Compare Before You Buy Accounting Software

Top 3 Accounting Sofware (toptenreviews.com version) :

1. Peachtree Complete
2. MYOB Businnes Essential Pro
3. Quickbooks Pro

Top 3 Accounting Sofware (pcmag.com version) :

1. MYOB Premier Accounting Small Bussinness Suit
2. Quickbooks Simple Start 2007
3. Microsoft Accounting Express

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MYOB Tips: How do I setup my company data file to record the various customer payment types?

Before recording your customer payments, you will first need to setup the Prepare Bank Deposit feature and your customer Payment Methods.

Prepare Bank Deposit
A linked banking account is all that's needed to use the Prepare Bank Deposit feature.

Please note:

If you have created a new company data file using one of the current MYOB program versions, the linked banking account will have been automatically setup for you. If so, then please skip to How do I use the Prepare Bank Deposit feature.

Step 1 Create a new banking account
To create a new banking account:
1. Click Lists > Accounts > Assets > New.
2. Click the Detail Account option.
3. Set Account Type to Bank.
4. Enter the Account Number and the Account Name (Undeposited Funds).
5. Click the Details tab and set the Tax Code to N-T. If desired, enter an account Description.
6. Click OK and return to the Command Centre
Step 2 Link the Undeposited Funds Account
Click Setup > Linked Accounts > Accounts & Banking Accounts. Enter the Undeposited Funds account in the Bank Account for Undeposited Funds Account field. Click OK and return to the Command Centre.

Payment Methods
To access the Payment Methods list, click Lists > Sales and Purchases Information > Payment Methods. The most common Payment Methods will most likely already be setup for you. To create a new Payment Method, click New, enter the Payment Method, set the Payment Type then click OK.

The Window on the following page shows the setup of a typical Payment Method.

Please note:
A Payment Method can be linked to a Customer Card. To do this, open the Customer's Card, click the Payment Details tab then set the customer's Payment Method. Depending on the which Payment Method has been selected, a set of fields maybe displayed for additional information; such as credit card details.


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Choose Your Real Free Accounting Software !!

1. Free Accounting Software
Free Accounting Software is an intuitive, easy to use, robust , multi-user inventory business management system and accounting software solution with extensive reporting and more.



2. Office Accounting Express
Full featured accounting application provides a single place to manage your company's business finances with the familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office system programs.
Standard features:

• Get started quickly with familiar Office look and feel
• Create invoices, track sales and pay vendors
• Sell online with eBay and PayPal sales tools
• Bank online with thousands of financial institutions
• Access integrated services for payroll, credit card processing and more

Download now:

Enjoy your free accounting !!

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Complete Features of Quikbooks

Complete Features of Quikbooks

• Get Started Easily and Quickly
• Import and Export Data
• Bill Customers and Track Income
• Manage Your Expenses
• Know Your Customers
• Manage Employees and Contractors
• See How Your Business Is Doing
• Access and Control Information From Anywhere
• Security You Can Trust

more information visit: quickbooks.com

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What's New in SPSS Base 15.0 for Windows

What's New in SPSS Base 15.0 for Windows

This new release considerably updates SPSS for Windows with enhanced data management and reporting capabilities, expanded programmability capabilities, and new statistical procedures. For enterprise users, SPSS 15.0 includes powerful new capabilities that enable you to share your data enterprise-wide in ways you’ve only imagined. Additionally, SPSS Server has been enhanced for greater performance on enterprise-level hardware.

more information visit: www.spss.com

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What's New In Peachtree Accounting 2007

Enhanced Integration with Excel1

Now customizing your Peachtree data in Excel is expanded! Peachtree 2007 has been enhanced to provide more robust options when exporting data from Peachtree reports into Excel. Data exported from Peachtree not only will include the formulas for calculated values and data formatting but it will also include an option to retain freeze pane, auto-filtering and report headers.
Filter Reports Using Custom Fields

Now you have the ability to filter your standard and custom reports by custom fields allow you to run more meaningful reports categorized in ways more useful to you. Now you can not only store data which is unique to your business, but use it in reports to provide you with the business information you need.
Easy Access to Lists

At-a-glance find, view, drill down, print and e-mail information and records easier and quicker. Now you can view key information on your records all at once with lists. Peachtree 2007 offers you the ability to sort and search on lists on customers & vendors as well as transactions such as invoices and payments. Simply click on an entry, on a list, and all of the information pertaining to it will be displayed. With this release, up to 25 different types of lists are readily accessible for you.
Print-N-Sign Tax Forms2

