Optimizing your company file

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Optimizing your company file

Over time, your company file will grow considerably in size. As you enter transactions, then remove or purge them, the file will have unused areas that once contained these transactions. These unused areas can affect the efficiency with which operations are performed in the company file. We recommend that you use the Optimization Assistant to remove the unused areas in the company file and keep your accounting software running efficiently.

To optimize a company file

caution : Optimizing multi-user company files

If multiple users are accessing a shared company file on a host computer, optimize the company file on the host. Optimizing a company file requires single-user access.

1	Open the company file to be optimized.

2	Go to the File menu, choose Optimize Company File and click OK.

3	If an optimization recovery file exists, we recommend that you click Yes to retain a copy of it. Then click OK.

4	Click OK when the optimization process is complete.

▪	Checking your company file for errors

▪	Purging information that is no longer needed

▪	Changing company file date

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