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Quickbooks 2005: The Missing Manual

Bonnie Biafore

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Every company large and small wants to boost its sales, control its spending, and keep the auditors at the Internal Revenue Service happy. But, no company wants to waste time on more paperwork. These days, a growing number of companies are turning to QuickBooks accounting software not only to speed up their bookkeeping efforts, but manage their businesses more effectively. Organizations come in all shapes, sizes, and business models, so it's no surprise that accounting practices can be a convoluted road to travel. QuickBooks can handle many of the financial tasks companies face, but the price you pay is an overabundance of software features. To make the learning curve even more challenging, QuickBooks doesn't come with a manual. Fortunately, to help pave the road to accounting success, there's QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual, a comprehensive guide from O'Reilly that examines everything the QuickBooks Pro edition has to offer, from invoices and inventory to assets and accounts payable. With QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual, financial managers can quickly learn how to use the program's tools to implement and maintain critical accounting processes. By covering details in a friendly and light-hearted way, the book explains when and why a feature is useful, and then offers indispensable, relevant advice. Each page of this Missing Manual provides insightful tips and tricks to help readers become more efficient, sophisticated users no matter what the extent of their existing knowledge is. Whether you're interested in QuickBooks for its basic bookkeeping features or its more powerful, business planning tools, the only way to truly harness its power is to read the book that should have been in the box: QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual.

Quickbooks 2006 The Official Guide for Premier Edition Users Custom Edition

QUicken Press

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Easy Quicken 2004 (Easy)

Sherry Kinkoph Gunter

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Easy Quicken teaches you how to use Quicken to organize and manage your financial information. You'll learn how to set up and track checking and savings accounts, investments, and pay bills online, without having to spend time reading a lot of text. Instead, this book uses lots of full-color screenshots and step-by-step instructions to teach you more than 100 important tasks.

Trading Index Options

James B. Bittman

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Good Book with Outdated Software 3 out of 5 stars.
9 of 9 people found this review helpful.

The good news is that this book is very nicely done, providing a useful foundation to beginner and intermediate options traders. I found that I learned quite a lot about the interactions between option pricing and the various factors influencing pricing. The author provides numerous case study examples utilizing the OP-EVAL(TM) software included with the book. A majority of the book contains detailed examples describing how to use the software and interpret the output. The bad news is that the software will not run on current Windows operating systems (Windows 98 or newer). So don't buy the book if you want to try the software on your own. Efforts to contact the author, through the publisher McGraw-Hill, about the possibility of updating the software, have been unsuccessful. Otherwise a good book.

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Designed and written for active traders who are interested in practical information that can improve their results, Trading Index Options offers tried-and-true techniques without a lot of theory and math. Bittman provides traders with the know-how to evaluate practical situations and manage positions. Among the key features: the basics of index options, including various spreads; how to match strategies with forecasts; alternatives for losing positions; the importance of price behavior and volatility. A windows-based software program that provides multiple option pricing and graphing is included in the package.

How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Excel 2003 (How to Do Everything)

Guy Hart-Davis

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Do everything with Micro Excel 4 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I was hoping more would be addressed to doing financial calculations, especially micro-economic and statistical formulas.

How to do everything with Microsoft Excel 4 out of 5 stars.
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I purchased this book to give me extra insight into how to use mircosoft excel and it has helped me when I needed to check something out. I am glad I purchased this book and I know it will be of great use to me with my works.

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Here is the ideal resource for anyone who wants to get the most out of all the new and enhanced features Excel has to offer. Learn the best methods for formatting, printing, and sharing worksheets, adding graphics, importing and exporting data to and from the Web--and much more.

Show Me QuickBooks 2006 (Show Me)

Gail Perry

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EASY 1-2-3 BOOK; HIDDEN PAYROLL SECRETS REVEALED 4 out of 5 stars.
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For people who just want to know how to use Quickbooks so they can get on with their business, this book is straight and to-the-point. Every page is in a 1-2-3-4-5-6 step format, which is quite easy to follow. Also, unlike some books, Show Me Quickbooks does address the Payroll function (a part of Quickbooks which Intuit--since it wants users to subscribe to its Quickbooks Payroll Service for a monthly fee--has programmed to be, without 'tweaking', initially unuseable.
To access the payroll function, you must first make sure the initial "full payroll" option is activated. Do this by clicking Edit/Preferences/Payroll & Employees/Company Preferences, and checking the "Full Payroll" option.