No longer waste time and money trying to align your tax forms* into your printer and hoping all the data fields align. Peachtree 2007 Print-n-Sign Tax Forms makes it easier. It's so easy because the form layout and all the data resides within Peachtree and will be printed on ordinary plain paper. Plus it includes over 180 state forms for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. All forms, state and federal, can be printed onto blank paper which can save you money from having to purchase pre-printed payroll tax forms. Just review it, print it, sign it, and mail it. It's that easy.
Recurring Transactions w/ Year End Rollover

Set up transactions once and do not worry, even about those which may repeat after your open fiscal periods. Peachtree will remember these transactions automatically for you. You set how often and when these recurring transactions should happen and Peachtree will do the rest.
Comparative Budget Spreadsheet Creator

Easily compare your actual financials against a budget with a new, easier way to create budgets in Peachtree 2007. Your new Peachtree budgets look and act like a spreadsheet, so you save time and avoid mistakes by not having to re-key budget data into other applications. Enter budgets in a spreadsheet view, create one from actual financials or if you prefer import your Excel spreadsheet into Peachtree. Now have your budget tied directly back into your transactions in Peachtree.
Enhanced AP Cash Requirements Report

You will now be provided with more filtering options so you can select the right bills to pay. Filter invoices that need to be paid by due date, amount due, discounts to take, and more. The updated report will make it easy for you to see what you owe and how much money you need to pay your bills on any given day.
Change Job IDs

Change the assigned lookup IDs for Jobs, Phase and Cost Codes at any time even after you have used them within Peachtree. This allows you to make necessary edits to existing IDs without having to start all over and better matches your business needs.
Feature Disclaimers

1 Excel integration requires Microsoft Excel 2000, 2002 or 2003.
2 Federal tax forms included are 940, 941, 941b, 943, 945, W-2, W-3 and over 180 state forms. Requires subscription to the Peachtree Payroll Tax Update Service. Additional fees required. Not intended for use with dot matrix printers.

source: www.peachtree.com

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MYOB Accounting 16.0

One of the oldest accounting packages for the PC, MYOB (Mind Your Own Business) is available in three versions: BusinessBasics, Accounting and Accounting Plus. All share the same interface, which reduces the chore of minding your own business. Here, we've looked at Accounting, the mid-range package aimed at small businesses.

New to version 16.0 is a number of features designed to speed up accounts management. A sales order can now be turned into a purchase order from the same data, MYOB contacts can be synchronised into Outlook, and bank reconciliations can be undone. Plus, there have been improvements to importing and exporting stock adjustments, payroll details and custom lists.
The new Payroll Verification report means that you can preview a payroll and review details for each employee, including wages, deductions and expenses. The software simplifies sending payment notification by drawing purchase numbers, dates and other details automatically from your accounts list into a customisable notification form. Central to this version is the Accounts List, which keeps tabs on assets, liabilities, capital, sales, income and expenses. However, while this database tracks your accounts, access to such things as banking, sales, purchases, VAT and payroll are all made via a simple front-end that streamlines each process as a chart. You could, for example, look at the progress made from making sales to receiving payments. Simply click on the section you wish to access and you will be taken to the transaction.

Verdict
Integration with Word, Excel and now Outlook, as well as an intuitive interface, makes MYOB easy to employ. More advanced users may wish to use the database drivers to access MYOB data from other applications. It's aimed more at business users than accountants, but comes at a good price in comparison with more advanced Sage products and has extra features over Intuit's QuickBooks.

Jason Whittaker
News source: www.pcadvisor.co.uk

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New Vista Ready Invoice And Cashbook Software For The Small Business

EzySoft Developments released Instant Invoice n Cashbook ™ 2007, a quick and simple Windows based software solution for the growing business. It helps business users create, print and e-mail quotations and invoices, track customer payments and outstanding invoices. It also incorporates a fully integrated cashbook module to help users balance their banks, fulfill their tax obligations and prepare a simple set of income and expenses statement.

Instant Invoice n Cashbook ™ 2007 is a major product upgrade of the developer's previous very successful products InstantInvoice 3 and InstantCashBook 3 first released in 2004. This new version incorporates many new time saving and productivity features over its predecessors. For a start, it is ready to run on Vista™ the latest Windows® based operating system. The two products InstantInvoice 3 and InstantCashbook 3 have now been merged to one fully integrated product. However users have the option of just purchasing either the invoice module only, the cashbook module only or both.

