Accounting Technology Talk and More

Since today is March 14^th, many of my friends who do taxes for a living are working away trying to get those client trial balances adjusted so they can complete those last-minute C and S-Corp tax returns. If you’re one of those accountants who uses the great functionality of the Accountant’s Copy in QuickBooks (and you know who you are), read on. If you aren’t using Accountant’s Copy (e.g.

And yes, almost all of it is online.

True, the personal information stored in your phone, PDA, and laptop is not always online. We do turn these devices off when we’re requested to (well, most of the time). But as for the corporate data (including customer, vendor, and employee data) in our primary data storage location – yes, that hardware is typically and continually connected to the Web. If your service techs, employees, or consultants can get to it without being on-site, then it is online.

So where can we safely store this data?

Dear Brian:

I’m having issues with Microsoft Word 2007. When I start Word 2007, everything looks OK, but the mouse won’t select many of the things on the screen (e.g., I can’t use the scroll bar on the right-hand side of the screen, many options won’t work, and some of the toolbar buttons won’t work). When I try to exit Word, Windows tries to recover from a “crash” and automatically restarts – so I can’t ever get completely out of Word.

Help!

Edward in Elkton

Dear Edward:

I’ve had the same issue on my computer.

I recently wrote an article about a friend who purchased Office 2007 in the early days of busy season. This license is called an “OEM” license, and cannot be transferred to a new computer. In my case, Rhonda bought three copies of Office 2007 with three laptops. When those laptops wear out, have Diet Coke spilled on them, or are otherwise retired, the “rights” to run Office 2007 cannot be transferred to the replacement hardware (e.g.