We’ve been working hard to make AccountRight the fastest online accounting system out there, and if you’ve come along with us on this journey, thanks! While we know there's still more to do, we hope you like the improvements we've made in this release.
With this release we’ve focussed on speeding up the key tasks that’ve been slowing you down, and the results have blown us away. Throughout AccountRight you’ll experience fewer lags when moving around, lists display almost instantly, and transactions record faster.
Here's an example of how fast AccountRight 2013.3 really is:
Speed improvements
Here are some areas where you’ll notice big speed improvements from the moment you update:
- Signing on to your online file (30% faster)
- Synchronising your file
- Checking in and out
- Creating a sale (twice as fast)
- Recording a customer payment
- Settling a credit note
- Creating a purchase (twice as fast)
- Recording a supplier payment
- Settling a debit note
- Recording a Spend Money payment (40% faster)
- Displaying a lengthy report (30% faster)
- Filtering a report
- Reconciling a bank account.
You’ll especially notice these improvements if you work online. We’ve carefully tweaked how your AccountRight software chats to our online servers, so now up to 65% less data gets pushed through the tubes. If you’re on a slow internet connection, you should see the biggest improvements. If you’ve held off working online because of the speed issues, hold off no more—learn how to get online (video).
Fixing the little things that mean a lot to you
For this update we’ve also addressed more of the things you’ve told us about on the Community Forum and face to face:
- Easier bank recs: Bank feeds make reconciling easy, but if you’re still doing your bank recs manually, here’s a small tweak you’ll love: When you enter a bank statement transaction that’s missing from your company file (like interest or direct payments) they’ll now appear instantly in the list you’re reconciling—no need to refresh the list! And, if when reconciling you use the calendar to select the Bank Statement Date, all transactions up to the selected date now appear instantly—no tabbing required.
- Easier date entry: Date fields no longer reset to the current month when you edit them, so there’s less risk of error when backdating transactions.
- Big fonts? No problem: You can now use AccountRight on PCs that are set to display text and other items at 125% of the normal size.
- Quicker report filtering: You can select more filters before you display reports, which can save lots of time.
- Optimised report viewing: Reports display in a window optimised for your screen, so there’s less need to reposition and resize the window to get the information you need.
- Retained PO numbers: If you’ve already chosen to keep your original purchase order number when converting a quote to an order or bill, the number will also be kept if you convert an order to a bill.
These are just some of the changes and fixes we’ve made in this release. If there’s something else you’d like us to improve, let us know on the AccountRight Idea Exchange.
Playing catch up
If you’re reading this from New Zealand, you’re probably wondering what happened to your 2013.2 update. That was a compliance release just for Australia, but we did make some non-compliance improvements in that update, which we’ve rolled into your 2013.3 release:
- Whenever you open your company file, we’ll check for software updates you’re entitled to, and step you through downloading and installing them. It’s much easier—learn more.
- Opening the Spend Money window is faster if you have many cards. It’s also faster to create a card from the Spend Money window.
- Online file synchronisation is more stable, so you’ll encounter fewer sync issues.
- AccountRight is now compatible with Microsoft Office 2013.
Get the update
The 2013.3 update is now available to all clients who have an MYOB AccountRight Live or Cover membership. Here’s how you can get it:
- Using AccountRight 2013.2? You’ll see the prompt to update the next time you open your company file.
- Using AccountRight 2011 to AccountRight 2013.1? Download and install the update by going to Start > Software Updates. If you haven’t registered for software updates, see Support Note 32270: AU | NZ.
To find out what we changed in previous releases, click here for our previous updates.
Update instructions
The AccountRight 2013.3 update instructions (AU and NZ) have detailed info about updating your software if you're using AccountRight Basics, Standard or Plus.
Our MYOB Client Support team is also ready to help you with any technical queries you might have. If you have any questions about obtaining the update or installing your software, please post on the Community Forum, use our Live Chat service, email us, or call our Client Support team on 1300 555 123.
