Overview
Q. What is Office Accounting Express 2009?
Microsoft® Office Accounting Express 2009 is an essential tool for managing your
business finances. Whether you’re a small or home-based business, you can
use this simple accounting program to make pen and paper-based tasks a thing of
the past.
With the familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office, Office Accounting Express 2009
is easy to use and helps you save time, get organized, and do business online.
You only need to enter data once so you can save time managing everyday financial
tasks. All of your customer and financial information is stored in one place so
that you have a complete view of your business. You also have the tools you need
to sell online through eBay® and get paid faster.
Q. Who is Office Accounting Express 2009 for?
Microsoft® Office Accounting Express 2009
is designed for millions of starting businesses and home based businesses that currently
use pen & paper or spreadsheets to run their business. It provides a single
place to manage the company’s business finances with the familiar look and
feel of Microsoft Office system programs.
Q. What are the key benefits of Office Accounting Express 2009?
Office Accounting Express 2009 offers the following benefits:
Easy to learn and use
- The startup wizard gets your company set up within minutes.
- Choose from dozens of business templates to set up your company.
- Easy to learn and use. No training is required because Office Accounting Express
2009 shares the familiar look and feel of Microsoft Office system programs.
- Easily import data from other programs such as Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Money,
and Microsoft Office Excel.
- Visit the Resource Center to get help with common questions.
Save time managing everyday tasks
- Share and reuse information, enter information only once and reduce errors.
- Create customized estimates and invoices.
- Track expenses automatically.
- Automate bank accounts and customer payments.
Store and organize all your information in one place
- Store and organize customer, contact, employee, vendor, and financial information
in a single location.
- Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager and Office Accounting Express
2009 share the same data so you always have up-to-date information on your customers.
- Create templates for documents and customize any form to suit your needs.
See how your business is doing at a glance
- Get real-time insights into your business by using more than 50 predefined reports.
- Export reports to Excel 2007 for further analysis in just one click.
Easily share information with your accountant
- Share your books with your accountant and still continue using them for your day-to-day
business.
- Share data more securely with your accountant via Microsoft Office Live.
Easily sell on eBay
- List items on eBay
- Track activity in real time and download and process orders.
Get paid faster
- Send invoices in an e-mail message that includes a direct link to PayPal.
- Process credit card payments quickly
Do business with confidence
- Monitor customer and even your own credit by using integrated Equifax services.
- Use the integrated PayPal option to get paid faster.
Q. Is Office Accounting Express 2009 an upgrade to Office Accounting Express 2008?
Yes. Microsoft Office Accounting 2009 is the successor to Microsoft Office Accounting 2008. Office Accounting is offered in two versions: Office Accounting Express 2009, available
for FREE as a download from this website, and Office Accounting Professional 2009, available for $199.95 for new customers.
Q. I am currently using Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008. Should
I upgrade to Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009?
Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 does not have inventory and multi-user
features. We recommend that users using Office Accounting Professional 2008 upgrade to Office Accounting
Professional 2009 which has these features. Office Accounting Professional 2009 is available as a free upgrade for customers
who previously purchased Office Accounting. Please click here for more information.
Q. What should accounting professionals use?
Accounting Professionals should use the Office Accounting Professional 2009 version which
has special features to enable accounting professionals to be more productive.
- Accountant Transfer Wizard—Clients can now send their books to their accountants
and still continue to use Office Accounting Express 2009 for their daily business.
Accounting Professionals can work on the books and send them back, and the changes
get synchronized easily. Alternatively accounting Professionals can also remotely
connect to their client’s copy of Office Accounting Express 2009 and update
their books.
- Accountant View—From this central location, accountants can independently
manage client accounts, import and export client data, and create journal
entries for each client.
- Enhanced Cash Basis Accounting—CPAs have the flexibility to customize Cash
Based Reporting settings for each client’s accounts based on the nature of
their business. This helps ensure more accuracy as the transactions are captured
on the basis of these settings.
- Help Grow your practice by offering a co-branded version of Office Accounting Express 2009 for free
to current or potential clients. Communicate with clients by directly embedding your web pages within
Office Accounting 2009.
Q. Will I outgrow Office Accounting Express 2009?
Microsoft® Office Accounting Express 2009 is designed for millions of starting businesses
and home based businesses that currently use pen & paper or spreadsheets to
run their operations. Businesses that grow and need an accounting system that supports
inventory, support for multiple users or a larger server based database (SQL Server)
can upgrade seamlessly to Office Accounting Professional 2009.
Office Accounting Professional 2009 is built to support small businesses that have
25 employees or fewer. It can be configured as a single user desktop installation
by using Microsoft SQL Server Express 2005. It can also be configured for multiple
users in a peer-to-peer environment or deployed on a Windows Small Business Server
computer with SQL Server. Businesses that outgrow Office Accounting Professional
2009 can migrate to Microsoft Dynamics.
Q. What is the international availability of Office Accounting Express 2009?
Office Accounting Express 2009 is currently available for US based businesses only.
