I found the setup very easy to complete, very clear just entered company details inc VAT etc and was ready to go in approx 2 mins. First thing I did was to enter some customers in the "New Customer" file and enter Products into the database , once this was done invoicing was a breeze, took approx 5 seconds to make a invoice, I have used some Sage products in the past but this is by far the easiest.

Following an attack by a virus (nothing to do with sage) I have had to restore my PC with Acronis :-(

Prior to this I had carried out a back up of Sage onto a USB stick and the restore process went very smoothly and worked perfectly. The default option for back ups is data only but, luckily, I had ticked all of the boxes and it is back exactly as it was prior to attack :-))

Having used spreadsheets for over 10 years to compile accounts, my first impression on starting Sage was 'woah!' this is going to take a bit of learning. I'm running the accounts for a cafe & mobile catering business using regular spreadsheets and now Sage Instant Accounts with a view to moving away from spreadsheets altogether which is why I was keen to try the software. It helps a lot that the financial year starts on May 1st, so I won't need to import any data.

On starting Sage for the first time and having created a user file, etc , I created 2 bank accounts and 2 cash accounts, which seemed fairly straightforward. Then I proceeded to enter a supplier, again fairly simple. Over the next few days, I will start entering transactions, so far so good, the help facility is pretty good, but one thing - unless I'm having a blonde moment, whats "N/C" I keep seeing on Bank Payments transaction forms?

when you have excel set up just perfect, its very strange adjusting to sage, a very big learning curve i'm finding.

I assume you have received the goods and invoices > suppliers > batch invoice > enter your invoices > save the batch