EzySoft Developments
Instant Invoice n CashBook 2007
http://www.ezysoft-dev.com

This new installment of the product allows users to insert Paypal links to emailed invoices such that recipients of the invoices can securely pay the invoice over the Internet with a credit card. Providing customers with a convenient way to pay their invoices will help businesses better manage their receivables and improve cash flow. Instant Invoice n Cashbook ™ 2007 also allows users to apply payments to multiple invoices in a single form. For users needing to bill at regular intervals or billing cycles, a recurring invoice feature has also been included.

EzySoft Developments says that one of the main attractions of this product is the minimum time and effort needed to setup and get up and running. The developer says, "some of the ways this is achieved is by keeping a clean and simple user interface consistent with general windows applications and by implementing setup wizards, ample demos and movie tutorials."

If you are a small business owner or administrator, and would like a quick and simple software tool to help you get on top of your business paperwork, fulfill your tax reporting obligations while at the same time give you the freedom to focus on your business rather then have worry about software and accounting, give Instant Invoice n Cashbook ™ 2007 a try.

Instant Invoice n Cashbook ™ 2007 runs on Windows 2000/ XP/ 2003 and Vista. To e-mail invoices with links to collect credit card payment over the Internet, users need to open a business account with Paypal. At the time of this writing, it is free to open an account with Paypal.

Prices start from USD79 for either the Invoice or Cashbook module and USD139 for both modules. For more information, to view demos or to download a fully functional trial, visit : http://www.instantinvoice.net/ . Customer service can be reached at : http://www.ezysoft-dev.com/support.htm


EzySoft Developments
Instant Invoice n CashBook 2007
http://www.ezysoft-dev.com


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Office Accounting Professional 2007: New features?

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.

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MYOB V15

+ The Company Data Auditor

In the new versions of MYOB (Accounting/Plus v15 and Premier v9) you can now check the integrity of your data on a more regular basis by using the new Company Data Auditor. With just a click of the mouse you'll have instant answers to your accountant's questions!

+ File information

The opening screen of the Company Data Auditor provides information such as the file name, the version of MYOB you're using, the size of the file, the last time it was backed up and verified, whether it has been locked for a previous period. It also specifies the version of payroll tax tables you're using. From this first screen you can also perform tasks like locking the periods or doing a backup.

+ Account Reconciliation

Within the Company Data Auditor is an 'Account Reconciliation Review' which shows you and your accountant the bank and credit card accounts that have been reconciled and when. You can also reconcile these accounts and view transactions.

+ Data Exception Review

Your accountant will love this new feature of MYOB, and so will you. It will save them time, and save you money on accounting fees. The Data Exception Review provides your accountant (and you if you choose to review this before sending them the file) with all the necessary reconciliation reports. It also identifies any problems within your file. By clicking the Run Review button, the Company Data Auditor will:
advise whether the control accounts balance, such as Debtors, Creditors and Inventory
identify transactions with a future date
list changes made to transactions, tax codes or system preferences by each user so you can identify who entered data or made changes and when (through the audit trail)
compare the GST codes used on a transaction against the default GST codes assigned to that account.

After you've run the Data Exception Review, reports are available through this area which detail the problem transactions. This enables you to fix any problems before sending the file to your accountant.

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EDP Audit

Komputerisasi telah merambah ke segala bidang, tak terkecuali bidang auditing.
Seorang auditor dituntut tidak hanya mahir dalam audit konvensional tetapi juga harus dituntut untuk dapat melakukan EDP Audit. Untuk itu diperlukan keahlian tentang seluk belum komputer dari hardware hingga software.
Salah satu soft tool audit adalah ACL for Windows. Aplikasi ini memiliki fasilias untuk mengaudit data yang berbentuk soft copy. Namun aplikasi ini hanya mengaudit secara umum mengenai kevalidan data, verifikasi, ringkasan statistik maupun manipulasi data (through the computer). Selain ACL sebenarnya ada beberapa software yang sudah sering kita kenal seperti Excel maupun SPSS dapat dimanfaatkan untuk audit model ini.

Untuk lebih sempurnya audit sebaiknya juga ikut 'mencicipi' ke dalam sistem yang sedang di audit (within the computer). Seorang auditor akan mencoba bagaimana menginput data ke dalam aplikasi yang digunakan hingga mencoba melakukan audit trails dari sistem tersebut.

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MYOB for BMT SIMPAN PINJAM

Aku baru aja selesaiin materi MYOB untuk BMT Simpan Pinjam, pesanan dari Sangkala (Edumedia), sebuah pengembang aplikasi multimedia,Insyaallah bisa diterbitkan, mungkin dalam waktu dekat ini akan dipasarkan.

Tutorial ini berbentuk cd interaktif, aku coba implementasikan MYOB untuk jenis usaha BMT / Simpan Pinjam. Penasaran? tunggu aja ya ...

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BELAJAR MYOB (BAGIAN 2)

Setelah anda masuk command centre, langkah selanjutnya adalah mendesain daftar akun.
Namun sebelumnya kita kenalan dulu dengan feature2 di MYOB :

"MYOB is a global provider of solutions that liberate business owners and accountants from the burden of day to day administration, empowering them to achieve business success"

1. Menubar, berada di bagian atas berisi menu konvensional seperti File, Edit, List dst.
2. Modul, berada di bagian jendela command centre berupa ikon2 / tombol bergambar seperti Account, Banking, Sales s/d Card File. Jika kita klik modul ini maka akan diikuti perubahan skema alur dibawahnya. Misal kita pilih modul Account, akan tampil pilihan dalam skema Account List, Record Journal Entry dst.
   
3. Panel, berada di bagian bawah dan terdapat pilihan dengan meng-klik drop down di samping kanannya. Panel2 tsb antara lain, To do list, Find Transaction, Report & Analyse

Setelah mengenal feature-nya kita akan mendalami dulu tentang struktur penomoran akun di MYOB. MYOB mempunyai struktur akun 5 digit : X - XXXX. Digit pertama menunjukkan kelompok akun :

1 : kelompok akun AKTIVA
2 : kelompok akun KEWAJIBAN
3 : kelompok akun MODAL
4 : kelompok akun PENDAPATAN
5 : kelompok akun HPP
6 : kelompok akun BIAYA
------ (MYOB tidak menyediakan akun berkepala 7)
8 : kelompok akun PENDAPATAN LAIN-LAIN
9 : kelompok akun BIAYA LAIN-LAIN

Sedangkan 4 digit berikutnya bisa dibuat sebagai struktur akun di bawahnya.
Tiap kelompok akun dimulai dengan no X - 0000. Berikutnya anda bisa buat pecahannya, misal :

1-0000 Aktiva
1-1000 Aktiva lancar
1-1100 Kas & Bank
1-1101 Kas
1-1102 Bank Muamalat ...... dst

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Changing MYOB default currency

Windows 98 :
Close MYOB and go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Regional Settings, and select an item to match its preferences..
Windows XP :
Close MYOB and go to Start > Control Panel > Regional & Language > select an item to match its preferences.

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BELAJAR SPSS (pemula)

SPSS merupakan software statistik paling populer, fasilitas & penggunaannya pun cukup familier.
Langsung aja ya ...
Masuk program SPSS (cari aja short cutnya ato lewat tombol start).
Tampilannya kaya' excel, perhatikan ada 2 sheet di bawah, yaitu Data View & Variable View. Untuk memasukkan data terlebih dulu ditentukan variabelnya (misal nama, berat badan, tinggi badan etc)yang bisa ada rinci di sheet variabel view.
name : diisi nama variabel misal nama
type : diisi tipe data misal numeric (untuk data angka) & string (untuk data text)
width : diisi jumlah karakter maksimal yang akan diinput dalam data view
decimal: diisi jumlah digit desimal
label : disii keterangan untuk variabel (boleh dikosongi)
value : untuk memberi kodifikasi value, misal Pria = 1 & wanita = 2
missing: untuk perlakuan data terhadap missing value (abaikan sesuai default)
align : untuk pengaturan tampilan perataan dalam data view, left-centre-right
measure: secara default akan terpilih Nominal jika variabel bertype string, dan akan terpilih Scale jika data bertype Numeric.

Setelah ditentukan variabelnya, sekarang tinggal mengisi data di sheet Data View.
Tinggal kita proses dulu lewat menu Data & Transform jika diperlukan.
Jika data sudah siap bisa kita analisa lewat menu Analyze, tinggal pilih aja alatnya apa misal Descrptive Statistic, Compare Means, Correlate, Regression dll.

Jika anda ingin request kasus penyelesaian dengan SPSS bisa masukkan request di PESAN SINGKAT di sisi kanan blog ini.

