With the advent of global communications and the move towards the æelectronic integrationÆ of companies, Sage Line 50 has introduced new e-Banking features into Sage Line 50. These new features allow you to electronically reconcile your actual bank statement against the bank statement in Sage Line 50 and analyse transactions in your bank account against the transactions in your Sage accounting program.
(Financial Controller and Accountant Plus Only) The Cheques option provides you with the ability to automatically generate cheques for all transactions of type PP and PA that have a blank reference and have not already been printed. You can even print cheques from your bank payment transactions. The Cheque Printing facility is up-to-date with all legislative requirements.

The Invoicing module has been streamlined so that it easier to create your invoices, sales orders, quotes and proformas.

Why send a separate invoice for a stock item and a service your company provides to the same customer? Sage Line 50 allows you to send a single invoice for both, saving your business time and money.
The invoicing functionality has also been improved so that it is easier to use the special stock codes. Using these special stock codes you can invoice for non-product items that include tax or are tax exempt.

Sage Line 50 lets you keep a record of all the products you sell.
To work with your products, choose the Products option from the Sage Line 50 toolbar.
The following new features are available in the Products option of your Sage Line 50 program;
Copy Matrix Option
Automatic Stock Taking
Stock Returns/Negative Stock
Check BOM
Display Images
Global Change by Category
Custom Pricing
Special Product Codes

Use the new Update Ledgers button to update your purchase ledger from a purchase order and create an invoice. This additional feature saves you time as you no longer have to re-enter details of the orders to create an invoice.

The new Sales Order Fulfilment option allows you to generate a purchase order from outstanding sales orders that cannot be created from existing stock levels. This feature is essential for any company that holds a limited amount of stock, or for businesses that work using a æJust-In-TimeÆ ordering schedule.

If you have a lot of accounting data in your Sage Line 50 program, it may take a long time to find the transaction that you need. Now there are two types of search facility to help you access your data quickly and easily.
The Global Search facility is available throughout Sage Line 50, and can be defined for customers, suppliers, nominal accounts and product records, as well as invoices and sales and purchase orders. You can even set up and save a search that you use frequently, so that you can use it again later.
Use the ActiveSearch to speed up data entry. The ActiveSearch works by finding the closest matches to what you are typing and displaying them in a popup list for you to select from. There are two types of ActiveSearch; the Reference and Recent Items popup list. The Reference popup list finds the closest match as you begin typing a word. The Recent Items list remembers the last 32 entries made in that field or list.

Not all businesses run a twelve-month financial year. You can now use the Change Financial Year facility to extend or shorten your financial year.

Asset disposal has been made even easier. The fixed asset disposal procedure has now been automated as a wizard routine to make the entire process quicker. The routine uses details from the Fixed Asset record meaning that there is less chance of making an error.

Sage Line 50 now includes the following online facilities to those users with Internet access;
With the advent of global communications and the move towards the æelectronic integrationÆ of companies, Sage Line 50 has introduced new e-banking features into Sage Line 50. These new features allow you to electronically reconcile your actual bank statement against the bank statement in Sage Line 50 and analyse transactions in your bank account against the transactions in your Sage accounting program.
You can now distribute your company reports using e-mail. When you choose the Run button from the Reports window, the report is sent to all e-mail addresses that you have previously specified using the Report Designer.
If you have SageCover and have an active Internet connection, you can now e-mail support queries directly to Sage. The product version number, problem category and contact details are all sent as part of the e-mail message allowing you more time to work on your accounts, while knowing that Sage Customer Support are working to solve your query.

You can now export your Sage Line 50 data into Microsoft Outlook, Excel and Word. Export your contact information to Outlook. Export your accounting information to Word or Excel to create professional reports and business plans.
Sage Line 50 version 8 also has improved integration with other Sage products, including the new Sage e-commerce suite of products.

It's even easier to keep your data safe. Your data is now automatically checked before you make a backup. The routine also remembers where your backup is to help prevent you from accidentally overwriting existing files when you restore your data.

The report facility has been reviewed and changed to create an improved reporting tool. You can now e-mail reports to your business partners, invoices to your customers and acknowledgement messages to your suppliers.
To help people new to report creation, we have also changed the Reporting Wizard to make it more intuitive and easy-to-use.

There are more automated routines in your new Sage Line 50 v8 program. From disposing of fixed assets to creating a new report, routines have been automated or simplified to save you time and to simplify your everyday accounting tasks.

Other improved features include:
On-line capabilities,
Larger Fields,
Bank Routine improvements (including the grouping of receipts and reconciliation routine),
Improved Credit Control,
New Demonstration Data,
Long Term Liabilities,
Quick Ratio Reports and
The ability to define an account status.

Included free of charge, Sage Forecasting provides you with an integrated forecasting solution to help with your cash flow, budget and profit and loss projections. Sage Forecasting helps you increase efficiency and control of your business.

Recognising the amazing opportunities e-business can bring to your business, Sage Line 50 version 8 is web-enabled and hosts a web browser. You now have access to a range of flexible e-business facilities, including Sage WebCatalogue and Sage WebTrader 50 so you can trade online and electronically transfer orders securely to Line 50.