Chapter 2. Getting Around in QuickBooks
You have more than enough to do running your business, so you donât want bookkeeping to take any longer than necessary. The QuickBooks Home page is your command center for all things financial; it helps you get your accounting done quickly and efficiently. The page not only provides a visual roadmap to the bookkeeping tasks you perform regularly, it also gives you quick access to tasks and information related to vendors, customers, and employees, along with the commands and overall financial info you use most often. Click an icon, and the corresponding window or dialog box appears. The Home page also includes Company and Banking panels with icons that open windows like the Chart of Accounts, Item List, Write Checks, and everyoneâs favoriteâMake Deposits.
This chapter explains how to use the workflow icons on the Home page, as well as the Vendor, Customer, and Employees centers that open when you click the corresponding buttons on the left side of the Home page. Youâll also learn how to review your companyâs finances in the Company Snapshot window and access QuickBooks commands from the menu bar and icon bar. Finally, youâll learn how to work with all the windows you open during a rousing bookkeeping session.
The QuickBooks Home Page
QuickBooksâ Home page (Figure 2-1) is a slick way to work through your companyâs bookkeeping tasks. The page is divided into several panels: Vendors, Customers, Employees, Company, and Banking. ...
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