Microsoft has released previews of their latest small business accounting software, called Office Accounting 2007. Some of the new features in Office Accounting Express 2007:
> Online sales integration gives you the ability to sell inventory, track activity, and download orders in online marketplaces such as eBay directly from Office Accounting Express 2007.
> Equifax credit service enables you to monitor credit for your business, customers, or prospects.
> PayPal integration enables you to get paid faster by offering the PayPal payment option to customers.
> Microsoft Office Live integration enables businesses to more securely exchange financial information with accounting Professionals and other contacts.
> Accountant Transfer Wizard helps you share data with an accounting Express and synchronizes data easily after the accountant is done updating the books.
> Accountant View page provides a central location from which accountants can manage Office Accounting Express 2007 data for multiple clients independently.
> Data import enables users to import accounting and financial data from additional programs and versions, including Microsoft Money, Excel, and QuickBooks.
> Account and Customer Integration Wizard enables synchronized data sharing so that you can make updates to a customer’s record in one program and quickly see the results in the other program.
> Journal entry is now expanded so you can be more productive by creating numerous journal entries posting on different dates and with different accounts.
> Forms customization has been improved so you can tailor any form by adding, moving, creating, or renaming fields, and hiding unnecessary data element fields.
> Customizable security roles have been improved and now you can add and remove employee permissions to control access to sensitive financial information.