For UK based businesses we offer Office Accounting Express 2008 here: www.msofficeaccounting.co.uk
Features and Add-on Services
Q. What are some of the new features in Office Accounting Express 2009?
- New! Create tax preparation reports with the Tax Integration add-in
- New! View accounting information conveniently on your desktop with the Amounts to Pay Today gadget. *
- Expanded! Run over 20 new insightful reports and customize them in Excel®
- Improved! Easily find local accounting professionals who are familiar with Office Accounting using the improved zip code search
- Improved! Process credit cards online using the updated Credit Card Processing Solution for Office Accounting 2009 **
- New! The Microsoft Office Accounting Spanish Language Pack 2009 addresses your multilingual needs by providing Spanish language capabilities. You can install the language pack for your Microsoft Office Accounting 2009 user interface and product documentation at no charge
* The Amounts to Pay Today gadget only works with Windows Vista®.
** Third party services may require a fee.
Q. Can Office Accounting Express 2009 import data from other accounting software?
Office Accounting Express 2009 is designed to import data from other software including
QuickBooks, Excel, and Microsoft Money. Note that Office Accounting Express 2009
does not have functionality like inventory management. We recommend that users move
to Office Accounting Professional 2009 to reduce any loss in functionality.
Q. Can I process credit card payments by using Office Accounting Express 2009?
Using the Office Accounting Express 2009 credit card processing option, you can
accept major credit and debit card payments to better serve your customers and reduce
transaction costs. For credit card purchases, you can even print receipts and create
customer credit memo templates for future transactions.
Q. What are the various add-on services available with Office Accounting Express
2009?
The following add-on services can be used within Office Accounting Express 2009
to help small businesses be more productive and efficient:
- Equifax credit reporting services to monitor customer and business credit
- Office Live services to help you share financial data with others and to sell online
from your Web site
- EBay integration to help you grow your business online
- PayPal integration to help you get paid faster
- Buy checks and forms option to easily order custom business forms
- Online banking to help you save time
- Credit card processing to better serve your customers
Pricing and Licensing
Q. How much does Office Accounting Express 2009 cost?
Office Accounting Express 2009 is available as a FREE download to all users. Please
visit www.ideawins.com
Q. Is Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2009 really free?
Yes, the software is absolutely free. We only require that users activate and register the software after 20 uses, but registration and activation is short, painless, and free.
Q. Where can I find more information about Office Accounting Express 2009?
Visit www.ideawins.com for
detailed product information.
Q. Is Office Accounting Express 2009 available outside the U.S.?
Office Accounting Express 2009 is currently available for US based businesses only.
For UK based businesses we offer Office Accounting Express 2008 here: www.msofficeaccounting.co.uk
Q. How many simultaneous users does Office Accounting Express 2009 support?
Office Accounting Express 2009 is designed to be used on a single desktop.
Q. Is Office Accounting Express 2009 easy to install?
Office Accounting Express 2009 is so easy to install, you don’t need any IT
staff. The startup wizard gets your company set up, connected, and working right
away so you can be writing your first invoice within minutes. The familiar and intuitive
interface makes Office Accounting Express 2009 easy to learn and use right out of
the box.
Q. Can I install Office Accounting Express 2009 on multiple computers by using the
same license?
You can install one copy of Office Accounting Express 2009 on your main computer
and another on your laptop computer for your exclusive but non concurrent use. On
the same computer, you can install or reinstall as many times as you like.
Q. Can I run multiple companies from the same copy of Office Accounting Express
2009?
Yes. You can set up and run multiple companies from the same copy but all users
need to have separate licenses. There is no limit on the number of companies you
can run.
Integration and Compatibility
Q. How does Office Accounting Express 2009 work with other 2007 Microsoft Office
system programs?
Office Accounting Express 2009 has been designed to work smoothly with other Microsoft
Office system programs. Its integration with Word enables you to customize any documents
like quotes and invoices by using existing or new templates. You can then use e-mail
to send these invoices to your customers by using Office Outlook 2007. The integration
with Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager helps ensure that all financial
and marketing information is available centrally, and changes made in any one program
automatically show up in the other. Furthermore, Outlook users can view financial
information from within Outlook, use Outlook to create invoices, submit timesheets
from Outlook, and track time in the Outlook calendar. Reports for business insight
can be created in Office Accounting Express 2009 and then exported to Excel, with
its rich formatting, for deeper analysis and calculations. The analysis pack included
with Office Accounting Express 2009 enables viewing financial data in Excel, PivotTable
reports, and Microsoft Office Access reports.
Q. Does Office Accounting Express 2009 work with earlier releases of Microsoft Office?
Yes, Office Accounting Express 2009 works with Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft
Office 2003. However, some features may not be supported by older releases.
Trial and Software
Q. Can I get a downloadable version of Office Accounting Express 2009?
Yes, you can get a full version of Office Accounting Express 2009 available as a
free download from www.ideawins.com
Q. How do I upgrade from Office Accounting Express 2009 to Office Accounting Professional
2009?
Within Office Accounting Express 2009 you can click on the “Upgrade Today!”
button. This brings up the upgrade dialog where you can purchase the
key for Office Accounting Professional 2009. To upgrade to the Office Accounting Professional 2009 you just
need to enter the key (You don’t need to download additional software) into
the dialog.
Q. What server platform can Office Accounting Express 2009 run on?
Office Accounting Express 2009 is designed to run on a single desktop. The desktop
operating system can be Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2.
Support and Resources