Use the Practice Data and Demodata in Sage 50 Accounts, so you can try out features and practice tasks without affecting your live company data.
To help you work more efficiently, you can configure your desktop. This includes hiding what you don't need, making the options you do use easier to find.
Configure your toolbars and columns >
Make things easier to find when you're working with large lists of records or transactions. You can add alternate row colours to the lists in each module.
Show alternate row colours on record lists >
If you want to select more than one record at a time. For example, you want to highlight five different suppliers at once. When selecting more than one record, there are two methods you can use:
Find out more on Selecting multiple records >
To speed up your processing, you can hide deleted transactions from your lists, activity windows and reports. You can do this in a couple of steps.
You can reduce the time you spend running reports each month or at year end, by running multiple reports at once using Batch Reporting.
A time saving tool that lets you change multiple records at the same time, rather than amending each one.
How do I edit multiple records at once? >
Use the Inactive flag to hide old and unused customer, supplier, product, nominal or bank records from your record lists without deleting them.
Save time by setting the reports and layouts you use regularly as favourites in Sage 50 Accounts.
This means you don't have to search through the many reports available, or remember where each one is.
Add reports and layouts to Favourites >
Using the function keys on your keyboard you can:
Although by default, there are routines attached to these two function keys, you can configure them to activate the software of your choice.
| F11 | Enter the path and program file that you want to activate with the F11 function key. |
| F12 | Enter the path and program file that you want to activate with the F12 function key. |
| Configure F12 as Hide Key | To configure F12 to minimise Sage 50 Accounts, select the Configure F12 As Hide Key check box. |