VT Final Accounts

Add-in programs enable third party developers such as VT Software to add toolbars, menu commands and features to extend the capabilities of Excel. Add-in features usually have the same look and feel as original Excel features. The VT add-in programs are written in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) which is supplied as a standard part of Excel. In other words, the only software used to create VT Final Accounts was Excel itself.

Add-in programs can be enabled or disabled at any time by choosing the Add-Ins command from the Tools menu of Excel (in Excel 2007 or later click the button at the top left corner of Excel, click Excel Options, click Add-Ins, select Manage Excel Add-Ins and then click Go). When an add-in program such as VT Final Accounts is first enabled, it adds custom toolbars to the main Window of Excel (in Excel 2007 or later to the Add-Ins tab). Even if you disable the add-in program, the toolbar remains. Tip: To remove the VT toolbars, choose the Re-install/Delete VT Final Accounts Toolbars command from the VT Final Accounts View menu.

The add-in programs provided by VT Software are called VT Final Accounts, VT Function Library and VT Data Export. VT Final Accounts is a large program. We recommend that you normally disable it as an add-in to prevent it loading each time you start Excel. If you do this, it will not load until you click on a button on the VT toolbar.

The VT Function Library is a small program and we recommend that you leave it permanently enabled. You will then not be bothered with messages about links whenever you open a workbook based on one of the accounts templates. The VT Function Library contains the SWITCH function, which is used throughout the accounts templates to automate text which changes with the results such as Profit/(loss) for the year. It also contains functions used by workbooks linked to the VT Transaction accounting package.

The VT Data Export add-in enables accounts data for sole traders and partnerships to be exported to tax software packages. There is no need to enable this add-in unless you want to export data. VT Data Export can be used with any Excel workbook, not just the ones supplied with VT Final Accounts.