SubscribeI’m talking to people every day who are concerned about the size of their QuickBooks company data file. (Press F2 in QuickBooks to see how big your file is).
Some people are concerned because their file is bigger than they expect, or bigger than any other data file they work with, and that makes them nervous [...]
Month: August, 2011
So Many Big Files
The 2nd Most Accomplished Percolator in Colorado
What’s this? A humble old aluminum percolator coffee pot. Nothing special.
Oh, but it is.
You see, Bob Martin used this percolator when he went camping, in preparation for his mountaineering expeditions. When he passed away in 2008, he had climbed every mountain in Colorado that stands over 11,000 feet. That’s over 2,000 mountains. Add 2,000+ peaks [...]
What Changes are QuickBooks Users Planning?
Autumn is typically the time that accounting software users evaluate their software and make plans for the immediate future.
In our experience, some of the factors affecting accounting software decisions include initial purchase cost, ongoing maintenance and support costs, software compatibility and integration issues, functionality, conversion costs, and learning curve.
What are QuickBooks users planning to do [...]
The 140MB QuickBooks Online Conversion Limit
Thinking about moving from a QuickBooks desktop edition to the QuickBooks Online Edition? Check your file size.
There is a limit on the size of files that can be successfully uploaded/converted to QuickBooks Online. That limit is 140MB. This file size limitation refers to the size of the exportable file that QuickBooks creates in preparation for [...]
Stay Away from the R8 Update
Intuit has pulled the R8 update to QuickBooks 2011 and Enterprise 11 and their website acknowledges problems with it:
* Error 1603 when installing the update
* QuickBooks won’t open or stops working
* Inventory quantities are inaccurate after updating from QuickBooks 2010 to 2011
* Rebuild command fails (even when data integrity is OK)
The above link on Intuit’s [...]
The Power of Preferences in QuickBooks
What is the essential benefit of using QuickBooks versus keeping the books by hand? Saving time and errors, right? You could manually do almost anything QuickBooks can do, but QuickBooks makes you much more efficient.
Well, within QuickBooks there is a way to manage and control your bookkeeping and accounting tasks, making you even more efficient. [...]
Top 5 Trending Topics on the QuickBooks Forums
Here are the top five most-viewed topics on the QuickBooks Forums over the last two weeks, each being viewed hundreds of times:
1. Print Your Own Deposit Slip. This topic was posted originally in 2009 and has been well-viewed ever since. People spend over three minutes on this page, on average.
2. How to calculate commission. This topic [...]
Coming Up: Free QuickBooks Training for School Personnel
QuickbooksUsers.com is offering free access to upcoming live QuickBooks training webinars to staff at schools and colleges.
AccountingUsers, Inc. (dba QuickbooksUsers.com) is launching Community Connect, a corporate citizenship initiative. September is back-to-school month, so educational institutions will be the focus.
School administrators and staff, school district treasurers and bookkeepers can attend these online training events for free. [...]
I’d be Crazy To Not Have These 3 Things for My Computer
There are some things in life you just don’t want to go without: Seatbelts in a car. A batting helmet when you’re playing baseball. Sunscreen when you’re outside all day (well, at least for a fair-skinned chap like me!)
Same with your business computer. There are just some things you’d better have:
1. Battery backup. This is [...]