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| Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 | 
 enlarge | From: Microsoft Software
Category: Software
List Price: $79.00
Buy New: $19.98
You Save: $59.02 (75%)
New (9) Used (4) from $15.59
Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 673
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 2
MPN: X11-98506
Model: ZQ2-00003
UPC: 882224036696
EAN: 0882224036696
ASIN: B000A76ZR0
Release Date: August 16, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED FULL VERSION COMPLETE IN TRIFOLD EASY GET STARTED NOW CASE
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great small business accounting software - needs more reports November 2, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Overall I really like this software and would recommend it. It was easy to install and begin using. You must get Service Pack 2 in order to run manual payroll (if you don't want to connect up with ADP). The backup function is easy to use and very helpful as it prompts you periodically. There appears to be a lot of functionality that I have not yet tapped into. The reports in the software are adequate, but there needs to be many more around payroll and employees. I've not found a report for printing earnings statements or paystubs.
good value October 24, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought this for my start up business and did not want to spend the money on quickbooks. I haven't had any major problems with this program other than I was not able to create the ship to address to be different than my own address. (I am a distributor use blind tags on all of my transactions). Yahoo! solutions was helpful. You have to create a word document, then you can edit the ship to address in the word document. This has worked out just fine. I like the front page, it tells me all of my information( sales, outstanding balances, invoices due, open orders etc) right there without having to create several reports.
 Never loaded it due to the negative comments here. September 26, 2006
2 out of 22 found this review helpful
I just hate the way MS offers a viable alternative that does not cut the mustard out of the starting gate. No wonder Gates has billions. He keeps the money for himself rather then plowing back into key launches of product with a perfect track record out the gate.
From the sounds of the comments here it is not worth my time to load this junk and deal with all the hastles possible.
So I will wait till this product gets the needed attention it deserves from MS.
Warning - This product comes with daily ads August 15, 2006
20 out of 25 found this review helpful
The "feature" that makes me sorry I bought Microsoft SBA is the "Spotlight" -- a bulleted list of text ads that appear on every major screen, and that download new content on every one of those screens, every time you open the program. These text versions of pop-ups slow the application even more than its already-glacial pace (it's a bigger memory hog than Photoshop or Dreamweaver). You have the option to remove this "content", but on only one of the five screens where it appears. It is beyond annoying -- it's as if you brought a box of cereal, and were forced to listen to a commercial every time you wanted to eat some of it.
SBA has its good points - it does a decent job of small business accounting, and it's pretty to look at. The print and online documentation both lack very important basics, such as how to add a logo to an invoice; you have to go to the user community for those. But in my opinion, none of the benefits outweigh the continual, inescapable intrusion of all those ads.
Ambivalent feelings July 31, 2006
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I brought this accounting software to use for basic tasks in my business. The general look appears to be similar to quickbooks. I am used to Peachtree, yet I had no difficulty with the basic navigation.
Some pros:
-Invoices and other forms exported straight into Word, so it is extremely easy to customize forms.
-Navigation was clear and straightforward. The program has a very clear and organized look to it.
-I didn't try the form letters, but seeing the way it smoothly integrated with excel and word, they look like they would be very useful.
However...(some pros)...
*Extremely SLOW. I have a solid computer and I am used to everything running quickly. This program took a long time to do anything, especially exporting data and documents.
-I know how to use Word pretty well. Yet, no matter what I tried, I could not get the invoice total to be on the bottom of the page (unless I changed each invoice manually-not an option). There is really only one standard invoice template available (just in different colors), and the invoice total is after the last line item. Therefore, only one line item in the invoice means that the total is in middle of the page and the rest of the page is empty. From all the many styles of invoices I have seen, between bills and sales, I have never seen something that looked this ridiculous.
As a result of these two issues, I returned the CD. I hope that Amazon honors the "30 day money back guarantee" that microsoft advertises on the back of the box...
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