Sage 50 Tutorial Course

Course Title:	Mastering Sage 50 Made Easy
Versions Covered:	2023 through 2013 (U.S. Version)
Hours of Content:	6
Video Lessons:	130
Manual:	247 Pages
This Course:	$50 $25 Sale! |
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Course Description

Learn Sage 50 with this comprehensive course from TeachUcomp, Inc. Mastering Sage 50  Made Easy features 130 video lessons with introductory through advanced instruction. Watch, listen and learn as your expert instructor guides you through each lesson step-by-step. During this media-rich learning experience, you will see each function performed just as if your instructor were there with you. Reinforce your learning with the text of our printable classroom instruction manual (247 pages), additional images and practice exercises.  You will learn how to setup a company file, work with payroll, sales tax, job tracking, advanced reporting and much more.

Whether you are completely new to Sage 50 or upgrading from Peachtree, this course will empower you with the knowledge and skills necessary to be a proficient user. We have incorporated years of classroom training experience and teaching techniques to develop an easy-to-use course that you can customize to meet your personal learning needs.  Simply launch the easy-to-use interface, click to start a video lesson or open the manual and you’re on your way to mastering Sage 50.

Course Syllabus & Sample Lessons

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To view samples of the instruction manual in PDF, click here: Sage 50 Accounting Manual

