents as e-mail attachments in PDF or XPS format.
Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager SP4 or later is required to share financial data.
Excel 2003 or later required to use Excel reports in Analysis Tools
Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration and operating system.
1 Microsoft Office Accounting 2008 is available in the U.S. and U.K. only. 2 Connecting more than one user at the same time requires multiple licenses.
