Sage Tips

Question

I’ve made lots of spelling errors whilst posting the descriptions during my supplier invoice and bank payment routine. They still keep appearing in my lists when I start typing. Is there any way I can get rid of them?

Answer

Well fortunately there is, but not everyone’s aware of it. It’s very simple really. To delete spelling errors in your lookup list of details from a batch entry screen, right mouse click on the item to be removed and click Delete. It’s that easy!

Question

I’ve inadvertently created the wrong year end when setting up the accounting date but I’ve only just noticed it. I’ve contacted Sage and they’ve advised me that my version does not support an automatic year end change. They want me to send them a backup of my data and they’ll change the date but cannot guarantee a turn around time of less than 10 days and on top of that, charge me a ridiculous price to do it. I use Sage everyday and can’t afford to be without it for that period of time. Is there an alternative?

Answer

The obvious alternative would have been to get the date right first time but nobody’s perfect and this problem does occur very often. You’ll be pleased to know there is an alternative to sending your data to Sage. It involves emailing us your data, we’ll do the conversion for you at a much more reasonable fee and where possible we’ll email it back to you the same day.

Question

I’ve had a logo designed for my Company and I’d like to incorporate this into my Sage Customer Invoices. Is this possible?

Answer

In Sage 50 Accounts you can easily use the Report Designer to add your company logo to documentation to create a professional image.

• When in the Report Designer window, click on the "Picture" button, then left click on the area where you want to add your logo or other image.

• From the open window browse to the location of your graphic file and click on Open.

• The selected image or logo appears on the page and can now be resized to appropriately fit your page.

• The whole exercise should only take a couple of minutes but will create a more professional image to anyone who receives your documentation.