QuickBooks® Starter Guide
Imagine using a straw to drink juice from a glass.
A simple act, but a good way to help you understand how QuickBooks® work. 3 things here...
Let's examine how they interact.
The straw is like your QuickBooks® software while the juice, your data file. Both are separate but inter-dependent. Here's how...
After you've installed your software, you need to use QuickBooks® to create a data file (which is a *.QBW file). Now, this data file is just a file on its own, like any ordinary spreadsheet file (e.g., *.xlsx) or document file (e.g., *docx, *txt).
But in order to read and write on a QBW data file, you need to use QuickBooks® (program).
As QuickBooks® data file is a file on its own, you need to store it somewhere. The file location is therefore just a folder where you save the file in, just like a glass to hold your juice.
Read the Starter Guide here to understand how to do the following:
A simple act, but a good way to help you understand how QuickBooks® work. 3 things here...
- Straw
- Juice
- Glass
Let's examine how they interact.
The straw is like your QuickBooks® software while the juice, your data file. Both are separate but inter-dependent. Here's how...
After you've installed your software, you need to use QuickBooks® to create a data file (which is a *.QBW file). Now, this data file is just a file on its own, like any ordinary spreadsheet file (e.g., *.xlsx) or document file (e.g., *docx, *txt).
But in order to read and write on a QBW data file, you need to use QuickBooks® (program).
As QuickBooks® data file is a file on its own, you need to store it somewhere. The file location is therefore just a folder where you save the file in, just like a glass to hold your juice.
Read the Starter Guide here to understand how to do the following:
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Beyond accounting, go home earlier...
At the Introductory class, you will then learn how to use QuickBooks® for your basic accounting.
Use your Introductory voucher to register for the Advance class and improve your accounting with QuickBooks® by activating extra modules.
Details below...
Use your Introductory voucher to register for the Advance class and improve your accounting with QuickBooks® by activating extra modules.
Details below...