The Preferences window allows you to establish various settings that affect the entire FirstEdge system. The window has five views.

• To find the Preferences window - Security view
• Using MYOB FirstEdge preferences
• Personalizing your company file
• Choosing changeable or unchangeable transactions
• Following a system of making backups
• Viewing and printing activity reports
• To automatically print reports showing your entries for each session
• Giving transactions a future date (post-dating them)
• Backing up company files
• Verifying company files
• Recording and reporting changes to your company file
• Changes and entries recorded by Audit Trail Tracking
• Using the Company Data Auditor Assistant
• Using master passwords