Microsoft often touts the capabilities of Excel, especially to the accounting and financial community. If they really wanted to show how robust and capable it was, they would distribute a copy of AFP5 along with the Office application. This trial balance software really shows off what you can accomplish with Excel.
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Installing AFP4 is a snap, and client set-up is fast and easy. The software comes with a well-written manual, and each worksheet contains instructions at the top of the page on how to use the specific sheet. ...you'll be pleasantly surprised at how robust and feature-rich this trial balance application is.
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Setting up files in AFP is quick and easy. You enter the base data about the client, the accounting period, and the type of engagement into the designated cells, and choose your file name and location before running the save routine from the AFP Menu. The information entered is used in creating document headings, as well as CGA-specific engagement and representation letters and accountants' communications...
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It is amazing how many accountants, especially small practitioners, still manually prepare most of their working papers, using a word processor to generate financial statements. Tempting as it is to dismiss the reluctance to embrace technology as a resistance to change, the reality is many have spent lots of time and money on productivity promises in the past and have little or nothing to show for it. The good news is ...
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A Toronto software firm that specializes in Microsoft Excel-based products has gained the quiet respect of professional accountants across Canada ...
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Accounting For Practitioners (AFP) ... is an Excel-based system for preparing trial balance and lead sheet information quickly and easily. .. To say that this is merely a spreadsheet would greatly understate the power and flexibility of the system ...
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Financial statements for most small business owners are historical documents. What they live and die by is their cash flow and most small to medium accounting software solutions have been sadly lacking ... But that situation is changing dramatically.
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