SubscribeIf you want help while using QuickBooks, you’ve got some pretty good built-in resources:
* Context-sensitive help. Wherever you are in QuickBooks, you can press the F1 key to bring up a side panel of help for the QuickBooks function you are in. On entry screens, there is usually a Help button you can click that [...]
Month: April, 2011
How to Use QuickBooks Built-in Help
What’s the Job Market Like for People with QuickBooks Skills?
Got QuickBooks skills? There are jobs out there for you.
Our QuickBooks Jobs Forum lists dozens of job openings every month for people with QuickBooks skills. Those listings consist of permanent part-time or full-time jobs requiring a background in QuickBooks. (There are other places to find temp or contract jobs; see below.)
In 2010, the average pay [...]
How to Restrict User Access in QuickBooks
Do you want your A/P clerk having access to your payroll records? Or your billing clerk having access to your profit and loss statements? Maybe so, but maybe not.
If not, then you can configure your QuickBooks company so that each user has access only to the information they need.
Set this up through the top menu: [...]
Best Way Ever to Print Checks in QuickBooks
In the beginning, there were hand checks. Then came typewritten checks. Then we had dot-matrix printed continuous checks. Finally, laser and inkjet printed checks. You’ve come a long way, baby!
But now the next era of check printing has arrived: PrintBoss Select for QuickBooks. The main difference? You don’t have to use preprinted checks at all [...]
How to Open QuickBooks When It Won’t Open
Occasionally, QuickBooks users find themselves in a Catch-22: They need to restore a backup in QuickBooks, but they can’t get QuickBooks itself to open.
This can happen if your company file got damaged during your last session in the program. Perhaps the power went off and your computer turned off without closing out QuickBooks first, or [...]
Are you Pushing the 14,500 Limit in QuickBooks?
If you didn’t know, QuickBooks Pro and Premier editions have a limit of how many names and items they can contain in one set of company books.
If you add up all your customers, vendors, and employees, that number has to stay below 14,500. Likewise, you can only have up to 14,500 items, including inventory items, [...]
Restoring a Backup — Should You Overwrite?
People restore QuickBooks backups for several reasons: to get rid of data errors or corruption in their current file, to bring a different computer up to date with the most current version of the data, or to recover from a computer crash.
A common question at restore time is “What should I name the restored file?”
You [...]