ACS Help

Welcome to the ACS Help site.

These pages describe ACS 5. To open help for the program you are using, click the ? button at the top right of its screen. You can also choose Help > Help from the menu bar to come to this page.

ACS Systems

• Core (options available in every system, such as File > Save As, File > Open and Select Company)
• General Ledger (including the Accountant's Add-On)
• Payroll
• Utility Billing
• Checkbook

Help pages have not yet been written for Client Billing, Order Entry or the Collection-Master Add-On. Please call ACS with questions about those systems.

Non-Program Help

• Installing and updating ACS 5
• Making backups
• Errors
• Glossary

Older Reference

• Job Cost (the Job Cost payroll add-on was retired in July 2026)
• What's New in ACS 4 (changes from ACS 3 to ACS 4; historical)