Apple Mac2014 - Contact Sync Preferences; Data Entry Preferences

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When this preference is off, the cursor starts in the Bank Account field when you write checks and the Credit Card
field when you enter credit card charges. For bills, if you have more than one accounts payable account, the cursor
starts in the A/P Account field; otherwise, it starts in the Vendor field.
• Warn about duplicate check numbers. Causes QuickBooks to warn you when you try to record a check that has
the same number as a previous check. The warning causes QuickBooks to take more time to record a check. If
you are not concerned about duplicate check numbers, do not select this preference.
• Default accounts to use in these forms. For each of the forms listed, you can create a default account to use
on each type of form.
Contact Sync preferences
Contact Sync preferences is where you turn on or off the ability to synchronize contacts in your Contacts/Address
Book application with your QuickBooks lists of customers, vendors, and/or employees.
1 Choose QuickBooks > Preferences.
2 On the Preferences pane, select Contact Sync.
3 Click the Use Contact Sync checkbox.
4 Close the Preferences pane.
Data Entry preferences
Data Entry preferences set how you want to enter data in QuickBooks, such as whether QuickBooks should
automatically enter decimal points or if you want to use QuickFill.
1 Choose QuickBooks > Preferences.
2 On the Preferences pane, select Data Entry.
3 Set the preferences described below.
4 Close the Preferences pane.
• Pressing Return moves between fields.
o On: When you press Return, the cursor moves to the next field on the form.
o Off: When you press Return, QuickBooks records the current transaction.
• Automatically place decimal point. When you enter a number with no decimal point,
o On: QuickBooks automatically inserts a decimal point between the second and third digit from the right.
For example, if you type 4995, the number becomes 49.95.
o Off: QuickBooks places a decimal point at the end when you enter a number with no decimal point. For
example, if you type 4995, the number becomes 4995.00.