Available in Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher.
Change the Length of Your Company's Account Numbers
Before you can perform this taskTo change the length of your company's account numbers:
- In the Home window, on the Setup menu, select Settings. Open General (Accounts), and select Numbering.
- Select a Number of digits in account number from the list (up to 8).
- Click OK.
Note: To shorten your account number length by one digit, your current account numbers must all end in zero. To shorten them by two digits, they must all end in two zeroes - and so on. Otherwise you need to remove some accounts or ask your accountant to re-number them.