Global Options (Getting Started)
You can set certain options that are in effect for all of the companies you set up. You can access this option from the Options menu.
Remember that when you set global options for one company, you set them for all companies. Likewise, when you change options for one company, you are changing them for all companies.
Global options include:
- Whether to have Sage 50 warn you if a record was changed but not saved when you exit a journal
- Whether to display one or two lines for each line item in a transaction-entry window
- Whether to automatically recalculate the cash account balance when entering receipts or checks (if not selected, you can press a Recalculate button to update the cash balance if necessary; this can save time in data entry)
- Whether to have the program automatically insert a decimal point in numbers two places to the left or to have users type in the decimal
- Whether you use the Timeslips Accounting Link
- Whether to warn you if an inventory item used in a transaction is out of stock
- Whether to have lists open automatically when you place your cursor in a field where a list is available
- Whether to have Sage 50 automatically fill in text for stored items when you begin typing in a field
- Whether you want Sage 50 to create record IDs for you automatically.
It is important to realize all of the options you have, and what results your choices will have.