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Wednesday, January 21, 2026 (0 Comments - view/add) Easy to Use Built-In Calculator » TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor Easy to Use Built-In Calculator Did you know Sage 100 Contractor has a built...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Sage 100 Contractor - Don't Forget to Close Payroll! » TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor Sage 100 Contractor - Don't Forget to Close Payroll! Tag your calendar now w...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) A/P Check Transmittal Report » TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor A/P Check Transmittal Report Have you ever printed a check for a vendor with...
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Adding Reports to Sage's Homepage » TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor Adding Reports to Sage's Homepage Did you know that you can store your repor...
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Multiple Addresses for Vendor » TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor Multiple Addresses for Vendor Have you ever had a vendor that has their loca...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Time Savers - Entry Into Multiple Cells at Once » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Time Savers - Entry Into Multiple Cells at Once We all need to save time. E...
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 (1 Comment - view/add) Adding a "note" to a report » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Adding a "note" to a report Have you ever needed to include a memo/note on...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Sage 100 Contractor - Creating a New Query? » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Creating a New Query? Did You Know - in order to enable the drill down feat...
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Printing Defaults » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Printing Defaults To save time, set up defaults for printing reports. When...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Easily Create Form Designs With Lots of Text » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Easily Create Form Design With Lots of Text It's easy to create Form Designs...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Sage 100 Contractor - Check Your Backup » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Check Your Backup It is a good idea to check that your nightly Sage 100 Contractor ba...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Sage 100 Contractor - Payroll Archiving » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Payroll Archiving After archiving your payroll for the year, don't forget to...
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Manage Period Availability » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Manage Period Availability If you log on to Sage 100 Contractor as a compan...
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Finding Your Logo File » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Finding Your Logo File When adding or updating a logo on a report form, Sage will only...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Vendor Search Shortcut » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Vendor Search Shortcut Have you ever tried to run a job or vendor report (Examples: 6-...
Friday, October 11, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) Sage 100 Contractor - Bank Transfers Made Easy » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Sage 100 Contractor - Bank Transfers Made Easy Use Menu 1-1 Checks and Bank Charges/Op...
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor - Removing Unwanted Phases » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Removing Unwanted Phases Have you ever entered a Phase on a Job then realized an er...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor - Another Datebase Lookup Option » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Another Database Lookup Option Did you know you can use the “?” to open a database...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor - Duplex Printing » TUG Tip --Sage 100 Contractor Sage 100 Contractor - Duplex Printing Let's save a few trees! The "Duplex" che...
Thursday, June 20, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor - Time Savers - Entry Into Multiple Cells at ONCE » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Time Savers - Entry Into Multiple Cells at ONCE We all need to save time. Eve...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor - Easily match the posting period to transaction date » TUG Tip -- Sage100 Contractor Easily match the posting period to transaction date Did you know you can set your...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor - Project Hot List » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Project Hot List You manage project Vendor invoices for review by 'checking' the b...
Wednesday, October 4, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Sage 100 Contractor Lookup Window Missing? Here is how you find it! Trying to us...
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Creating a New Query? Creating a New Query? Did You Know - in order to enabl...
Wednesday, May 24, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Avoid Confusion With Company Specific Forms and Reports Did you know that Form De...
Wednesday, April 26, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip --Sage 100 Contractor Paying ACH Charges the Easy Way ACH payments are easy; and they are easy to record...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Use Row Tags in Estimating Basic to Make Follow-Up Easy Use Row Tags in Estimating...
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip --Sage 100 Contractor Sage 100 Contractor: Payroll Archiving After archiving your payroll for the year, d...
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Use a CASE Statement for a More Readable Report Do your Report Users wonder wha...
Wednesday, September 7, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Resort Your Progress Billing Lines Are you unhappy with the "order" of your P...
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip -- Sage 100 Contractor Not sitting near a Calculator? That's Okay! You can add, subtract, etc. the numbers i...
Thursday, June 9, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor » TUG Tip - Sage 100 Contractor Ways to SAVE Did you know that you can save in 3 ways? 1) Go to File in the up...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Paying ACH Charges the Easy Way » TUG Tip -- Paying ACH Charges the Easy Way ACH payments are easy; and they are easy to record in Sage 100 Contractor! I...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip: Avoid Confusion With Company Specific Forms and Reports » TUG Tip -- Avoid Confusion With Company Specific Forms and Reports Did you know that Form Designs and Reports can be sa...
Monday, January 24, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) TUG Tip - Payroll Archiving » TUG Tip -- Payroll Archiving Once you have completed archiving your 2021 payroll, don't forget to add it to the Schedule...
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