CHAPTER 1-	Getting Acquainted with Sage 50
Lesson 1.1-	The Sage 50 Environment
Lesson 1.2-	The Sage 50 Navigation Centers
Lesson 1.3-	Using the Menu Bar
Lesson 1.4-	Customizing Shortcuts
Lesson 1.5-	Learning Common Business Terms
CHAPTER 2-	Setting Up a Company
Lesson 2.1-	Creating a Sage 50 Company
Lesson 2.2-	Converting a Company
Lesson 2.3-	Setting Customer Defaults
Lesson 2.4-	Setting Vendor Defaults
Lesson 2.5-	Setting Inventory Defaults
Lesson 2.6-	The Payroll Setup Wizard
Lesson 2.7-	Setting Employee Defaults
Lesson 2.8-	Setting Job Defaults
Lesson 2.9-	Making a Local Backup
Lesson 2.10-	Making a Cloud Backup
Lesson 2.11-	Restoring from a Local Backup File
Lesson 2.12-	Restoring from a Cloud Backup
Lesson 2.13-	Setting Up Security and Creating Users
Lesson 2.14-	Configuring Automatic Backups
Lesson 2.15-	Configuring Automatic Cloud Backups
CHAPTER 3-	Using the General Ledger
Lesson 3.1-	General Ledger Default Settings
Lesson 3.2-	Adding Accounts
Lesson 3.3-	Deleting and Inactivating Accounts
Lesson 3.4-	Adding Beginning Balances to Account
Lesson 3.5-	Using Lists
Lesson 3.6-	Adding General Ledger Journal Entries
Lesson 3.7-	Basic General Ledger Reports
Lesson 3.8-	Entering Account Budgets
Lesson 3.9-	Using the Cash Account Register
CHAPTER 4-	Using Sales Tax
Lesson 4.1-	The Sales Tax Wizard
Lesson 4.2-	Collecting Sales Tax
Lesson 4.3-	Paying Sales Taxes
CHAPTER 5-	Entering Records
Lesson 5.1-	Entering Customer Records
Lesson 5.2-	Entering Customer Beginning Balances
Lesson 5.3-	Entering Vendor Records
Lesson 5.4-	Entering Vendor Beginning Balances
Lesson 5.5-	Entering Inventory
Lesson 5.6-	Entering Inventory Beginning Balances
Lesson 5.7-	Changing a Record ID
CHAPTER 6-	Accounts Receivable
Lesson 6.1-	Setting Statement and Invoice Defaults
Lesson 6.2-	Quotes, Sales Orders, Proposals and Invoicing
Lesson 6.3-	Entering Quotes
Lesson 6.4-	Converting Quotes
Lesson 6.5-	The Sales Orders Window
Lesson 6.6-	The Proposals Window
Lesson 6.7-	The Sales/Invoicing Window
Lesson 6.8-	Printing and Emailing Invoices
Lesson 6.9-	Entering and Applying Credit Memos
Lesson 6.10-	The Receive Money Window
Lesson 6.11-	Statements and Finance Charges
Lesson 6.12-	Selecting Deposits
CHAPTER 7-	Accounts Payable
Lesson 7.1-	The Purchase Orders Window
Lesson 7.2-	Entering a Drop Shipment
Lesson 7.3-	Select for Purchase Orders
Lesson 7.4-	The Purchases/Receive Inventory Window
Lesson 7.5-	The Payments Window
Lesson 7.6-	The Select For Payment Window
Lesson 7.7-	Entering Vendor Credit Memos
CHAPTER 8-	Managing Inventory
Lesson 8.1-	Building and Unbuilding Assemblies
Lesson 8.2-	Making Inventory Adjustments
Lesson 8.3-	Changing Item Prices
CHAPTER 9-	Creating Payroll
Lesson 9.1-	Adding Employees
Lesson 9.2-	Adding Employee Beginning Balances
Lesson 9.3-	Performance Reviews and Raise History
Lesson 9.4-	Paying a Group of Employees
Lesson 9.5-	Paying an Employee
CHAPTER 10-	Account Management
Lesson 10.1-	Writing Checks
Lesson 10.2-	Voiding Checks
Lesson 10.3-	Reconciling Bank Accounts
Lesson 10.4-	Changing the Accounting Period
CHAPTER 11-	Job Tracking
Lesson 11.1-	Setting Up a Job
Lesson 11.2-	Creating Custom Fields for Jobs
Lesson 11.3-	Creating Phases for Jobs
Lesson 11.4-	Creating Cost Codes for Phases
Lesson 11.5-	Entering Beginning Balances for a Job
Lesson 11.6-	Making Purchases for Jobs
Lesson 11.7-	Invoicing for Job Purchases
Lesson 11.8-	Job Tracking
Lesson 11.9-	Entering Change Orders for a Job
CHAPTER 12-	Time and Billing
Lesson 12.1-	Adding Time Ticket Employees
Lesson 12.2-	Entering Activity Items
Lesson 12.3-	Entering Charge Items
Lesson 12.4-	Entering Time Tickets
Lesson 12.5-	Entering Expense Tickets
Lesson 12.6-	Billing Time and Expense Tickets
CHAPTER 13-	Settings and Tools
Lesson 13.1-	Changing the Company Info and Posting Method
Lesson 13.2-	Posting and Unposting
Lesson 13.3-	Memorized Transactions
Lesson 13.4-	Using the Purge Wizard
Lesson 13.5-	Using the Year-End Wizard
Lesson 13.6-	Data Verification
Lesson 13.7-	Updating Encryption
Lesson 13.8-	Archiving a Company
Lesson 13.9-	Using and Restoring an Archive Company
Lesson 13.10-	Sharing a Company in Sage Drive
Lesson 13.11-	Connect to a Shared Company Using Remote Data Access
Lesson 13.12-	Managing User and File Access Using Remote Data Access
Lesson 13.13-	Finding Transactions
Lesson 13.14-	Sync Data in Microsoft 365
Lesson 13.15-	Email Setup
Lesson 13.16-	Writing Letters
CHAPTER 14-	Reporting
Lesson 14.1-	The Cash Flow Manager
Lesson 14.2-	The Collection Manager
Lesson 14.3-	The Payment Manager
Lesson 14.4-	The Financial Manager
Lesson 14.5-	Find on Report
Lesson 14.6-	Previewing and Printing Preset Reports
Lesson 14.7-	Report Groups
Lesson 14.8-	Modifying Reports
Lesson 14.9-	Exporting Reports to Excel
Lesson 14.10-	Importing and Exporting Data
Lesson 14.11-	Exporting Reports to PDF
Lesson 14.12-	Modifying Task Window Screen Templates
Lesson 14.13-	Modifying Forms
CHAPTER 15-	The Internal Accounting Review
Lesson 15.1-	Using the Internal Accounting Review
CHAPTER 16-	Action Items
Lesson 16.1-	Events
Lesson 16.2-	To-Do Items
Lesson 16.3-	Alerts
CHAPTER 17-	Options
Lesson 17.1-	Changing Global Options
Lesson 17.2-	Changing the System Date
CHAPTER 18-	Assets and Liabilities
Lesson 18.1-	Assets and Liabilities
Lesson 18.2-	Creating an Other Current Assets Account
Lesson 18.3-	Subtracting Value from an Other Current Assets Account
Lesson 18.4-	Creating a Fixed Assets Account
Lesson 18.5-	Accumulated Depreciation
Lesson 18.6-	Liability Accounts
Lesson 18.7-	Paying on a Long Term Liability
Lesson 18.8-	Equity
CHAPTER 19-	Help
Lesson 19.1-	Using Search and Help Topics
Lesson 19.2-	Using the Sage 50 User’s Guide

Sage 50 is a popular small business accounting software application. Formerly called Peachtree, Sage 50 was re-branded to better match Sage, Inc. – the manufacturer. During this 6 hour Sage 50 training course, our expert instructor will show you how to set up a Sage 50 company file, pay employees and vendors, create custom reports, reconcile your accounts, use estimating, time tracking and much more.

This Sage 50 training course covers the same material as our two-day classroom training and was designed to provide a solid foundation in Sage 50.

Course includes video lessons, printable instruction manuals, a practice exam with evaluative feedback (find out why your answers are right or wrong), your final exam submission, and a course certificate of completion.

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