The Options window

Summary

The settings available in the Options window in Sage 50 Accounts.

Description

Within Options, it's easy to set your preferences to control how some windows display in your software.

To access the Options window:

  1. On the menu bar, go to Tools, then select Options.
  2. To continue, click Yes.
    The Options window appears.

 

Resolution

Ledgers

Style

Show Tutorial Options Shows software tutorial simulations, accessed from the Help menu.
Hide Wizard Options Hides all wizards in your software.
Show gridlines Shows grid lines for ledger information displayed in a table.

Configurable Columns

Allow columns to be hidden and resized Activate the Configurable Columns functionality, you can then resize, hide and display extra data columns in many areas of the software.
Use Manager account settings for column display Set your column displays to be the same as those set up by the Manager user name.
Use default settings for column display Turns off the Configurable Columns functionality you can't then hide or display additional data columns. You can still resize columns while you're in an option, but the columns then return to their default sizes when you close the window.

Toolbar

Default tasks in a collapsed group

Ledger The ledger the line applies to.
Group name The name of the group when the options are grouped.
Default task The default task that opens when selecting this group.

For certain ledgers, where there's a drop-down, you can configure the default task.

  1. On the Toolbar tab, double-click the required line.
  2. In the drop-down, click the preferred default task then click OK.

TIP: To reset to default settings, click Reset.

Environment

F11 Enter the path to the software you want to run when you press the F11 key.
F12 Enter the path to the software you want to run when you press the F12 key.
Configure F12 as Hide Key If you select this checkbox, you can press F12 at any time to minimise your software.

If you select the Configure F12 as Hide Key checkbox, this overrides any other settings you've entered for the F12 function key.
List selection style Choose the selection style you prefer when working with module lists. Find out more in our guide to Selecting multiple records.

Start up

Show the Company List on start up Shows the Company List when opening Sage 50 Accounts. You can't change this option if you have more than one company.

Colours

These settings are specific to the computer you are on. If you change the colours for one company, the same changes are made on other companies when opened on the same computer.

Colour theme

Colour theme

From the drop-down list, choose the required colour theme of the software.

Alternate row colour

Ignore custom colours Select this option to ignore any colours on all modules.
Customers Choose a colour to apply to the Customers module. This colour is applied to every other row.
Suppliers Choose a colour to apply to the Suppliers module. This colour is applied to every other row.
Nominal codes Choose a colour to apply to the Nominal codes module. This colour is applied to every other row.
Bank accounts Choose a colour to apply to the Bank accounts Accounts module. When you open Bank accounts this colour is applied to every other row.
Products and services Choose a colour you want to apply to the Products and services module. When you open Products and services this colour is applied to every other row.
Projects Choose a colour you want to apply to the Projects module. When you open Projects this colour is applied to every other row.
Invoices and credits Choose a colour you want to apply to the Invoices and credits module. When you open Invoices and credits this colour is applied to every other row.
Sales orders Choose a colour you want to apply to the Sales orders module. When you open Sales orders this colour is applied to every other row.
Purchase orders Choose a colour you want to apply to the Purchase orders module. When you open Purchase orders this colour is applied to every other row.
Fixed assets Choose a colour you want to apply to the Fixed assets module. When you open Fixed assets this colour is applied to every other row.
Transactions Choose a colour you want to apply to the Transactions module. When you open Transactions this colour is applied every other row.

View

The View options are company and Sage user specific.

Desktop

Initial View Choose an area of the software you want to display each time you open your software.

Solution Properties

Solution ID
200427112238652
Last Modified Date
Wed Apr 24 10:54:41 UTC 2024
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Modules: Administration
Modules: Serial Numbering
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