1. COMPUTER ACCOUNTING WITH QUICKBOOKS 2012 CHAPTER 01
Quick Tour of QuickBooks
Donna Kay
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Copyright © 2013 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

2. Why Choose QuickBooks? 4 million users
95% of small business accounting software sales
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3. Transactions
Two ways to enter transactions in QuickBooks: 1. Onscreen journal
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4. Transactions
Two ways to enter transactions in QuickBooks: 2. Onscreen forms
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5. Create An Accounting System using QuickBooks
Step 1: Create a new company data file.
Step 2: Create a chart of accounts.
Step 3: Create lists:
Customer list
Vendor list
Item list
Employee list
Other
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6. Create An Accounting System using QuickBooks
Step 4: Enter transactions using an onscreen journal or onscreen form.
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7. Create An Accounting System Using QuickBooks
Step 5: Prepare reports.
Balance sheet
Income statement
Statement of cash flows
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8. QuickBooks Navigation
Icon bar
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9. QuickBooks Navigation
Menu bar
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10. QuickBooks Navigation
Home page
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11. Home Page Customers
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12. Home Page Vendors
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13. Home Page Employees
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14. Home Page Banking
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15. Home Page Company
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16. COMPANY SNAPSHOT
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17. CUSTOMER CENTER
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18. VENDOR CENTER
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19. EMPLOYEE CENTER
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20. DOCS CENTER
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21. Report Center
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22. Go Paperless Two types of QuickBooks templates:
REPORTS Excel templates
QB reports exported to Excel
Example: Trial Balance
DOCS Excel templates
QB Documents export to Excel
Example: Invoice, Check
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23. Go Paperless Export QuickBooks Reports to Excel:
Download Go Paperless Reports Excel template (
Save workbook as:
YourFirstName YourLastName CH 1 REPORTS
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24. Go Paperless Export QuickBooks Reports to Excel:
Display Trial Balance on QB screen.
Select Excel > Update Existing Workbook.
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25. Go Paperless Export QuickBooks Reports to Excel:
Select workbook and sheet.
Select Advanced > uncheck Include QuickBooks Export Guide worksheet with helpful advice > OK.
Select Export.
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26. Go Paperless
Step-by-step instructions to Export QuickBooks Reports to Excel:
See Chapter 1, pages
See INSTRUCTIONS sheet in the Reports Excel template
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27. APP CENTER
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28. QuickBooks Help
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29. QuickBooks Files
.QBW = QuickBooks Working File .QBB = QuickBooks Backup File .QBM = QuickBooks Mobile (Portable) File
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30. QuickBooks Backups
See Chapter 1 or Appendix B for step-by- step instructions on how to back up your QuickBooks files.
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31. Two Ways to Do Your QuickBooks Assignments
Workflow
If you are using the same computer
And you have no errors
Keep using the same .QBW file.
Restart & Restore
If you are changing computers
Or if you have an error
Use the text .QBB data files to restore.
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32. TO LEARN MORE …
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