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Copyright © TeachUcomp, Inc. 2011
Introductory QuickBooks
Introductory
QuickBooks
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Welcome to the introductory section of TeachUcomp, Inc.’s
Mastering QuickBooks Made Easy™ class. This class introduces
the student to Intuit’s QuickBooks accounting program, and
shows them how to effectively use the program. QuickBooks is
one of the most popular accounting and bookkeeping programs
available today. The introductory section of this class is designed
to give a basic user-level skill set to the student with little or no
knowledge of the program’s capabilities.
QuickBooks is a terrific program to learn, as the skills that
you learn in QuickBooks can save valuable time and money by
automating, organizing and structuring the bookkeeping of your
company.
QuickBooks is a multi-featured program that allows you to
create invoices, create customer statements, pay your bills, write
vendor checks, track inventory, and manage your payroll, as well
as perform many other accounting and business-management
related tasks.
Introduction and Overview
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Chapters/Lessons: Pages:
CHAPTER 1- Getting Around in QuickBooks 6
The Home Page- 2006:2012 7
The Centers- 2006:2012 8
The Menu Bar and Keyboard Shortcuts 9
The Navigators- 2005 10
The Open Window List 11
The Icon Bar 12
Customizing the Icon Bar 12
Using the Shortcut List- 2005 13
The Chart of Accounts 14-15
Accounting Methods 16
Financial Reports 16
Getting Around in QuickBooks- Actions 17-18
Getting Around in QuickBooks- Exercise 19
CHAPTER 2- Creating a QuickBooks Company 20
Using Express Start- 2012 Only 21
Using the EasyStep Interview- 2007:2012 22-24
Using the EasyStep Interview- 2006 25-29
Using the EasyStep Interview- 2003:2005 30-34
Returning to the EasyStep Interview- 2006:2012 34
Returning to the EasyStep Interview- 2003:2005 34
Creating a Backup File- 2007:2012 34-35
Creating a Backup File- 2003:2006 35-36
Restoring a File- 2007:2012 36
Restoring a File- 2003:2006 37
Setting Up Users 37
Single and Multiple User Modes 38
Closing Company Files 38
Opening a Company File- 2007:2012 38
Opening a Company File- 2003:2006 38
Creating a QuickBooks Company- Actions 39-43
Creating a QuickBooks Company- Exercise 44-55
CHAPTER 3- Using Lists 56
Using Lists 57
The Chart of Accounts- 2007:2012 57-59
The Chart of Accounts- 2003:2006 59-61
The Customers and Jobs Tab- 2006:2012 61-63
The Customer:Job List- 2003:2005 63-64
The Employees Tab- 2006:2012 64-65
The Employee List- 2003:2005 65-66
The Vendors Tab- 2006:2012 66-67
The Vendor List- 2003:2005 67-68
Using Custom Fields 68
Sorting Lists 69
Inactivating and Reactivating List Items 69
Printing Lists 70
Renaming and Merging List Items 70
Adding Multiple List Entries from Excel- 2010:2012 70
Using Lists- Actions 71-81
Using Lists- Exercise 82-83
CHAPTER 4- Setting Up Sales Tax 84
The Sales Tax Process 85
Setting Up Your Tax Agencies 85
Setting Up Your Tax Rates 85
Creating a Sales Tax Group 86
Setting Sales Tax Preferences 86
Indicating Who and What Gets Taxed 87
Setting Up Sales Tax- Actions 88-89
Setting Up Sales Tax- Exercise 90
Table Of Contents
Chapters/Lessons: Pages:
CHAPTER 5- Setting Up Inventory Items 91
Setting Up Inventory 92
Creating Inventory Items 92
Creating a Purchase Order 93
Receiving Items with a Bill 93
Entering Item Receipts 93
Matching Bills to Item Receipts 93-94
Adjusting Inventory 94
Setting Up Inventory Items- Actions 95-96
Setting Up Inventory Items- Exercise 97
CHAPTER 6- Setting Up Other Items 98
Service Items 99
Non-Inventory Items 99-100
Other Charges 100
Subtotals 100
Groups 101
Discounts 101-102
Payments 102
Changing Item Prices 102-103
Setting Up Other Items- Actions 104-107
Setting Up Other Items- Exercise 108
CHAPTER 7- Basic Sales 109
Selecting a Sales Form 110
Creating an Invoice 110
Creating a Sales Receipt 110-111
Finding Transaction Forms 111
Previewing Sales Forms 111
Printing Sales Forms 111
Basic Sales- Actions 112-113
Basic Sales- Exercise 114
CHAPTER 8- Using Price Levels 115
Using Price Levels 116
Using Price Levels- Actions 117
Using Price Levels- Exercise 118
CHAPTER 9- Creating Billing Statements 119
Setting Finance Charge Defaults 120
Entering Statement Charges 120
Applying Finance Charges and Creating Statements 121
Creating Billing Statements- Actions 122
Creating Billing Statements- Exercise 123
CHAPTER 10- Payment Processing 124
Recording Customer Payments 125
Entering a Partial Payment 126
Applying One Payment to Multiple Jobs 126
Entering Overpayments 126
