Sage Software Expands Support and Training for Peachtree Customers to Include Microsoft Excel

3/3/2008 12:33:09 PM

New Freedom Support Extra program to help small firms and accountants using Microsoft Excel and Peachtree increase business productivity

Atlanta, Georgia - Sage Software is expanding its network of support and training options for small businesses and accountants with the introduction of the new Freedom Support Extra(1) program for Peachtree by Sage to include Microsoft® Excel®. Freedom Support Extra is designed to help Peachtree customers and Sage Software Accountants' Network members to improve productivity and take fuller advantage of both Peachtree and Excel to increase the reporting and analysis capabilities available through combining these two business management applications.

“Many small business owners' first experience with managing finances is through Excel spreadsheets. As their businesses grow and they add employees, they move up to an accounting solution like Peachtree, but often keep Excel as part of their operations,” said Andrew Goldberg, senior director of strategic marketing for Peachtree, Sage Software. “In fact, our research shows that more than half of the companies using Peachtree supplement it with Excel for tasks including financial analysis, presenting financial data and forecasting. Our new Freedom Support Extra support and training package will help those businesses to take full advantage of their investments and improve their business processes.”

Small businesses who purchase Freedom Support Extra can now receive support and training for both Peachtree and Excel. The training includes tips and tricks to help small businesses increase productivity and save time using both applications for more efficient development of professional presentations and reports. Additionally, Freedom Support Extra offers a range of downloadable and customizable business templates to further assist small businesses with automating routine reports and processes across Peachtree and Excel. Small businesses can conveniently access support or training via the phone, email or online.

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