However, although such customization is widely available in today's top packages, some products still can't produce custom-tailored financial statement. With this feature, a user can tailor a program's forms formats, adding or rearranging information on payroll checks, invoices and packing slips. For example, a user might want to continue using old preprinted checks or invoices even though the company has just upgraded to a different accounting system. This customization feature allows the user to adjust the printing to fit the old design. This lets the user customize input screens a feature that many leading vendors have added in the last few years so fields can be added to track additional data about a customer, an inventory item or a job.
Users typically can rename, rearrange and even hide existing fields.
In many cases, it's possible to purchase the rights to modify the product's source code. While this isn't as necessary today as it once was, some companies have unique needs that require it. Some accounting products allow users to implement customizations for just one user, a specific group, or all users. Others provide the customization tools as part of the standard product or they sell special software tools for that purpose. For example, Solomon IV provides extensive customization tools for users while SBT Professional Series provides its VARs with a customization tool kit designed to help them implement custom changes for their customers.