Entering Down Payments or Prepayments 127
Applying Customer Credits 127
Making Deposits 127-128
Payment Processing- Actions 129-132
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CHAPTER 11- Handling Refunds 134
Creating a Credit Memo and Refund Check 135
Refunding Customer Payments 135
Handling Refunds- Actions 136
Handling Refunds- Exercise 137
CHAPTER 12- Entering and Paying Bills 138
Setting Billing Preferences 139
Entering Bills 139-140
Paying Bills 140
Early Bill Payment Discounts 141
Entering a Vendor Credit 141
Applying a Vendor Credit 141
Entering and Paying Bills- Actions 142-144
Entering and Paying Bills- Exercise 145
CHAPTER 13- Using Bank Accounts 146
Using Registers 147
Writing Checks 147-148
Writing a Check for Inventory Items 148
Printing Checks 148-149
Transferring Funds Between Accounts 149
Reconciling Accounts 150
Voiding Checks 151
Using Bank Accounts- Actions 152-155
Using Bank Accounts- Exercise 156
CHAPTER 14- Paying Sales Tax 157
Sales Tax Reports 158
Using the Sales Tax Payable Register 158
Paying Your Tax Agencies 158-159
Paying Sales Tax- Actions 160
Paying Sales Tax- Exercise 161
QuickBooks Keyboard Shortcuts 162
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7.1- Selecting a Sales Form
7.2- Creating an Invoice
7.3- Creating a Sales Receipt
7.4- Finding Transaction Forms
7.5- Previewing Sales Forms
7.6- Printing Sales Forms
CHAPTER 7-
Basic Sales
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7.1- Selecting a Sales Form:
When you sell anything for your company, you have to fill out one of the sales forms in QuickBooks.
The sales form that you use will depend on whether you expect payment in the future, or at the time of the
sale. If you expect to be paid in the future, you will fill out an invoice for sales. Later on, you will be able to
match the customer payment to the associated invoice. However, if you take full payment at the time of
sale, then you will instead fill out a sales receipt to give to the customer.
You can create an invoice for a customer by selecting “Customers| Create Invoices” from the Menu
Bar. You create a sales receipt by selecting “Customers| Enter Sales Receipts” from the Menu Bar. You can
see that these forms are very similar in their layouts and usages. In this chapter, we will examine how to
perform data entry into the sales forms in QuickBooks.
Basic Sales
7.2- Creating an Invoice:
When a customer agrees to make a purchase for which payment will be made at a later point in
time, you enter the sale into an invoice. The invoice lists the customer’s information, along with an itemized
list of how much that customer owes for the goods or services purchased. To create an invoice, select
“Customers| Create Invoices” from the Menu Bar. The particular invoice form that is used for the transaction
can be changed by using the “Template” drop-down in the upper right corner of any invoice form in order to
switch between the various invoice templates that are available.
You enter the customer information for both invoices and sales receipts by using the “Customer:Job”
drop-down to select a customer that you have entered into the “Customer List,” or by typing the customer
information into the “Bill To” and “Ship To” areas of the form to enter the customer and\or the job for which
you are creating the invoice or sales receipt. You may also need to specify additional information if
manually entering customer data, such as selecting the desired sales terms from the “Terms” drop-down
within the form when creating invoices.
At the bottom of the invoice, you list each item bought on its own line by selecting a choice from the
“Item” column in the line item area. For each line item, you also specify the quantity and amount that the
customer owes for that item. Because information about individual items are on separate lines, they are
often called line items. In QuickBooks, you enter line items from entries made into the Item list, so you won’t
have to repetitively enter services or products that you sell frequently. Line items are also not limited simply
to goods or services. You can also enter items like discounts, subtotals, or sales tax lines. When you are
done entering the line items information into your sales form, click “Save & Close” to save the sales form.
If you fill out an invoice, QuickBooks places a record for the invoice into the “Accounts Receivable”
account. If you were filling out a sales receipt, the amount received in the receipt would usually go to the
“Undeposited Funds” account. You can always see how much is in either one of these accounts by drawing
up the Chart of Accounts.
