AccountRight 2011 Updates

This page is designed to provide clients who are using AccountRight 2011 with the latest information on the release and details of resources available to help you install and use it effectively.

About AccountRight 2011

The new MYOB AccountRight 2011 release sees a number of improvements based on direct feedback from our clients.
We’ve included the things you’ve asked for like improved reports and forms, integrated search, the ability to customise invoices, statements and receipts, and simplified access to previous years’ data.

To implement these changes we’ve rebuilt AccountRight 2011 on a more modern and robust technology framework which will also give you online capability in future.

Since the release of AccountRight 2011 we’ve received valuable feedback from our clients and Partners and we thank you for it. We are committed to working with our clients to ensure that AccountRight 2011 makes business life easier. 

Help with installing and using AccountRight 2011

The following resources are available to help you with AccountRight 2011. We recommend that everyone reads and reviews this information.

• Support Notes – these provide assistance on upgrades, new features and troubleshooting. The Support Notes are searchable and continuously updated with the latest information, so if you have a question or issue it‘s usually best to try searching the Support Notes first.
• Upgrading instructions - these take you through how to install the new software
• Videos – these demonstrate new features in AccountRight 2011. They are a great way to understand what’s changed in the software.
• Minimum system requirements – we recommend everyone reads these before installing to ensure that your computer is appropriate.

More Support

We also have a Support team here to help. You can contact MYOB Customer Support if you have any questions, queries or feedback on 1300 555 123.

Information updates

UPDATE – 5pm, Friday 13th April 2012

Hi everyone,

Hopefully you’ve all had a chance to look at and experience the improvements delivered in Service Pack 3 for AccountRight. 

Service Pack 4 – what to expect

We’re finalising the inclusions for Service Pack 4 at the moment. The areas that are currently being focused on are:

• Faster Payment Summaries
• Show / hide inactive cards and items
• Faster Payroll Processing (for Australia)
• Ability to save column resize and reposition preferences

As we get a more definitive list of the specific enhancements and fixes that Service Pack 4 delivers, we’ll be sure to pass this information on to you.

ACCOUNTRIGHT 2011 TIPS AND TRICKS

Separating dates with full stops

Many of you are familiar with using a full stop as a date separator in AccountRight version 19. Did you know this is still possible in AccountRight 2011? You just need to make an adjustment in the Windows Regional & Language settings.

To access in Windows 7:

• Click into the Windows start button> Control Panel> Region and language
• Select “Additional Settings”  and then the “Date” tab
• In the “Short Date” field replace the ‘/’ characters with ’.’
• Click apply
• Close and re-open AccountRight 2011.

You should now find all date fields are shown with a ‘.’ separator and that you can successfully use ‘.’ on the keyboard when keying in dates.

It’s important to note that this is a system-wide setting and may change the way short dates are displayed in other applications as well.  A support note has been created with the above steps (including screenshots and instructions for older operating systems) and can be accessed here.  There’s also a library of dedicated AccountRight 2011 Support Notes which can be accessed here.

Did you know?

When drilling down into reports, clicking an item doesn’t make the report disappear. The report simply moves to the background, and is easily reached again by pressing ALT+TAB at the same time. By the way, that ALT+TAB shortcut is one of Windows’ many, many keyboard shortcuts that help to speed up menial tasks in most Windows applications. Here are some more.
As always, we want to hear from you – please feel free to join in the conversation.

UPDATE – 5pm, Friday 30th March 2012

Hi everyone, a quick update on AccountRight for you all:

The latest Service Pack has been out for a couple of weeks now. If you haven’t yet run it, we encourage you to do so as soon as possible. It addresses a number of things that will certainly make your business life easier.

Looking ahead to our next service pack (exact date tba), a couple of improvements to look forward to include:

• Faster processing of recurring transactions
• Faster payroll processing
• Faster payment summaries.

Those first two changes are in response to your feedback. The third – payment summaries – is something we’ve been working on as a result of our internal testing. We were unhappy with the speed of the original process so have enhanced its performance for the next service pack.

HANDY HINTS

In the latest version of AccountRight, there are tweaks and shortcuts that you might not be aware of. Here are a couple we’ve passed on to users recently that have made all the difference to their work processes.

Speeding up your bank reconciliation:
 

• Open the Bank Reconciliation Screen and select your statement date
• Enter a transaction using the right-click menu
  • By entering transactions this way the bank reconciliation screen will refresh automatically after entering each transaction.
  • Keyboard shortcut:  <Ctrl><Shift><F10> then ‘t’ then ‘s’ for spend money

See our full list of support notes

We’ve received plenty of excellent feedback about the performance enhancements included in Service Pack 3. Of course we’re keen to hear about your experience, too. So please feel free to join in the conversation.

We’ll keep you updated on everything AccountRight as it comes to hand!