Office Accounting Express 2007

Office Accounting Professional 2007

Target Market

Starting and home-based businesses

More mature and growing small businesses with up to 25 employees

Price/Availability

Free download.** Available Oct. 30, 2006, at http://www.ideawins.com

Starting Oct. 30, 2006, Office Accounting Express 2007 can be converted to a trial version of Office Accounting Professional 2007. In early 2007, Office Accounting Professional 2007 will be available for an estimated retail price (ERP) of $149 for a full version or $99 (ERP) for a version upgrade for Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006 users.

Upgrade Path

Businesses can upgrade to Office Accounting Professional 2007 by buying the product at a retailer or online and entering a product key in Office Accounting Express 2007.

Businesses can migrate their data from Office Accounting Professional 2007 and upgrade to the Microsoft Dynamics™ product line via a Microsoft reseller.

Core Features

·         Creation and tracking of customer quotes and invoices

·         Acceptance of payments and returns

·         Easy-to-use reporting with 22 pre-defined reports that can be customized

·         Forms customization, enabling users to fully customize the data elements in a form and save specific layouts

·         Role-based security

·         Integration with Microsoft Office Word, Outlook and Excel^® to avoid double entry and enable further analysis of financial data

·         Organize business information in one place: Accounting Express 2007 and Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager share the same data to help ensure that information stays up to date

·         Accountant Transfer Wizard provides an accountant cutoff date for files while customers continue to use Office Accounting Express 2007

·         Multiclient Accountant View and multiclient payroll processing for accounting professionals

·         Creation and tracking of customer quotes and invoices

·         Acceptance of payments and returns

·         Easy-to-use reporting with more than 60 pre-defined reports that can be customized

·         Forms customization, enabling users to fully customize the data elements in a form and save specific layouts

·         Role-based security

·         Integration with Microsoft Office Word, Outlook and Excel to avoid double entry and enable further analysis of financial data

·         Organize business information in one place: Accounting Professional 2007 and Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager share the same data to help ensure that information stays up to date

·         Accountant Transfer Wizard provides an accountant cutoff date for files while customers continue to use Office Accounting Professional 2007

·         Multiclient Accountant View and multiclient payroll processing for accounting professionals

Advanced Accounting Features

·         Multiuser access to enable businesses to set permissions for different employees to access accounting data

·         Multicurrency support for companies that conduct business outside the U.S.

·         Inventory management to monitor, manage and evaluate inventory using the complete inventory manager

·         Fixed Asset Manager to manage and track fixed assets

·         Sales order and purchase order tools to track sales orders, purchases and transactions by region

·         Job tracking to monitor expenses and timesheets to track total job profitability for better business planning

·         Enhanced cash basis accounting for more cash flow flexibility and accuracy

·         Dashboard provides one centralized location to view and manage business information

·         Integration with Microsoft Point of Sale retail solution to track sales and customer information and run financial reports