Free Office Templates from Microsoft

In the course of doing some work on a new course, I ran across some links which might be of interest to CPAs everywhere:

• The Accounting Format Template for invoices and other typical accounting documents. (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA101423571033.aspx )
• Information on Financial Forecasts (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/FX011558521033.aspx) (Note that this discusses forecasting from the perspective of someone preparing a forecast for internal use, and does not discuss any ethical obligations of CPAs related to forecasts.)

Microsoft also has a series of templates for Office system applications for various professions.  Links for those most likely to be used by our typical audiences follow:

Consulting

Consultants

Finance

Auditors and accountants Chief financial officers Controllers Financial analysts Personal financial advisors

General work tasks

Budgeting E-mail management Information management Making presentations Meeting management Team collaboration Team management Time management Work/life balance