7.3- Creating a Sales Receipt:
If you are taking payment from the customer at the time of sale for a purchase they have made, you
enter the transaction information into a sales receipt. You can create a sales receipt by selecting
“Customers| Enter Sales Receipts” from the Menu Bar. This will bring up the sales receipt screen, which
you use in very much the same way you use an invoice. Also, just as with invoices, you can select which
sales receipt template to use by selecting one from the “Template” drop-down that is available in the upper
right corner of the form.
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7.4- Finding Transaction Forms:
If you want to find any transaction form at a later point in time, you can use the “Find” feature of
QuickBooks to locate it. To find an invoice, or any other type of transaction, open the associated form for
which you want to search. So using the example of finding an invoice, you would open an invoice. Any
invoice will do, even a blank one.
Next, select “Edit| Find [form type]…” from the Menu Bar, which will bring up the “Find [form type]”
window. You could also just click the “Find” button in the toolbar at the top of the form to open this window,
as well.
In the “Find [form type]” window that then appears, you will have different parameters that you can
fill-in to use as the search criteria. Type what you’re looking for, and then click the “Find” button to bring up
a result set. You can then just double-click on the item you were looking for, shown in the result set, to open
it.
7.5- Previewing Sales Forms:
If you would like to see how the sales form that you are currently entering information into will look in
its printed version, you can click the drop-down next to the “Print” button on the sales form, and then select
“Preview” from the drop-down menu that appears. QuickBooks will display the sales form as it will look
when printed.
7.6- Printing Sales Forms:
When you want to print your invoices or sales receipts, just open the form that contains the
information that you would like to print, and then click the “Print” button at the top of the invoice. That will
bring up the “Print” dialog box, where you can set the printing properties. After you have set any printing
parameters, just click the “Print” button at the right side of this dialog box to continue printing to your
selected printer.
7.3- Creating a Sales Receipt (cont.):
You enter the customer’s information into the sales receipt by either selecting a customer from the
“Customer:Job” drop-down, or by manually entering the customer’s information into the “Sold To” field. You
then enter data into any of the other fields, as needed.
Then you enter the line items used in the sales transaction by selecting the items from the “Item”
column, and then changing the “Qty” and “Rate” or “Amount,” as needed. If this receipt is to be printed later,
just ensure that the “To be printed” checkbox is checked. Once you have entered the necessary sales
information, just click the “Save & Close” button to save the sales receipt and close the window.
In QuickBooks 2003:2005, the bottom of the sales receipt window lets you indicate how you were
paid. It also allows you to deposit the money into one of your accounts. In QuickBooks 2006:2012, money
received is deposited into an “Undeposited Funds” account, by default. There is no “receiving” payment at a
later point in time when using a sales receipt- as you have taken the payment up front. You just save and
close the screen to enter the sale.
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ACTIONS-
Basic Sales SELECTING A SALES FORM:
1. You can create an invoice for a customer by selecting “Customers| Create Invoices” from the Menu Bar.
2. You create a sales receipt by selecting “Customers| Enter Sales Receipts” from the Menu Bar.
CREATING AN INVOICE:
1. To create an invoice, select “Customers| Create Invoices” from the Menu Bar.
2. Change the invoice form by using the “Template” drop-down. This is optional.
3. Select a customer
a. Use the “Customer:Job” drop-down
b. OR type the customer information into the “Bill To” and “Ship To” in the invoice or sales receipt.
4. Specify necessary additional information if manually entering customer data, such as customer “Terms”.
5. Input the line items purchased in the “Item” column.
6. Specify the quantity in the “Qty” field.
7. Input the “Rate” that the customer owes for each line item.
8. Add the “Amount.”
9. If this receipt is to be printed later, just ensure that the “To be printed” checkbox is checked.
10. Click “Save & Close” to save the sales form.
CREATING A SALES RECEIPT:
1. Select “Customers| Enter Sales Receipts” from the Menu Bar.
2. Select a sales receipt template from the “Template” drop-down in the “Sales Receipts” window.
3. Enter the customer’s information into the sales receipt
a. Selecting a customer from the “Customer:Job” drop-down,
b. OR manually enter the customer’s information into the “Sold To” field.
