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Account registers: Save time, see everything

December 14, 2010 by Liz Hamill Scott

As a freelance writer, I thought my accounting would be simple. After all, I’m a service provider—an editor calls, I write a story, the editor pays me. I don’t really need to fool with account registers, right? Wrong. My account registers are some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accounts, New to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Essentials Tagged With: account, account registers, accountancy, accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, balance sheet account, banking, bookkeeping, business, business banking account, business software, Chart of Accounts, checking account register, checking accounts, deposit account, expense account, finance, generally accepted accounting principles, payment systems, quickbooks, register, retailing

One user, two computers: Using QuickBooks on more than one Mac

December 2, 2010 by Beth Chargin

QuickBooks 2011 for Mac added multiuser capability, meaning more than one person can work in the same company file at the same time. But what if it's just you, and you want to use QuickBooks from two different computers? You can do this, without … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Did you know?, Featured Articles, Multiuser, QuickBooks Essentials, Tips and Tricks, Your company file Tagged With: account, account registers, accountancy, accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, balance sheet account, banking, bookkeeping, business, business banking account, business software, Chart of Accounts, checking account register, checking accounts, deposit account, expense account, finance, generally accepted accounting principles, payment systems, quickbooks, register, retailing, update

Converting a QuickBooks file from Mac to Windows

December 1, 2010 by Shelly King

Let's face it. Every computer in the whole world is not a Mac. There may be a time when you will need to use your QuickBooks company file on a Windows computer. For example, maybe you need to send your company file to your accountant who uses a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Did you know?, Featured Articles, QuickBooks Essentials, Your company file Tagged With: account, account registers, accountancy, accountant, accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, balance sheet account, banking, bookkeeping, business, business banking account, business software, Chart of Accounts, checking account register, checking accounts, deposit account, expense account, finance, generally accepted accounting principles, payment systems, quickbooks, register, retailing, update, windows

Getting Going with QuickBooks for Mac: One Real User’s Journey

November 16, 2010 by Liz Hamill Scott

A freelance writer, I’m a new user to QuickBooks for Mac. Until now, I’ve been managing my business with an ultra-professional jumble of Excel spreadsheets and notes scrawled on a motley heap of notebooks. Oddly enough, this system hasn’t produced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accounts, Collecting sales tax, Customers and jobs, Getting Paid, Invoices, Layout Designer, Lists, New to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One Tagged With: accounting software, business, customers, getting, getting started, intuit, invoice, journey, mac, new user, quickbooks, update

Double-entry accounting: Why are my transactions entered twice?

October 19, 2010 by Debi Calvet

QuickBooks newcomers who enter transactions for the first time are sometimes mystified by what looks a bit strange. They write a check and see an offsetting deposit appear right below the check in the register. Then, they enter a credit-card charge … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accounts, Getting Paid, Invoices, New to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One Tagged With: accounting, accounting field, accounting systems, accounts receivable, bank, bank accounts, banking, business account, debits and credits, deposit account, double entry accounting, double-entry, expense account, finance, generally accepted accounting principles, mac, payment systems, quickbooks

QuickBooks Defined: Transactions

October 6, 2010 by Shelly King

In the QuickBooks world, we talk about transactions a lot. In the simplest of terms, any time money changes hands, invoice a customer so they will pay you, write a check to pay a vendor or deposit money into your bank account, it’s a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Did you know?, Featured Articles, New to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Defined, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One Tagged With: accounting software, business, customers, electronic commerce, finance, invoice, money change, payment systems, quickbooks, transaction, transactions

Multiuser checklist: What you need to know before you start

September 30, 2010 by Shelly King

So you’re ready to start using QuickBooks in multiuser mode. Excellent. Before you start, here’s a checklist of things to do first. Did you buy a multiuser license of QuickBooks? To use QuickBooks in multiuser mode, you need a license for more than … [Read more...]

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QuickBooks Defined: Single user mode vs. multiuser mode

September 29, 2010 by Shelly King

Starting with QuickBooks 2011 for Mac, you have two choices in the way different people can work on your company file: single user mode and multiuser mode. Single user mode: Wait your turn If QuickBooks is running in single user mode, any number of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Did you know?, Featured Articles, Multiuser, QuickBooks Defined, QuickBooks Essentials Tagged With: accounting software, computing, intuit, mac, mode, multiuser, people, quickbooks, single user, single user mode, update, user accounts, users

Video: Setting up multiuser

September 26, 2010 by Will Lynes

Will Lynes, Product Manager for QuickBooks for Mac, describes how to set up a multiuser environment in QuickBooks 2011 for Mac. Using QuickBooks in multiuser mode, more than one user can work in your company file at the same … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Articles, Let us show you, Multiuser, Multiuser, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, QuickBooks Essentials, Square One, Switching from Windows, Switching from Windows, Videos Tagged With: mac, mode, multiuser, quickbooks, robin, setting up, use quickbooks

Video: Paying Vendors

September 13, 2010 by Ben Hess

Ben Hess (small business owner and video producer) talks about how he pays his vendors by either writing a check or entering bills in QuickBooks for Mac. This is one of a series of videos, produced by QuickBooks for Mac and Bay Area Pictures, to help … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Banking, Bills, Bills, Checks, Checks, New to QuickBooks, New to QuickBooks, Paying Others, Square One, Square One, Vendors, Vendors, Videos Tagged With: accounting software, hess, mac, pay, quickbooks, small business owner, Vendors, video

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