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'''Small Business Customer Manager''' (''SBCM'') was an Access-based tool which combined accounting data from most popular accounting software and Outlook contacts and allowed user to track customer profiles and maximize revenue. It integrated seamlessly with Word and Publisher.
 
'''Small Business Financial Manager''' (''SBFM'') was an Excel-based tool which allowed users to analyze data and create reports and charts based on a created from user's accounting data from popular accounting packages (i.e. QuickBooks). It was first released in 1996 and bundled with Small Business editions of Office 97 or with every Office 2000 suite except Standard. Originally it was created for Microsoft by Timeline Inc. and originally was called ''Accounting Analysis Pack.'' It was available in [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]].
 
List of SBFM versions:
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* '''Small Business Financial Manager 2000 (4.0)''' (Office 2000 Small Business, Professional, Premium, Developer) (1999); added buy vs lease tool separate from What-If analysis
 
'''Direct Mail Manager''' (''DMM'') was an-Internet-based tool which allowed businesses to conduct direct mail campaigns by importing address lists from Outlook, Excel, Access etc., verifying address lists by connecting to an Internet Site (ZIP-Station), printing envelopes, postcards and letters and using a mailing service. Originally it was released with Office 97 Small Business Edition 2.0 and subsequently bundled as part of Small Business Tools with every Office 2000 bundlesuite except Standard. This program was developed in association with Envelope Manager Software. An enhanced version called ''DAZzle Express'' was available from Envelope Manager Software. Additionally, Direct Mail Manager was available for United Kingdom, [[Germany]], [[France]] and [[Italy]] (Office 2000 only).
 
'''Business Planner''' (''MSBP'') contained business-planning resources, templates, articles, advice from experts. It allowed user to create a business plan and a marketing plan (US only). It was available for United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany and France.