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LANGKAH MYOB (untuk pemula)

Bagi para pemula yang akan menggunakan program MYOB, khususnya MYOB Accounting V 12 ke atas saya punya tips untuk memulai memasukkan data :
> Masuk Program MYOB (klik shortcutnya aja ato lewat start > all program > MYOB Accountin V12
> Pilih CREATE untuk membuat data baru
> Next
> Isikan data perusahaan mulai nama perusahaan (company name) sd e-mail addrees kalo ada
> Next

> Tentukan Accounting Year, current financial year dipilih tahun akhir periode akuntansi, last month dipilih bulan akhir periode akuntansi, conversion month dipilih bulan konversi/bulan data awal di MYOB, & number of accounting period biarkan pada pilihan twelve
> Next
> Next
> Pilih pilihan Build your account list, kalo mau buat akun dalam bahasa indonesia sebaiknya pilih i would like to import ... (supaya lebih mudah menambah akun)
> Klik change untuk menempatkan data mau disimpin dimana (bebas, misal di MY Document)
> Tunggu proses penyimpanan, kemudian pilih Command Centre


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KOMPUTERISASI AKUNTANSI sebuah peluang

Saat ini hampir semua bidang telah terambah komputerisasi, tak terkecuali bidang akuntansi, hal ini tentu saja juga menumbuhkan peluang usaha, misalnya penjualan software akuntansi, konsultan IT, tenaga edukasi, implementator software, dll. Kebetulan saya juga bersinggungan dengan komputerisasi akuntansi ini, dalam hal ini saya menjadi tenaga edukasi khususnya komputerisasi akuntansi pada sebuah lembaga pendidikan di jogja, disamping itu saya juga beberapa kali menjadi implementator beberapa software akuntansi di beberapa perusahaan.

Kadang kita tidak mesti harus menguasainya, mungkin kita juga bisa memanfaatkan peluang ini, misal dengan menjadi distributor produk IT berbasis akuntansi, atau sebagai referensi dengan bekerja sama dengan para praktisi yang bergerak di bidang ini (tentu saja kita bisa mendapatkan fee dari sini). Jika di tempat anda, anda bisa menemukan peluang di bidang ini, mungkin kita bisa saling bekerja sama :). Marilah kita ciptakan peluang usaha, tetap semangat wahai pecinta akuntansi!!

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Copying & Pasting SPSS Tables & Graphs to MS Word

You can copy SPSS output (tables and graphs) easily to MS Word.

In the SPSS Output Viewer:

1. Select an output item (table or graph) by clicking on it once. (Double click will open the item for editing). A red arrow to the left of the object indicates that the item is active.
2. From the pull-down menus, choose Edit>Copy or Edit>Copy object.
Alternatively, right click the mouse button to get a drop down menu with the same options.
Copy objects” treats the SPSS item as a pixels (i.e, a picture). It will look exactly as in the SPSS output, but you will not be able to edit the item in MS Word. It is best for graphs.
The “Copy” option will transfer the information in a table, which you can then edit uses the Tables menu in MS Word. It is best for tables so that they can be edited into APA format in MS Word.

3. Go to a document in MS Word and choose Edit>Paste or Ctrl+V.
4. If you have problems with the size or positioning of a picture (such as an SPSS object or graph) in MS Word, right click on the object and choose “Format Picture”.
5. You can prevent a picture from floating with the text under the “Layout” tab. Choose “In line with text” as the wrapping style. The picture will now be fixed, and you can choose the exact point in the text where you want it to appear.

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How to add lines,headers/subtotals to invoices/quotes


With MYOB BusinessBasics, MYOB Accounting, MYOB Accounting Plus, MYOB Premier and MYOB AccountEdge you can add lines, headers or subtotals to invoices or quotes. This makes it easy to separate and subtotal different categories of a sale or purchase. For example, a purchase might have a materials component and a time component. This feature lets you add a subtotal line for each component, giving your customers a quick breakdown of costs. Here are ways to use this feature.

To insert a blank line
1. Position the mouse pointer anywhere on the invoice/purchase line above which you want the blank line to appear.
2. Go to "Edit" menu and choose "Insert Line".

To insert a header and group several invoice/purchase lines
1. Position the cursor on the invoice/purchase line above which you want the header to appear.
2. Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Insert Header". A blank line will appear in the scrolling list with the cursor positioned in the "Description" column.
3. Type the text for the header. (The text will appear in grey.)

To insert a subtotal
1. Position the mouse pointer on the first line below the invoice/purchase lines to be subtotalled.
2. Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Insert Subtotal". A line will appear, displaying the subtotal of all the invoice/purchase lines above it.

To delete a blank line, line item, header or subtotal
1. Position the mouse pointer anywhere on the blank line, line item, header or subtotal you want to delete.
2. Go to the "Edit" menu and choose "Delete Line".

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Backup Your Data (MYOB)

File > Backup > Continue
Save in : ........
Fill File name if you want to change.
Then - Save.

To open your backup file :
File > Restore
Find your back up file has placed.
Save.

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