K2 Tech Update - February 2011 - Accounting and Finance Technology

Published by
The K2 Enterprises Team

FEBRUARY 2011

Greetings!

In this month's K2 Tech Update we invite you to participate in our Annual Technology Survey to better understand the use of technology in our profession.

You'll find technology tips for Office 2010, Excel and Outlook 2010, along with news about Copanion's Gruntworx Gather, Thomson Reuters and SmartVault.

This month our course spotlights are focused on the Webinars we will present through our strategic alliance with CPA Crossings.

We hope you find this issue timely, relevant, and useful. If you have topics you'd like us to cover here in the coming months, let us know.

The K2 Team

Technology In Depth

� K2 Technology Survey

News You Can Use

� Copanion wins Accounting Today Top New Product Award

� Thomson Reuters Surpasses Half a Million Client Portals

� SmartVault Version 3.3 Now Available

K2 Tech Tips

� Customizing the Ribbon in Office 2010

�The Fastest Way to Create a Chart in Excel

� Working with Quick Steps in Outlook 2010

K2 Course Spotlights

� Webinar Training Now Available

K2 Connections

� K2 Connections
� K2 Seminars & Conferences
� About K2 Tech Update
� Join the K2 Mailing List

Customizing the Ribbon in Office 2010

One of the best new features in Microsoft Office 2010 is the ability to customize the Ribbon, particularly for those users transitioning from Office 2003 or prior into the newest version of Microsoft Office. When transitioning out of a legacy version of Office into Office 2010, Microsoft's new Fluent user interface (UI) can become a productivity-squelching quagmire for those who are not fully-versed in the best ways to use it. Fortunately, users of all applications in Office 2010 can customize the Ribbon to meet their specific needs.

� Learn more here
� Tech Tip Video How To

[ Return to Top ]

The Fastest Way to Create a Chart in Excel

Charting has long been one of Excel's least understood features. Sure, most people know that you can highlight a range of data and then insert a Chart from the Ribbon in Excel 2007 and Excel 2010 or from the Insert menu in Excel 2003 and prior. But what most users do not know is that those steps are not even necessary!

� Learn more here
� Tech Tip Video How To

[ Return to Top ]

Working with Quick Steps in Outlook 2010

Repetitive, multistep procedures can be converted to single clicks with Quick Steps, a new feature in Outlook 2010. For example, if users initiate messages to their managers frequently, the conventional process requires opening and addressing a new message before composing the message itself. A custom Quick Step can eliminate the first two steps in the process.

� Learn more here

� Tech Tip Video How To

[ Return to Top ]

K2 Enterprises

Totally Paperless

Accounting Software World

CPA Firm Tech

[ Return to Top ]

Survey

Your Invitation to Participate in the 2011 K2 Enterprises' Technology Survey

Annually, K2 Enterprises conducts a survey on how accountants in all facets of the profession use technology. Please consider this your invitation to participate in the 3rd Annual K2 Enterprises Technology Survey.

� Click here to read more and to participate

Copanion Wins Accounting Today Top New Product Award

Copanion, Inc. has announced that its GruntWorx Gather was honored with a Top New Product award from Accounting Today. In recent months, the GruntWorx platform was enhanced with a new interface and new features. Enhancements across the GruntWorx product suite offer users an easy-to-navigate system for gathering, organizing and populating tax data within a completely digital workflow.

� Read more here

[ Return to Top ]

Thomson Reuters Surpasses Half a Million Client Portals

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has announced that its users have implemented more than 500,000 client portals, an increase of over 200,000 portals in the past year alone. The data shows that the rate of adoption of Thomson Reuters client portals has more than doubled compared to the previous year.

� Read more here

[ Return to Top ]

SmartVault Version 3.3 Now Available

SmartVault, a leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) document storage and sharing solutions, has announced the latest release of SmartVault-version 3.3. The new release focuses on additional security and compliance features and streamlining the user interface to enhance SmartVault's foundation for providing an easy-to-use solution for storing and sharing documents in the Cloud. Enhancements are a direct result of customer feedback and suggestions.

� Read more here

[ Return to Top ]

K2 Enterprises/CPA Crossings

Webinar Training Now Available!

K2 Enterprises is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with CPA Crossings, through which webinar training will be available. Initially, in addition to the complete lineup of webinars offered by CPA Crossings, sixteen K2-led webinars will be available through April 30. The cost of each of these two-hour sessions is $79 and group discounts are available.

Excel - The Business Analytics Tool

Social Networking - Essentials for Business

Excel - Best Unknown Features for Accountants

Security Tools - Up Close and Personal

Better Options for Backup

Managing the Cost of Technology

Solving the Top QuickBooks Issues

Better Reporting with the Intuit Statement Writer

� Read more here

[ Return to Top ]
Page Break C (330)