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Management Information System

Financial Software

Summary:
This document is a report on AceMoney(the Software) its manufacturer & provides detail regarding the company(MechCad),the Software & its important featyres. When it comes to keeping track of your finances, AceMoney personal finance software is extremely easy to navigate and offers several important features, such as the ability to manage your mortgage, view your spending habits and see your current cash flow. Having these options will help you get a full picture of your personal finances and help you arrive at your long-term goals.

Table of Contents
COMPANY INTRODUCTION: .......................................................................................................................... 4 PRODUCTS: ( Applications of MechCAD) ...................................................................................................... 4 i. ii. iii. iv. v. AceMoney: .................................................................................................................................... 5 AceMoney Lite: ............................................................................................................................. 5 AceMoney for Windows Mobile: .................................................................................................. 6 Ace Stock: ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Pole: .............................................................................................................................................. 6

SOFTWARE INTRODUCTION: ......................................................................................................................... 7 FEATURES OF SOFTWARE: ............................................................................................................................ 7 o o o o o o o Multiple account management..................................................................................................... 7 Automatic update of balances ...................................................................................................... 7 Home budget management .......................................................................................................... 7 Investment performance tracking ................................................................................................ 7 Multi-currency financial math ...................................................................................................... 8 Income and expense categorization ............................................................................................. 8 Don't pay any late fees.................................................................................................................. 8

SOFTWARE DETAIL: ....................................................................................................................................... 8 SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION:............................................................................................................................. 9

Financial Software its Features & Details:

COMPANY INTRODUCTION:
With headquarters in Florida and Russia, MechCAD Software builds high quality personal finance software, serving both the domestic and international customers. MechCAD Software brings a fresh and innovative approach to software development not forgetting the most important thing: listening to the customer. Company says our goal is to exceed the expectations of every client by offering easy to use software, outstanding customer service, increased flexibility, and greater value, thus optimizing system functionality and improving operation efficiency. Our associates are distinguished by their functional and technical expertise combined with their hands-on experience, thereby ensuring that our clients receive the most effective and professional service. As experts in personal finance and home budget management, MechCAD Software is involved in every stage of product development from interviewing customers to completion offering continual functional and technical support. Our extensive skills encompass all aspects of implementation and operation, including business requirements definition, development of functional specifications for client approval, system design, and overseeing development teams customizing software to fit specific client needs.

PRODUCTS: (Applications of MechCAD)

MechCAD Software is a world leader in personal finance and engineering software. Most of its products can be downloaded and evaluated free of charge for a period of 30 days. Its major products are as under:

AceMoney: Personal Finance Manager AceMoney Lite: Free Personal Finance Manager AceMoney for Pocket PC: Record Transactions on the Go! AceStock: Personal Stock Monitor AceMoney For Windows Mobile Pole

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AceMoney:

AceMoney makes it easy to manage multiple accounts of different types, create and manage budgets, juggle finances in multiple currencies, track spending habits, record expenses, transfer among accounts, and do on-line banking. Account information can be shared or password protected. Scheduled backup is automatic. Many other features are instantly usable without prior experience in accounting!

ii. AceMoney Lite: AceMoney Lite is a free personal finance manager for those who have only one or two accounts, for instance just a checking account and a credit card account. Number of supported accounts is the only difference between AceMoney Lite and AceMoney. AceMoney can handle unlimited number of accounts, but AceMoney Lite is limited to two accounts per one file. It's great for checkbook balancing and spending analysis.

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AceMoney for Windows Mobile:

AceMoney for Windows Mobile and Pocket PC is an excellent addition to the desktop version of AceMoney. It has all the same features plus you can take it with you virtually anywhere. Its much easier to record a receipt right at the supermarket register, come home and synchronize data on your mobile device with the desktop file.

iv. Ace Stock: AceStock is a personal stocks monitor. You can't afford not to have this tool if you own any stock, participate in a Stock Options plan or want to know what's happening on the market with your 401k today. AceStock brings real-time stock quotes right to your desktop.

v. Pole: Pole is a computer aided design program for civil engineering and a great helper for any student learning Structural Analysis. The program can analyze statically determined and undetermined rod structures for the force, temperature and kinematical loads. The cornerstone of Pole is ease of use: no other program allows to literally drawing a new structure on the screen in just a few clicks. Once the structure is analyzed, Pole produces all kinds of diagrams and reports required to see what's going on with the structure in details.

SOFTWARE INTRODUCTION:
Software name: AceMoney Company: MechCAD Software Version: 4.20.5

AceMoney:
AceMoney from MechCAD Software is easy to use personal finance software. AceMoney makes it easy to manage multiple accounts of different types, create and manage budgets, juggle finances in multiple currencies, track spending habits, record expenses, transfer among accounts, and do on-line banking. Through this Account information can be shared or password can be protected. Scheduled backup is automatic and many other features are instantly usable without prior experience in accounting.