4. Specify necessary additional information, such as “Payment Method”.
5. Input the line items purchased in the “Item” column.
6. Specify the quantity in the “Qty” field.
7. Input the “Rate” that the customer owes for each line item.
8. Add the “Amount.”
9. If this receipt is to be printed later, just ensure that the “To be printed” checkbox is checked.
10. Click the “Save & Close” button to save the sales receipt and close the window.
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ACTIONS-
Basic Sales FINDING TRANSACTION FORMS:
1. Open the type of form for which you need to perform a search. Any form will do.
2. Select “Edit| Find [form type]…” from the Menu Bar, which will bring up the “Find [form type]” window.
3. OR click the “Find” button in the toolbar at the top of the form to open this window.
4. Type what you’re looking for using the criteria boxes provided in the “Find [form type]” window.
5. Click the “Find” button to bring up a result set.
6. Double-click on the item in the result set. This will open it.
PREVIEWING SALES FORMS:
1. Open up the sales form that you want to preview.
2. Click the drop-down next to the “Print” button on the sales form.
3. Select “Preview” from the drop-down menu that appears.
PRINTING SALES FORMS:
1. Open up the sales form that you want to print.
2. Click the “Print” button at the top of the invoice.
3. In the “Print” dialog box that appears you can set the printing properties, as desired.
4. Click the “Print” button at the right side of the “Print” dialog box to continue printing.
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EXERCISES-
Basic Sales Purpose:
To be able to create a basic invoice.
Exercises- 2003:2012:
1. Open up QuickBooks.
2. Select “File| Close Company” from the Menu Bar if you have a company file open, in order to get to
the “No Company Open” dialog box.
3. Click the “Open a sample file” button and select “Sample product-based business” from the drop-
down of choices.
4. Click “OK” on the sample file message box.
5. Select “File| Back Up…” from the Menu Bar and make a backup of this company file, so that you
may restore the file back to its original condition when you are done playing with it.
6. After backing up the file, select “Customers| Create Invoices” from the Menu Bar.
7. Use the “Template” drop-down in the upper right corner of the invoice form to select the “Rock
Castle Invoice” (“Custom Invoice” in QuickBooks 2003:2010) template.
8. Select “Fisher, Jennifer” from the “Customer:Job” drop-down.
9. Click into the “ITEM” column, and type “Removal.”
10. Click into the “QUANTITY” column, and type “40.”
11. Click into the “RATE” column and type “35,” if needed.
12. Click “Save & Close” to create the invoice.
13. You can select “File| Close Company” from the Menu Bar to close the company file when you are
finished.
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QuickBooks Keyboard Shortcuts
General Key
To start QuickBooks without a company
file
Ctrl + double-
click
To suppress the desktop windows (at
Open Company window)
Alt (while
opening)
Display information about QuickBooks F2
Cancel Esc
Record (when black border is around
OK, Next or Previous button)
(Enter key)
Record (always) Ctrl + (Enter
key)
Dates Key
Next day + (plus key)
Previous day - (minus key)
Today T
First day of the Week W
Last day of the weeK K
First day of the Month M
Last day of the montH H
First day of the Year Y
Last day of the yeaR R
Date calendar Alt + down arrow
Editing Key
Edit transaction selected in register Ctrl + E
Delete character to right of insertion
point
Del
Delete character to left of insertion point Backspace
Delete line from detail area Ctrl + Del
Insert line in detail area Ctrl + Ins
Cut selected characters Ctrl + X
Copy selected characters Ctrl + C
Paste cut or copied characters Ctrl + V
Increase check or other from number by
one
+ (plus key)
Decrease check or other form number
by one
- (minus key)
Undo changes made in field Ctrl + Z
Activity Key
Account list, display Ctrl + A
Check, write Ctrl + W
Copy transaction in register Ctrl + O
Customer:Job list, display Ctrl + J
Delete check, invoice, transaction, or item from
list
Ctrl + D
Edit lists or registers Ctrl + E
QuickFill and Recall (type first few letters of
name and press Tab, name fills in)
abc Tab
Find transaction Ctrl + F
Go to register of transfer account Ctrl + G
Help in context, display F1
History of A/R or A/P transaction Ctrl + H
Invoice, create Ctrl + I
List (for current field), display Ctrl + L
Memorize transaction or report Ctrl + M
Memorized transaction list, display Ctrl + T
New invoice, bill, check or list item Ctrl + N
Paste copied transaction in register Ctrl + V
Print Ctrl + P
QuickZoom on report (enter key)
QuickReport on transaction or list item Ctrl + Q
Register, display Ctrl + R
Show list Ctrl + S
Use list item Ctrl + U
Transaction journal, display Ctrl + Y
Moving around a window Key
Next field Tab
Previous field Shift + Tab
Report column to the right Right arrow
Report column to the left Left arrow
Beginning of current field Home
End of current field End
Line below in detail area or on report Down arrow
Line above in detail area or on report Up arrow
Down one screen Page Down
Up one screen Page Up
Next word in field Ctrl +
Previous word in field Ctrl +
First item on list or previous month in register Ctrl + PgUp
Last item on list or next month in register Ctrl+ PgDn
Close active window Esc
Help window Key
Display Help in context F1
Select next option or topic Tab
Select previous option or topic Shift + Tab
Display selected topic (Enter key)
Close popup box Esc
Close Help window Esc
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