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Published by the K2 Enterprises Team February 2009
Greetings!

Welcome to K2 Tech Update, K2 Enterprises' new monthly newsletter featuring technology and productivity news, information, and tips for accounting and financial professionals.  We hope you find this inaugural issue timely, relevant, and useful.

This month we take a look at how best to maximize technology investments in this challenging economic environment. You'll also find technology tips and the latest technology news.

Let us know what you would like to see in future issues.

The K2 Team
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Using Third-Party Add-ons to Attach
Source Documents to QuickBooks Transactions

QuickBooks users often desire to attach documents to transactions in their accounting application. While other entry-level accounting software products such as Peachtree and Microsoft Office Accounting provide the ability to link files to transactions, such functionality is not native to QuickBooks. However, add-in products and services such as SmartVault provide a very easy and inexpensive way of attaching documents to QuickBooks transactions.

>> Learn more here

>> Watch a video demo



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Using Excel's Conditional Formatting to Highlight Variances

Accountants and financial professionals often need to highlight significant variances in Excel worksheets - for example, budget variances exceeding 10% of budgeted amounts. Rather than manually selecting and formatting cells, consider using Excel's Conditional Formatting tool to handle the task.

>> Learn more here

>> Watch a video demo


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Smart Technology Investments
in a Slow Economy
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Fighting Back with Improved Efficiency

Information technology expenditures that improve utilization of existing assets can be very wise investments in a slow economy.  Learn more about how to maximize your technology dollar in this article that looks at:
  • Improving Utilization of Assets
  • Focus on Efficiency
  • Train Your Team

>> Read the full article
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Intuit Announces Set-up and Training
for QuickBooks

New QuickBooks customers will be paired with Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisors through an Intuit-sponsored QuickBooks Set-Up and Training program to assist these new users in getting started in QuickBooks efficiently and accurately. Participating ProAdvisors will be matched to new QuickBooks customers based on geography and industry expertise. ProAdvisors set up telephone and web-enabled conferences with these new customers to provide limited set-up and introductory training services. ProAdvisors are compensated for each "set-up & training" service performed.

>> Get More information on this program
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Microsoft Releases
Windows 7 Beta


Microsoft has released Windows 7 Beta. Windows 7 is the scheduled successor to Windows Vista and currently has an anticipated release of 4th quarter 2009. Windows 7 is touted as being compatible with existing hardware and software and includes Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta, though Internet Explorer 8 Beta can be installed without installing Windows 7.

With the scheduled expiration of mainstream support for Windows XP in April of this year, many companies and firms will likely expedite their plans to upgrade their operating systems to either Windows Vista or Windows 7 during 2009.

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Continuing Professional  Education for Accountants
and Financial Professionals

K2 Enterprises offers continuing professional education seminars and conference sessions to accounting and finance professionals throughout the U.S.

Follow the link to learn more about our educational offerings.   >> Learn more