Thanks Doug for the offer. I am done with my taxes and am continuing with the record-keeping I am familiar with in the interim. In the meantime, I am researching some options suggested by MUGLO members. Some of the programs appear to be too intensive and three might be ³light² enough so I¹ll try to test them before you get back to me. Thanks again, Theresa On 02/03/09 11:29 AM, "Douglas Feick" <dejl6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The longer processing time for Office 8 is because of the greater > depth to the new level, and all the stuff it does behind the scenes. > Regarding Apple Works and Office, AW is not as versatile as Office > and completely incompatible with your Office programs, so any data > you have saved in Office won't translate for you. > From the sound of previous threads, you don't need a database program > to do what you want to for your business, at least not yet. What you > need is to set up Excel with your formats and formulas to extract > anything you need from your data that you enter. > If you need help with anything like that before your taxes are done, > let me know soon and I will see if I can help you. Anything else and > I can help you after my own taxes are done, no problem...Doug > --- > MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> > Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi> > > > > --- MUGLO information at <http://www.freewebs.com/muglo> Manage your account options at <//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi>