Your company file is the electronic file where QuickBooks keeps your company's…financial life story:…company name and address, federal tax ID, customers, vendors, employees,…financial transactions and more.…If you work on only one QuickBooks company file, opening that file is easy.…Do it once and from then on, QuickBooks opens the file for you whenever…you launch the program.…But if you work on several company files or need to reopen your file for some…reason, QuickBooks has no shortage of methods for opening a file.…
If you worked on the file recently, the File menu is the best place to start.…Point to Open Previous Company and then choose the company file from the submenu.…If the file isn't on the Previous Company's submenu, don't worry.…On the File menu, choose Open or Restore Company instead.…Select the Open a company file option and click Next.…The Open a company dialog box is like every other Open File dialog box you've used.…
Go to the folder that holds the file you want to open.…The program automatically selects the file type for you.…
Author
Bonnie Biafore
Released
2/24/2010- Establishing a company file and Chart of Accounts
- Creating purchase orders and paying bills
- Invoicing customers
- Tracking time, mileage, and other non-inventory items
- Monitoring sales and inventory
- Paying sales tax
- Reconciling accounts and bank statements
- Running and printing reports
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Q: I have QuickBooks Pro 2011. Will this course work for me?
A: Yes. The changes in QuickBooks Pro 2011 are minor, and all the information in QuickBooks 2010 Essential Training applies to QuickBooks 2011.
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Introduction
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Welcome52s
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Editions of QuickBooks3m 24s
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Disclaimer36s
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1. Touring QuickBooks
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Opening a company file2m 4s
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2. Setting Up a Company File
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Creating a company file5m 33s
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3. Setting Up a Chart of Accounts
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Creating an account2m 26s
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Making an account inactive2m 17s
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4. Setting Up Customers, Jobs, and Vendors
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Creating a customer profile3m 40s
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Adding customer information4m 32s
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Creating a job2m 18s
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Making customers inactive1m 38s
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Creating a vendor2m 40s
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5. Setting Up to Sell Services and Products
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Why use QuickBooks items?2m 59s
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Creating a service item4m 26s
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Setting up time tracking2m 52s
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Entering time4m 19s
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Tracking mileage4m 34s
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Setting up sales tax2m 14s
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Creating a group of items2m 16s
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Making items inactive1m 42s
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6. Paying for Expenses
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Entering a bill4m 37s
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Paying bills4m 5s
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Writing a check for expenses3m 17s
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Paying with a credit card1m 40s
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Paying with cash2m 53s
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Paying sales tax2m 17s
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7. Invoicing
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Creating an estimate2m 49s
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Handling a customer credit4m 57s
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Producing a statement4m 44s
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8. Printing and Emailing Forms
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Setting up print options4m 13s
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Printing one or more forms4m 29s
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Emailing a sales form3m 2s
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9. Receiving Payments
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Receiving a payment3m 49s
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Depositing payments3m 31s
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10. Reconciling a Bank Account
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Correcting discrepancies5m 33s
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11. Running Reports
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Running a report3m 45s
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12. Working with Journal Entries
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Why use journal entries?3m 3s
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13. Managing Your Company File
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Creating a new user4m 58s
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Backing up your company file6m 10s
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Restoring a company file2m 31s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye27s
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