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Best Software - Timberline Office Accounting
800-628-6583
www.timberline.com
Timberline Office is an integrated family of financial and operations software that covers a broad spectrum of related needs, from job cost to project management to service management. Recent enhancements include the Timberline Office Desktop, a customizable workspace that provides access to all applications and modules, a multi-function HTML pane, and a favorites pane. Other modules received numerous productivity enhancements and faster database access using the Pervasive SQL database engine.
For a new client, an expected software cost for a suggested base package of Timberline Office for construction accounting would be $7,390. This would include Job Cost, GL, AP, Cash Management, Address Book, Financial Statement Designer, Information Assistant, a one-year subscription to Anytime Learning, and a one-year EssentialCare service plan that includes software updates and unlimited support.
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Installation is well organized with a wizard-based process that allows you to install in a client/server, peer-to-peer or stand-alone workstation configuration. The company supplies an authorization code for each licensed module, which is entered during the installation process. Sample data can also be installed for several popular industry types, such as construction, homebuilder and property management.
Upon launching the program, the main window displays the program's dropdown menu, toolbar and the Timberline Office Desktop. The Timberline Office Desktop is the hub of operations, with a pane for organizing a list of "favorites," which gives one-click access to the applications and tasks you use most often. Using favorites, you can directly open Timberline Office tasks without opening the associated application. The Catalog pane is an expandable tree structure with folders for each of the installed modules. Expanding any folder displays a list of...