Capital Accounting Software General Features


	Features	Description

	Fast Accounting Facts	Knowing how much your customers owe you, how much you owe your suppliers, the value of your stock and the cash in your bank accounts at any time of the day.

	No Jargon	The business system has been especially designed to allow novice users with no knowledge of accounting jargon to learn the system as easily as is practical.

	Status Help	Status bar prompts give on-screen instruction for every menu option and data input field in the system.

	Year 2050 Compliant	Full support for all accounting years from 1951 - 2050.

	On-line Help	Pressing the help button provides comprehensive, context sensitive help with hypertext links. Possibly the most comprehensive product documentation and on-line reference information in the industry!

	Pop-up Help	Messages or detailed information on warning messages appear when appropriate. Hints and tips appear on-screen without disrupting your typing.

	Multi-user	Designed from the ground up for Windows multi-tasking and networks. From 1-100+ users.

	Multi-currency	Support for an unlimited number of currencies for customer, supplier and cash book transactions.

	Multi-departments	Unlimited departmental coding for cost/profit centre reporting. Unlimited numbers of “sub-departments” may also be assigned.

	Multi-company	Manages up to 4000 separate companies.

	Flexible	No forced procedures or need to print reports if you don't want to. No need to learn about or use any part of the program you don't need.

	File Compatibility	Based on a widely recognized, generic and easy to access standard data base file format. Read data into popular applications such as Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, Excel, Lotus, WinFax Pro, etc. No special drivers or conversion utilities required.

	Network Ready	Locate data on a local PC or local Area Network. Supports common standard network environments such as Windows Server, XP, Novell Terminal Server, Linux Servers, and Citrix Metaframe.

	Windows	Designed to operate with Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2000, Server 2003, and Vista operating systems.

	Graphical Menu Editor	A powerful graphical editor allows you to customise the graphical 'menu map' of the system. Arrange graphics, text labels and lines/arrows, add your own jumps to different areas of CAPITAL, launch external applications, open documents and include links to new menu pages. Users can step forward and backwards through the menu system in a manner similar to browsing the web. Use the pre-existing graphic objects or add your own.

	Tabbed Screens	Screens designed to look like folders with tab sections where applicable.

	Programmable Function Keys	Stores common key-stroke sequences.

	User Defined Screens	Stock, customer, supplier, job card, hire and card file screens can be adapted to meet individual requirements. Hide, move or rename fields on screen in up to 6 screen/pages per record, job or account. New fields can be added to the accounting database.

	Powerful Search Functions	Search on any field for stock, customer, supplier, card file, and job card records or all at once. Locates partial matches and imbedded words. Transactions can be located by transaction number, date, account and possibly other options, depending on transaction type, such as serial number, project, name, order number, etc.

	Security	Comprehensive time based password security with user specific access profiles. Each profile determines customer view, edit, delete and print rights for applicable operating areas. Use Access Levels to lock particular accounts or records. Allows editing of transactions from 0-999 prior days.

	Report Writer	Useful for building many specialised reports, forms and labels. A single powerful integrated reporting tool called Visual Builder handles printing and reporting requirements.

	Third Party Report Writers	In addition to the report writer supplied with CAPITAL, third-party report writers such as Crystal Reports can also be used. Your existing knowledge can be leveraged while you learn the CAPITAL report writer.

	Customise Document Printing	Invoices, statements, delivery dockets, sales orders, quotations, stock returns, purchase orders, picking lists, quotations, stock labels, delivery labels, courier consignment notes, remittances, cheques, payment receipts, special announcements, mailing labels, collection letters, requisitions, transfers, stock receipts, and other forms can be formatted for letter style, receipt style or form style printing. Complete control over the appearance of all printed information.

	Graphics Support	Forms may include Windows fonts, lines, boxes, circles, logos/graphics, shadow and 3D effects. Swap company logos dynamically using the same form or create product catalogs with product images.

	Data Import	Powerful and easy to use data import tools for assisting you in transferring “master file” and "transaction" data from your old accounting system or other applications such as spreadsheets. Preview data inside your application before importing to check validity.

	Pop-up Calculator & Calendar	Calculator supports percentage calculations. Paste results from your calendar or calculator into your data entry screens.

	Australian Postcode Database	Support for 13,000 Australian postcodes. Searches by postcodes or suburb names. Can be kept up to date from the web.

	Bulletin Board	Post messages and notes for users.

	Diagnostic & Automatic Repair Utilities	Scans customer, supplier, stock and transaction files for discrepancies. Prints error reports with automatic correction options.

	Numeric & Alpha- Numeric Numbering	Transaction number series beginning with letter combinations are supported. Many transaction types can be assigned unique number series.

	Printer Redirection	Print outs can be sent to any available printer. Default printers can be set-up for each individual form or label.

	99 note files per account or job	Maintain from 1 to 99 note pads per customer, supplier, job card or card file record. Note pads can be named and optional user date/time/name insertion is supported individually by note pad. Note pads can also be resized.

	Unlimited Historical Data	Export your accounting transactions only when you decide to.

	Integrated Back-up	Integrated ZIP format compatible back-up and restore Wizard. Can back-up open files and warns system administrator if back-ups have not been performed.

	CAPITAL Business Script (CBS)	Sophisticated in-built scripting language allows special features and functions to be programmed into the system without any need to change the application's "source code". Scripts are compatible with future upgrades.

	Appointment & Todo List Management	Enter appointments, view other user appointments, set reminders and manage tasks and to-do list entries.