Learn Quickbooks 6 in a Weekend Book

Introduction
FRIDAY EVENING
Getting Started with QuickBooks
Starting Out: The EasyStep Interview
Entering Your Company Information
Choosing Your Company Preferences
Starting with the Start Date
Setting Up Income and Expenses
Entering Income Details
Entering Opening Balances
Setting Up Payroll
Choosing Menu Items
Finding Out What's Next
Take a Break
Touring the QuickBooks Navigator
Exploring the Screen
Reviewing the Menu Bar
Using the Navigator
Getting Help
Checking Out the Help Index
How Do I? and Qcards
How QuickBooks Can Help in Your Industry
Good Advisors Are Worth Their Weight in Gold
Online Help
Take a Break
Backing Up Your Data
Understanding the Chart of Accounts
Taking a Look at the Chart of Accounts
Working with Accounts
Lots of Lists
Setting Up Your Checkbook
Displaying the Register
Entering a Check
Entering Past Transactions
Closing the Register
Exiting QuickBooks
What's Next?
SATURDAY MORNING
Tracking and Recording Sales
Setting Up Customer Information
Starting Out with Customer Info
Adding Customers
Adding Jobs
Editing Customer Information
Creating Invoices
Figuring Finance Charges
How QuickBooks Figures Finance Charges
Setting Up Finance Charges
Assessing Finance Charges
Printing Mailing Labels and Invoices
Creating Mailing Labels
Aligning Labels
Printing Invoices
Take a Break
Recording Payments
Receiving Payments from Your Invoices
Entering Cash Sales
Making Deposits
Using Credit Memos
Checking the Customer Register
What's Next?
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Writing the Check: Paying for Goods and Services
What Do You Write Checks For?
Getting Checks
There Are Other Ways to Pay
Getting Ready to Pay Bills
Two Ways to Pay Bills
Adding a New Vendor to Your List
Writing Checks
Printing a Single Check
Entering Check Transactions
Adding Vendors As You Go
Splitting Transactions
Editing Transactions
Voiding Checks
Getting a Reminder
Balancing Your Checkbook
What If You Need an Adjustment?
Take a Break
Creating a Bill System with QuickBooks
Entering Bills
Creating Purchase Orders
Receiving Goods
Receiving Goods First, Bill Later
Receiving Goods and the Bill Together
Receiving the Bill
Paying Bills
What about Accounts Payable?
Editing Bill Payments
Deleting Bill Payments
What's Next?
SATURDAY EVENING
Keeping Track of Inventory and Managing Payroll
Inventory with QuickBooks
What Does Inventory Look Like?
Turning on the Inventory Features
Creating Inventory Accounts
Adding Inventory Items
Setting Up Items for Later
Setting Up Custom Inventory Fields
Working with Inventory
Taking Inventory
A Quick Inventory QuickReport
Adjusting Inventory Information
Selling Stock
Ordering Stock
Reordering Reminders
Receiving Items into Inventory
Analyzing Your Data Using Inventory Reports
What's Your Inventory Worth?
Getting a Detailed Report
Printing a Stock Report
Reporting Vendor Status
Take a Break
Payroll with QuickBooks
Turning on Payroll Features
Choosing Your Payroll Preferences
What Do You Need to Set Up Payroll?
Entering Employee Information
Adding an Employee
Changing Employee Information
Entering Year-to-Date Amounts
Keeping Track of Payroll Expenses
Taking the Duh Out of Deductions
Payday! A Step-by-Step Process
Paying Your Liabilities
A Payroll Tax Form Primer
Creating the 941
Creating the 940
W-2s Made Simple
What's Next?
SUNDAY MORNING
Tracking Results: Reporting Your Financial Data
When Do You Need a Report?
Checking Out Available Reports
Where Do You Find Reports?
Choosing the Right Report
Creating, Previewing, and Printing a Simple Report
Checking Out the Report Window
QuickReports On the Fly
Project Reports You Can Create
Producing a Profit and Loss Statement
Printing Your Balance Sheet
Printing a Phone List
Creating a Sales Report
Producing a Price List
Take a Break
Formatting Your Report
Changing Number Display
Changing the Font
Working with Report Filters
Filtering Ideas
Applying Filters
Memorizing Reports
Saving a Memorized Report
Using a Memorized Report
Creating Custom Reports
Adding Graphs
Modifying the Graph
What's Next?
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Online Banking with QuickBooks
Understanding Online Banking
What Can You Do with Online Banking?
Online Basics
Issues and Worries about Online Banking
What about Security?
What You Need to Get Started
Talking to Your Bank
Setting Up QuickBooks for Online Banking
Starting Out with Online Banking
Getting an Internet Connection
Finding a Bank Online
Applying for Online Services
Enabling Your Accounts
Who Will You Pay Online?
Using Online Banking
Writing a Check
Paying Bills Online
Working with the Register
Sending Transactions Online
Scheduling Your Payments
Transferring Funds Online
Sending Online Messages
Getting Help with Online Banking
Take a Break
Using the Payroll Service
Using the QuickBooks Updates Service
Getting New Tax Tables
Using Your Web Resources (Intuit Web Sites)
What's Next?
SUNDAY EVENING
Organizing Tax Information
Finding Out about Journal Entries
Handling Business Taxes
Setting Up for Business Taxes
What's Your Tax Form?
Checking Tax Line Assignments
Assigning a Tax Line to an Account
Verifying Account Totals
Modifying the Income Tax Summary Report
Finding Sales Income Amounts
Determining Your Total Purchases
Filling Out Additional Forms
Preparing Your Tax Forms
Exporting Tax Information to a Tax Program
Take a Break
Reporting Payroll Taxes
The Payroll Process Revisited
Creating Payroll Subaccounts
Payroll Reports: An Overview
Working with Sales Tax
Turning On Sales Tax
Setting Up Sales Tax
Identifying Taxable Items
Recording a Tax Item
Paying Sales Tax
Creating a Sales Tax Report
Using the Accountant's Review
Working with the Accountant's Copy
Merging the Accountant's Data
What's Next?
APPENDIX A
Installing QuickBooks 6.0
What Do You Need to Install QuickBooks?
Getting Ready to Install
Simple Installation
Reinstalling QuickBooks
About Upgrades
APPENDIX B
QuickBooks Pro
Program Highlights
What Do You Need to Run QuickBooks Pro?
Program Availability
Glossary
Index