OWL Simple Business Accounting

Program Description

OWL Simple Business Accounting (SBA) is an easy-to-use program 
that is designed to maintain complete and accurate accounting of 
income and expenses.  In creating Simple Business Accounting, our 
objective was to produce a program that is intuitive and requires 
no prior knowledge of accounting.  SBA uses the "single entry" 
bookkeeping method that is recommended by the IRS.  This 
accounting method is easy to use and is equally suited for small 
businesses and individuals. 

Using SBA, you can produce a variety of expense, income, profit 
and general ledger reports. You can define up to 1000 different 
income and expense accounts to fully categorize your income and 
expenses for tax purposes.  

SBA employs the concept of folders where each folder contains 
income and expense data that may be reported either separately or 
in combination.  Thus, Simple Business Accounting may be used for 
multiple businesses, multiple divisions within a single business 
or for both business and personal accounting.

Simple Business Accounting is linked to OWL's invoicing, sales and 
client management program (OASIS) via an import option that 
transfers income data from OASIS into Simple Business Accounting.  
OASIS provides complete tracking of sales, customers and 
receivables.  The combination of OASIS and Simple Business 
Accounting provides a complete business management solution for 
many small businesses.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

- Windows 95.or Windows NT
- A hard disk with approximately 1.5 Megabytes of available space
- 8 Megabytes of memory.

INSTALLATION

To install OWL Simple Business Accounting run "SBASETUP.EXE".  For 
example, if SBASETUP.EXE is on a floppy disk in the A: Drive

- From the Windows 95 Start menu, choose Run.
- In the Run dialog box, type "a:\sbasetup.exe" and choose OK.

The setup program offers the following installation options:

Installation Directory?  If you already have a copy of SBA on your 
hard disk, then choose the directory where it is presently 
installed.  The default is C:\OWL_SB.

Backup Replaced Files?:  Select "Yes" if you would like the setup 
program to make backup copies of all files that are replaced 
during the installation.

Standard or Upgrade Installation?  If you are installing to the 
same drive and directory where SBA was previously installed then 
choose the Upgrade Installation option.  This will prevent your 
existing data files from being overwritten.

The setup program creates a program group named "OWL Business 
Apps" with icons for Simple Business Accounting (SB Accounting), 
the user's guide (SB Accounting Help), and the Readme file (SB 
ReadMe).

RUNNING THE PROGRAM

To run SBA click on the Start menu and choose Programs - OWL 
Business Apps - SB Accounting..

The data files shipped with the program contain sample data which 
is provided to help you become familiar with the various options 
and capabilities of the program.  The sample data covers calendar 
years 1997 and 1998.  The Getting Started section of the User's 
Guide contains a step-by-step guide to getting acquainted with 
SBA.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Need help?  Call, write or EMail your questions to:

OWL Software
P.O Box 794
Lanham, MD 20703-0794

Phone: 301-306-0409
Fax:  301-794-4533

EMail:  owlsoft@compuserve.com

or visit our web site at: http://www.owlsoftware.com