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QuickBooks for Mac 2014 User’s Guide i
CHAPTER 1! Welcome to QuickBooks
for Mac 2014 1
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Running QuickBooks 2!
System requirements 2!
Integration / compatibility requirements
2
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Installing and Upgrading QuickBooks 2!
Converting your file from QuickBooks
for Windows 3
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What’s New in 2014? 4!
New to QuickBooks? 5!
Creating company file 5!
Next steps 6!
Set Up and Go 8!
Importing customers, vendors, and
employees 12
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Before you start 12!
To import your contacts: 12!
Troubleshooting 13!
Entering historical transactions 13!
Why enter my historical transactions? 14!
Do I wait to enter current transactions
until I get the historical data in? 14
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Order matters 14!
Entering vendor transactions 15!
Entering customer transactions 17!
Entering bank and credit card
transactions 19
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Switching from Windows? 22!
QuickBooks Windows vs. Mac: What’s
the difference? 22!
Converting your file from Windows 23!
What is and isn’t converted when you
switch to QuickBooks for Mac 23
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Exchanging your file with your accountant
25
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Using QuickBooks in multiuser mode 26!
Setting up multiuser 27!
Step One: Buy and install additional user
seats 27
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Step Two: Install QuickBooks Server 27!
Step Three: Create user accounts 27!
Step Four: Start multiuser mode 28!
QuickBooks server 28!
Where to store your file 29!
Other things to know about multiuser
mode 29!
CHAPTER 2! Lists 31!
How to use lists 32!
Classes list 33!
Employees list 34!
Other names list 35!
Customer and Vendor Profile lists 35!
Terms for payment 36!
Payment methods 37!
Other things you can do with lists 38!
Merging list entries 38!
Exporting names for mail merge 38!
Inactive list entries 39!
Deleting an item from a list 41!
Adding what's important to you with
Custom Fields 41
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Adding custom fields 41!
Tips and tricks: Quick Add and Setup 43!
CHAPTER 3! Accounts 44!
Types of accounts 44!
Balance sheet accounts 44!
Income and expense accounts 45!
Your Chart of Accounts 46!
Adding or editing accounts 47!
Adding subaccounts 49!
Deleting an account 51!
Numbering your accounts 52!
Combining two accounts 52!
Working with registers 53!
Opening a register 53!
Editing a transaction in a register 54!
Entering split transactions 54!
Changing an opening balance 55!
Changing an account’s color 56!
Moving a transaction to a different
account 56
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Using a general journal 57!
CHAPTER 4! Items 59!
Types of items 60!
Adding or editing items 60!
Creating service, non-inventory part, or
other charge items 61
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Creating items for inventory 62!
Creating subtotal items 64!
Creating group items 65!
Creating discount items 66!