OWL Simple Business Accounting

Program Description

Designed for business owners, not accountants, OWL Simple Business 
Accounting (SBA) makes bookkeeping quick, easy and affordable. 
Unlike double entry systems, SBAs single entry method is intuitive.  
If you have used "Dome" books, you will be right at home with SBA. 
The single entry method is well suited to small businesses 
including sole proprietors, partnerships and S-corporations.

Favoring functionality over glitzy graphics, the customer designed 
user interface reduces input time and errors. Many of our users 
have come to appreciate SBA's elegant simplicity after being 
frustrated by Quick Books and other bloated accounting systems.  

SBA's comprehensive reports are instantly available to help with 
business decisions. The reports are clear, concise and designed 
to organize income and expense information to support analysis 
of business activities, and preparation of taxes by either you 
or your accountant. Business success starts with intelligent money 
management and you can't know where you're going unless you know 
where you are.

SBA allows users to customize their data entry through the use of 
data folders. Each folder may contain income and expense data for 
a single business, a division within a business, or an individual.  
Reports may be generated for a single folder or for any combination 
of folders. For example, a property owner who dedicated a data 
folder to each rental property could report income and expenses for 
each property individually and all properties together.

Simple Business Accounting is linked to OWL Simple Business 
Invoicing and Inventory (SBII) management system which provides 
complete tracking of sales, customers, receivables and inventory.  
The combination of SBA and SBII provides a complete business 
management solution for many small businesses.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

- Windows 95 or above or Windows NT4 or above
- A hard disk with approximately 1.5 Megabytes of available space
- 16 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 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?  Choose the default directory. Do not 
install SBA 2 into the same directory where SBA version 1 resides.

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.

The setup program will NOT overwrite any data files that presently
exist on the target directory.

The setup program creates a program group named "OWL Business 
Apps" with icons for Simple Business Accounting (SB Accounting 2), 
the user's guide (SB Accounting 2 Help), and the Readme file 
(ReadMe).

RUNNING THE PROGRAM

To run SBA click on the Start menu and choose Programs - OWL 
Business Apps - SB Accounting 2 or click it's desktop icon.

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 2001 and 2002.  The Getting Started section of the User's 
Guide contains a step-by-step guide to getting acquainted with 
SBA.

CHANGES: 
 - Added "How Paid" classification for expenses allowing seperate
   reporting of expenses paid by check, cash, credit card, etc.
 - Added auto fill-in capability to Paid-To and Income Description
   fields to speed data entry.
 - Added capability to enter Miles on the expense form and have the
   system compute the expense amount based on the mileage rate.
 - Added password protection.
 - Numerous minor and cosmetic changes.
   


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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@owlsoftware.com

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