Sage Fixed Assets Depreciation 2018.1 User guide January 2018 Last updated: January 24, 2018 © 2018 The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All rights reserved. Sage, Sage logos, and Sage product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of The Sage Group plc or its licensors. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Sage End User License Agreement (EULA): http://na.sage.com/sage-na/eula Contents Chapter 1. Introduction Welcome to Sage Fixed Assets . 1-1 Sage Fixed Assets Depreciation Network . 1-1 Verifying Your Computer’s Equipment . 1-1 Key Steps in Implementing the Application . 1-2 Understanding Databases . 1-4 Understanding Companies . 1-5 Why Use More than One Company . 1-5 When to Keep Assets in One Company? . 1-6 Understanding Groups . 1-6 Using Groups . 1-6 How the Application Updates Groups . 1-7 Understanding Asset Fields and SmartLists . 1-8 Chapter 2. Getting Started Starting the Application . 2-1 Entering a User Login and Password . 2-2 Changing Passwords . 2-3 Using Demonstration Data . 2-3 Opening an Existing Company . 2-4 Getting Help . 2-4 Using Online Help . 2-4 Viewing Sage Fixed Assets Depreciation Fundamentals . 2-5 Contacting Sage Fixed Assets . 2-5 Sage Live Connect . 2-5 Viewing Your Customer Number . 2-6 Updating Your Customer Number . 2-6 Setting User Security . 2-6 Assigning Supervisor Password and Enabling System Security . 2-7 Creating System Level Security Profiles . 2-9 Creating Company Level Security Profiles . 2-11 Assigning User Privileges . 2-12 Selecting a Security Mode . 2-16 Switching to Windows Authentication . 2-17 Switching to Application Authentication . 2-19 Resetting User Passwords . 2-19 Renaming a User . 2-20 Setting Up Your Printer . 2-21 Chapter 3. Navigating the Application Interface Elements of the Main Application Window . 3-1 Navigating the Application . 3-2 Using the Navigation Pane . 3-2 Using the Right Mouse Button . 3-8 Browsing Your Assets . 3-8 Viewing Your Assets - Asset List, Asset Detail . 3-9 Asset List . 3-10 Viewing Asset Groups . 3-11 Sage Fixed Assets Depreciation User’s Guide for U.S. Companies Contents-1 Contents Selecting Assets . 3-11 Customizing the Asset List View . 3-13 Restoring Your Asset List View . 3-16 Exporting the Asset List to Microsoft Excel . 3-16 Replacing Asset Data . 3-17 Replacing Data for All Assets . 3-18 Asset Detail . 3-19 Using the Tabs in Asset Detail . 3-21 Finding Specific Assets or Specific Data . 3-25 Entering Dates in Date Fields . ..