General Features

• The Launcher, a Web-enabled main window, provides quick access to Microsoft Office® applications, the Internet, Sage Software's Web site for technical support and the Sage BusinessWorks Services Center for information on loans, credit reports, and much more.
• Status bars, menus and shortcuts, available in every window, provide intuitive navigation functionality.
• A startup group automatically launches the modules and tools that you use most often. Every time you log into Sage BusinessWorks Gold, you'll instantly be in your preferred work area, saving you time and increasing efficiency.
• An info button available providing immediate information about the current Sage BusinessWorks session including: the current company ID, user ID, posting date, and system date.
• End-of-month close for multiple modules can be processed with a single keystroke.
• Handy online checklists are a great training tool and walk you through all the steps in a process.
• A convenient notepad feature provides instant information about accounts, customers, vendors, employees, parts and jobs.
• An online ZIP code list (over 42,000 ZIP codes) is included, along with a built-in editor.
• City and state abbreviations are inserted automatically upon ZIP code entry to save you time.
• Any record can be located in seconds from maintenance options in several Sage BusinessWorks Gold modules. Enter all or a portion of an ID in a Quick Find field to jump to a record immediately.
• When a full search is needed, the lookup and show features let you retrieve virtually any information based on specific criteria you define.
• Information can be exported to other Sage BusinessWorks Gold companies or into other programs for analysis, forecasting, presentations, reports and more. Exportable formats include recent versions of HTML, Word, Excel, RTF, TXT, CSV, tab-delimited, DIF, SYLK and clipboard.
• Built-in backup and restore feature lets you quickly and easily back up your important financial data to a floppy disk, Zip drive, or your hard drive.
• A powerful "How Do I" function provides access to option-specific help quickly and easily, ending tedious, time consuming searches.
• Electronic manuals in PDF format, provide answers to many of your Sage BusinessWorks Gold questions quickly, without hunting for the manual.

Multiple Users and Security Features

• Supports single users and multiple users (up to 48 concurrent users) in a network environment.
• Extensive option-specific security features protect your vital company information. Complete control is in your hands as you set up security on a user-by-user basis, granting access to one option at a time or to an entire menu or module with just one click.
• Sage BusinessWorks Gold supports full locking and simultaneous data access when running on a network.
• An audit log consisting of recent changes to data files maintains and dates important information - including added or deleted customers, vendors and parts.

Reporting and Form Capabilities

• Presentation quality reports provide the flexibility of user-defined font types, sizes, colors and styles (bold, underline, italic, all caps, and so on).
• An easy-to-use, intuitive, built-in report writer helps you create reports to meet your unique needs.
• More than 25 graphical reports display financial data in bar, line, and pie graphs, giving you key information needed to make important financial decisions.
• A series of reports can be set up in groups, allowing you to print on command, saving valuable time.
• On-screen reports can be easily attached to an e-mail for distribution.
• Filters can be used for reports and data exporting to further specify the selection criteria.
• All forms in Sage BusinessWorks Gold, such as checks, invoices, quotes, sales orders can be customized by look and feel to meet your needs. You can even insert your own company logo.

Reports

• Audit Report
• Registration Report
• Customized Reports and Forms
• Quick View and Business Graphics

Modules

• System Manager
• General Ledger
• Cash Management (included in System Manager)
• Accounts Receivable
• Accounts Payable
• Payroll
• Inventory Control and Purchasing
• Order Entry
• Job Cost
• Sage BusinessWorks GoldMine/Link
• Custom Office (Microsoft Office® integration)

Specifications (Maximum limits)

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