FEATURES OF SOFTWARE:
Using AceMoney, personal financial software for Mac OS X or Windows, to organize your personal finances is quick and easy. All the features expected from home budget or even smallbusiness accounting software are supported. Following are its main features. o Multiple account management AceMoney, personal financial software, supports different account types like checking, savings, credit cards, loans, debt accounts. You can even create your own custom account type! o Automatic update of balances AceMoney, personal financial software, can be configured to automatically download transactions from your bank, categorize them, and give you an updated balance of your home budget. o Home budget management There are more than 100 existing spending categories. You can configure your home budget limits for every category and track the difference between actual and budgeted values. o Investment performance tracking Track your investment activities like Stock options, or Employee Stock Purchase Plans. The stock quotes are automatically downloaded from the net.
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o Multi-currency financial math The exchange rates for more than 150 different currencies are automatically downloaded from Internet. o Income and expense categorization All your business and personal transactions are automatically categorized by AceMoney, personal financial software, so you can see exactly where your money is spent. You can generate home budget reports by categories or payers/payees. See how much you spent on food last month. Find any transactions by any parameter. o Don't pay any late fees AceMoney shows you when your bills are due.

SOFTWARE DETAIL:
Because AceMoney is such versatile personal finance software, it is ideal for users of all financial stages. AceMoney personal finance software is easy for anyone to install and use, making it a simple and convenient tool for optimizing your personal finances. It will also provide you with the necessary information in order to achieve your all of your financial goals such as information on how to create a budget, manage investment accounts and includes different types of loan calculators. One of our favorite aspects of AceMoney is their upgrade guarantee. Most personal finance software on the market comes with the ability to upgrade when a newer version comes out. However, the upgrades usually cost something. With AceMoney personal finance software, there is a one-time software license purchase fee, and every upgrade after that is completely free.

SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION:
o Ease of Use: AceMoney personal finance software is easy to install and even easier to use. Because the different options are laid out in menu-type format as well as icons on the top of the screen, it's simple to figure out what you need to do to access your portfolio, schedule bills and deposits, or run reports, to name a few. This personal finance software also supports importing data in a large number of formats, including CSV, QIF, OFX, OFC, QFX and XML. o Banking & Bills: AceMoney personal financial software offers features that help you to reconcile accounts and do your banking online. When you first log into this personal financial software you will see a snapshot view of your bank accounts, cash, credit card accounts and investment accounts. This snapshot view also shows you the balances on each account as well as the total dollar amount you have tied up and where. This gives you a good idea of where you are standing financially at a quick glance.

When it comes to adding new bank information to this personal financial software, it is as simple as hitting a button and entering in information such as your bank name, account number and current balance. You also have the option to download this information from the website of each of your financial institutions. Once your accounts are set up, viewing details about your finances is simple. Each account is also a hyperlink, which allows you to view all actions that have taken place on that account for the period you choose.

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o Reporting: AceMoney personal financial software has several different reports available, making it possible for you to review the status and progress of your finances, so you can make necessary adjustments in order to achieve your financial goals. You have the opportunity to view your spending habits by categories as well as subcategories, spending by payees and cash flow reports and spending by accounts just to name a few. We were pleased to find that there is also an investment report that will allow you to view your investment history, the stock symbol for the company, current price, count, purchase value, dividends and more. You also have the option to create other reports by choosing different filtering options, which include filter by date, by payee, by account and more. This allows you to see exactly which transactions you are looking for without having to sort through several un-related transactions. You also have the option of including transfers and viewing subtotals in these reports.

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When it comes to your finances, you need to know exactly where you are in order to avoid financial pitfalls. This personal financial software also comes with several different financial calculators. These include calculators for loans and mortgages. By having the ability to view what a loan will do to you financially, it may be easier for you to make the decision to go with that new home loan or to put if off a little while longer.

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o Archiving & Security: To ensure that the data of your personal finances is safe and secure, this application offers scheduled backups. In addition, you can also restore and archive your data. We were also happy to find that all of the data is password protected.

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o Tax Options: AceMoney personal financial software exports to several different formats, making it easier to import into your current tax application. However, if you find that your tax software does not support any of these available formats, you still have the option of manually entering your data. This personal finance software also allows you to mark your transactions with such tags as deductible, work related and personal. You can also use these tags in any combination, allowing yourself the chance see which items are deductible on your taxes. o Personal Investing: AceMoney personal financial software comes with a portfolio manager to help you make wise investment choices with the money you have. This application will walk you through importing your current investment account data and downloading stock quotes. Having this information can help you to see where you are currently sitting financially and help you to make better financial decisions for the future.

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o Help & Support: MechCAD offers an email form for customers with pressing questions about AceMoney personal finance software. However, this personal finance software also offers many other options when it comes to help and support. The first thing we noticed is that they have a Yahoo Chat group that offers an area for users to discuss issues and solutions. It is also a great place to visit when you are looking for feedback when it comes to personal finances. You can also find AceMoney on Face book. In addition, this personal finance software also offers an online manual and tutorials that will help to explain how the program works. They also offer a knowledgebase that is full of questions and answers that other users have come across.

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