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2008

Glenn Owen

Using QuickBooks Pro for Accounting 2008Glenn Owen

Chapter One

An Interactive Tour of QuickBooks

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Chapter OneWhat is QuickBooks

An automated accounting information system Organizes and summarizes data into reports

and graphs Invoices customers Maintains receivables Pays bills Maintains accounts payable Tracks inventory Creates purchase orders Builds an audit trail

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Chapter OneFour Basic Features of an Accounting Information System

Lists (groups of names and information about those names) customers vendors employees inventory items accounts

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Chapter One SummaryWorking with QuickBooks

Launch QuickBooks Restore and Open a

File Work with Data Files

(QBW) QuickBooks Window Backup and Close a

File Menus

Shortcut List Decision Making Printing QuickBooks Help and

Learning Center QuickBooks Home

Page Exit QuickBooks

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Chapter OneUsing QuickBooks Help

Help Feature Help Index Ask Button How Do I Buttons Learning Center

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Chapter OneQuickBooks Home Page

Provides a big picture of how business tasks fit together

Organizes tasks into logical groups (Customers, Vendors, Employees, Company, and Banking)

Shows with workflow arrows how tasks relate to each other