Your bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2012 for Windows—but only if you spend more timeusingthe program than figuring out how it works. This book puts you in control: you get step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process.
The important stuff you need to know:
- Get started.Set up your accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items quickly.
- Manage your business.Track spending, income, invoices, inventory, and payroll.
- Spend less time on bookkeeping.Use QuickBooks to create invoices or timesheets in batches.
- Follow the money.Examine everything from billable time and expenses to year-end tasks.
- Find key info quickly.Rely on QuickBooks’ vendor, customer, inventory, and employee centers.
- Exchange data with other programs.Move data between QuickBooks and Microsoft Office.
The Missing Credits;About the Author;About the Creative Team;Acknowledgments;Introduction;Whats New in QuickBooks 2012;When QuickBooks May Not Be the Answer;Choosing the Right Edition;Accounting Basics: The Important Stuff;About This Book;About the Outline;The Very Basics;About?These?Arrows;About MissingManuals.com;Safari? Books Online;Part One: Getting Started;Chapter 1: Creating a Company File;1.1 Opening QuickBooks;1.2 Before You Create a Company File;1.3 Creating a Company File;1.4 Creating a New Company File from an Existing One;1.5 Modifying Company Info;1.6 Whats Next?;1.7 Opening an Existing Company File;1.8 Converting from Another Program to QuickBooks;Chapter 2: Getting Around in QuickBooks;2.1 The QuickBooks Home Page;2.2 The Company Snapshot;2.3 Using Menus and the Icon Bar;2.4 Switching Among Open Windows;Chapter 3: Setting Up a Chart of Accounts;3.1 Using QuickBooks Built-in Accounts;3.2 Acquiring a Chart of Accounts;3.3 Namil³»