ABC Solutions is pleased to announce that they have appointed the North American distributor for Home Accounts 2, the finest home accounting package available for the ST. Home Accounts 2 earned a Format Gold rating of 90% from ST Format magazine. Home Accounts 2 is a comprehensive home financial management package. It can also be used to manage a small business. It includes functions for multiple savings, checking and credit card accounts, budgeting, portfolio tracking and net worth reporting. DISPLAY * Fully supports the desktop, with 3D look and feel * HIP (Human Interface Protocol), a graphical environment which integrates the desktop and automates the way you work. * Predictable, consistent, you will find HIP both friendly and intuitive * Multiple windows (window positions and sizes are automatically remembered) * Icons for major functions (optional) * Background cocktail colour themes TRANSACTIONS * Number of accounts, types, transactions, budget entries, investments, and standing orders limited only by memory. * 12 month budget entry for income and expenditure (optional) * Show or hide option for each transaction heading * Definable defaults, saving tedious typing Budget calculator and replicate option * Set standing orders for any period * Sort transactions by any heading * Transfer funds between accounts * Balance accounts automatically * Edit transactions at any time * Transaction reconciliation * Auto cheque numbering * Transaction markers * Search and replace * Notepad facility GRAPHS * Pie, line, bar and scatter graphs * 3D Bar graphs, optional stacking and overlaying * Graphs for budgets, account balances, income accounts and expenditure types * Graphs are self-scaling to fit windows * Save graphs on disk in Degas Elite PRINTING * All reports fully configurable (including header/footer, character style and pitch) * Detailed statements for specified date range * Budget reports (optional comparative figures) * Totals of income accounts and expenditure * Net worth and portfolio report * Full report searching * Reports produced on-screen, printed or saved on disk (ASCII format) * 106 printer drivers and print spooler FILE HANDLING * Timed autosave and backup * Built-in utilities include format, disk info etc GENERAL * Many configuration options can be controlled by the user, including entry defaults, display headers, initial path, data file names and so on * Maximum and minimum warning on accounts * Extensive budgeting * View budgets by any period * View actual and projected budgets, side-by-side * Password facility * Definable function keys * Definable financial year period * Screen saver, Clock, Pop-up Notepad * Calculator, with interest and loan repayment * On-line help (optional interactive help) * Keyboard short cuts * Recoverable trashcan * Not copy protected * Mono and colour, ST/STe/Mega/TT A demo will be posted next week. Watch for your chance to test drive this amazing home accounting package. Home Accounts 2 is priced at $99 Cdn or $85 US (plus $10 s&h). Ontario residents add 8% PST; Canadian residents add 7% GST. To order, send check or money order to: ABC Solutions 4040 Creditview Road Unit 11-151 Mississauga Ontario L5C 3Y8 You may also get in touch with us by calling (416) 824-8484, or leave eMail on GEnie to ABC.SOLN. Other Products: * Publisher 2ST: the successor to Timeworks Desktop Publisher. Also available as an upgrade. * First Graph: a complete business and scientific graphing package. * K-Spread 4: the advanced presentation spreadsheet from KUMA software of England. The leading spreadsheet in Europe ! And soon to be available, K-Spread 4 Lite ! * First Word Plus: upgrades only from 2.xx or 3.xx to 3.2TT. Also, a special disk of printer drivers for FWP.