This course is aimed at students who want to use QuickBooks 2005 to track the financial activity of a small business. Topics include banking, accounts payable/receivable, invoicing, inventory, billing, and customer data management. Before taking this course, students should have a fundamental knowledge of bookkeeping (including basic accounting terminology), and they should be familiar with personal computers and the Windows operating system. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Objectives:

Start and close the program, navigate the QuickBooks desktop, open an existing company, and use the Help system. Set up a new company file by completing the EasyStep Interview. Work with lists, including the Chart of Accounts window and the Customer:Job, Vendor, and Item lists.

Prepare business forms, including invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, and purchase orders, receive payments, apply credits to a payment, receive items into inventory, and use the Find window to search for completed forms. Write and print checks, transfer funds between accounts, edit transactions, enter and pay bills, and start the payroll setup process. Create, modify, memorize, and print reports; and create and modify budgets.
Apply password protection and back up a company file.