Sage 50 2012 and ACT 2012

January 24th, 2012 No comments »

Sage 50 2012 and ACT 2012

We have just tested the integration of the latest versions of Sage 50 and ACT! and were pleased with the following results:

  • You can import all your products from Sage 50 into ACT to use for tracking your sales opportunities;
  • You can create a Sales quotation automatically from the products listed on your opportunity;
  • When the customer proceeds with the order you can push the Sales Order into Sage 50 from the information listed on the opportunity without any rekeying;
  • You can also see up to date customer account financial information within ACT, for example customer balance and invoices outstanding;

In conclusion, the level of integration between Sage 50 and ACT is impressive and should lead to better sharing of information for businesses using both these systems.

If you are interested in purchasing either Sage 50 or ACT! or if you have any questions relating to Sage 50 ACT! integration, please contact James  on (071) 9146815.

Sage 50 2012 Service Pack 1

January 23rd, 2012 No comments »

Sage 50 2012 Service Pack 1 has been released. This service pack combines updates 1 through 3 with an additional update 4.

If your program version number is currently 18.1.0.8 or earlier you need to apply this update. Please check this in Help->About. If you have already applied updates 1 through 3, you can still install this service pack – it detects which updates are installed and which are missing. You  can download the executable file for Service Pack 1  from here.

Before applying the update, backup your Sage data. Exit Sage and Microsoft Excel.

Your version number should now be 18.1.0.12.


 

Christmas Opening Hours

December 20th, 2011 No comments »

Synergy Network Opening Hours over Christmas are as follows…

Closed December 26th to 28th1240539_54500089

Open December 29th, 30th, 10am to 4pm

Closed January 2nd

Business as usual Tuesday January 3rd

Hireman Pro VAT Rate Change

December 15th, 2011 No comments »

Hireman Pro Vat Rate Change for January 1st 2012

As you aware, in the recent budget, the standard rate of VAT will be increased from 21% to 23% from January 1st 2012.

ORT Software has produced a set of guidelines for Hireman Pro users, available from here, outlining the procedure you should follow to get your software updated.

Please contact us on 071 9146815 if you have any queries prior to carrying out these changes.

 

Exchequer Vat Rate Change

December 14th, 2011 No comments »

Exchequer VAT rate change for January 1st 2012

As you aware, in the recent budget, the standard rate of VAT will be increased from 21% to 23% from January 1st 2012.

Synergy Network has produced a set of guidelines for Exchequer users, available for download from here, outlining the procedure you should follow to get your accounting software updated.

Please contact us on 071 9146815 if you have any queries prior to carrying out these changes.

Sage 50 VAT rate Change

December 13th, 2011 No comments »

Sage 50 Vat rate Change for January 1st 2012

As you are aware from the recent budget, the standard rate of VAT will be increased from 21% to 23% from January 1st 2012. We have written a set of guidelines for Sage accounts users which is available for download from here outlining the procedure you should follow.

Please ring us with your queries on 071 9146815, prior to carrying out any changes on your accounting software.

 

Payroll Year End 2011 (PYE 11)

December 8th, 2011 No comments »

There will be no Payroll Year End CDs this year. To download your update and step by step guide please visit www.sage.ie/pye. To ensure all necessary USC recalculations are performed correctly you must install the PYE11 Update before you process the last period of 2011 (making sure to take a backup first). Before you process 2012 payroll, you must download and install the Budget Update. For further information on how to obtain your updates please read below.

Payroll Software Updates Available via Download Only

Your Payroll Year End Update is now available to download. The Budget Update is currently in development following the Budget Announcement by the Government on 6th December 2011. This will be available to download through yourAuto-Update feature and via www.sage.ie/pye. We strongly recommend that you switch on the Auto-Update feature inyour payroll software. This will ensure that you receive all software updates as soon as they are released (including the PYE and Budget Updates). If you haven’t done so already, simply follow steps 1-3 below to switch on the Auto-Update feature:

  1. Enter your Sage account number into the program, if you haven’t previously done so. In your payroll program go to the top toolbar, go to Help and then About Quickpay/MicropayProfessional. Select the Edit button and enter your account number. Click OK to save your settings.
  2. To turn on the auto update service in your payroll program, go to the top toolbar, go to Tools and then Internet Options. Choose the ‘Recommended’ option and click OK to save your settings.
  3. To turn on your Product News Feeds service in your payroll program, go to the top toolbar, go to Help and thenView News. Click on Configure feed. Select the Enable checkbox and click OK to save your settings.

Checklists

Micropay Professional PYE Checklist

Quickpay PYE Checklist

Sage 2012 Update 3 Available

November 17th, 2011 3 comments »

Sage 50 2012 Update 3 has been released. If your program version number is currently 18.0.11.227 you need to apply this update. Please check this in Help->About. If your version number is currently 18.0.11.209, you first need to apply Update 1 to your software. If your version number is currently 18.0.11.220, you first need to apply Update 2 to your software. You  can download the executable file for Update 3  from here.

Before applying the update, backup your Sage data. Exit Sage and Microsoft Excel.

Your version number should now be 18.1.0.6.

 

Sage 2012 Update 2 Available

October 20th, 2011 1 comment »

Sage 50 2012 Update 2 has been released. If your program version number is currently 18.0.11.220 you need to apply this update. Please check this in Help->About. If your version number is currently 18.0.11.209, you first need to apply Update 1 to your software. You  can download the executable file for Update 2  from here.

Before applying the update, backup your Sage data.

Your version number should now be 18.0.13.227.

 

Sage 50 and ESET anti virus software

October 5th, 2011 No comments »

One of the most popular articles in our Support  Knowledgebase is the article entitled “How to configure your anti-virus software not to conflict with Sage”.

As a rule, anti-virus software can have a serious impact on the performance of Sage 50 running on a network. In the aforementioned article we outline how, in general, to configure anti virus software so that it doesn’t conflict with Sage. This blog post is an add-on to that article since we would like to specifically mention ESET anti virus software, a package that we have found popular with many of our support clients.

We would like to thank Des from DM Computing for his input to this article. He has devised the best way to configure ESET and passed it on to Synergy Network.

First of all to access exclusions you have to enter “Advanced Setup” – see below.

Then we recommend that you exclude all local Sage directories (as opposed to file extensions) and also your mapped drive to the Sage data (in this example s:).

Follow the rest of our original support article for advice on making reports run faster by creating a temporary reports folder on your computer.