Next, on page 39, under the heading "Set up Payroll Deductions" the book tells you to select the "Payroll Item List" from the Lists Menu. News flash--there is no "Payroll Item List". For the benefit of others who encounter this problem...I was able to make the Payroll Items list magically appear by performing the following steps (THESE STEPS ARE NOT SHOWN IN THE BOOK):
1. Type "payroll item" in the search box.
2. From the selections available, click "adding payroll items"
3. Click "payroll setup interview"
4. Click "What if menu item isn't there"
5. Click "payroll manually"
6. Click "set my company file to use manual calculations"....and (after a dire warning that daring to proceed will alter your program forever), the program initializes the manual payroll function.
7. Voila! The Payroll List, and the ability to do your own payroll without paying for the Quickbooks Online Payroll Service magically appears in your Quickbooks 2006 program.

Editorial Review:

Show Me QuickBooks 2006 will help you learn visually how to perform tasks using QuickBooks 2006. The step-by-step tasks lend themselves to easy learning and thorough comprehension. You will able to find answers to yourquestions quickly with this user-friendly method of training. Each task includes a screen-by-screen visual accompanied by a concise text description that makes performing everyday tasks quick and simple.

Learn Peach Tree Accounting

Deborah Bean

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User Friendly Workbook 5 out of 5 stars.
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Although I have been a Peachtree user for 15+ years, it was with Peachtree Complete (for DOS in a windows format). In the fall of 2005, I started making the switch to Peachtree for Windows, using Peachtree Premium 2006. While the basics of accounting in Peachtree were the same, the process used in the newer software was different and some things totally new. The Peachtree manual was of some help, but "Learn Peachtree Accounting" was REALLY helpful. This workbook is written in an easy-to-follow format. The author also gives helpful tips, along the way. This book is especially helpful for the first-time Peachtree user. She takes you through a well-organized, three-month process, step-by-step, making the transition from your current accounting system to the Peachtree software. Great for anyone in accounting. (Only drawback is that it covers versions through 2002; Peachtree is currently selling 2006. However, the majority of the information still applies to the newer releases of the software.)

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PeachTree is one of the most dominant accounting software packages for small businesses and there are very few books which provide information not only to the use, but the installation and configuration of the software.

Using Peachtree Complete 2007 for Accounting (with CD-ROM)

Glenn Owen

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While some books teach you how to enter keystrokes, USING PEACHTREE COMPLETE 2007 FOR ACCOUNTING teaches you how to enter the world of accounting! This text takes your skills well beyond simple data entry for an understanding of the accounting concepts driving the system--knowledge that you can build upon throughout your career. USING PEACHTREE COMPLETE 2007 FOR ACCOUNTING places leading Peachtree software at your fingertips with an academic version of Peachtree that accompanies each new text. With this book you sharpen your accounting skills while refining your practical business abilities with the software. An intriguing narrative style uses a story approach to connect what you're learning to applications in today's business world. As a result, you understand why systems operate they way they do as well as how they function. With the book's self-paced format you can learn at a speed that's best for you with clear screen shots and a step-by-step approach that clarifies fundamental accounting concepts through the use of Peachtree and the analysis of today's business events. USING PEACHTREE COMPLETE 2007 FOR ACCOUNTING is the ideal companion for your first accounting course or for use any time after you've established a basic understanding of accounting. It's everything you need to move well beyond data entry to a rewarding understanding of Peachtree and the accounting principles behind the software's success.

Microsoft Money 2004 for Dummies

Peter Weverka

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Includes a glossary to help you better understand financial terms

Keep track of your bills, get reports on your finances, and manage your cash flow

Taking charge of your finances does not mean yelling "Charge it!" (Although you can probably charge this book, if you choose.) Inside, you’ll find out how easily Microsoft Money 2004 can help you manage your money, keep track of your accounts and investments, plan for retirement, be prepared at tax time, and a whole lot more.

Discover how to:

• Set up accounts and record transactions
• Download bank statements
• Schedule payments so your bills get paid on time
• Analyze investments and loans
• Track assets and liabilities

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

QuickBooks Pro 2006 for Macintosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Maria Langer

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If anything can make accounting fun (or even just a little less painful) QuickBooks Pro 2005 can--especially if you get this no-nonsense task-based guide to it! While QuickBooks Pro 6 was all about going native (Mac OS X–native, that is!), this time out the focus is on ease of use. To ensure that you don't miss out on any of the many features that can streamline your accounting processes, trusted Mac teacher Maria Langer uses simple step-by-step instructions and loads of visual aids to get you up to speed on QuickBooks Pro fast. After providing a detailed account of how to install and configure the program, Maria shows you how to enter sales, make payments, work with transactions, track inventory, process payroll, report results, print forms, and more. Along the way, Maria discusses the accounting principles that guide the program's use and delves deeply into all of QuickBooks' newest features: one-click viewing of cash flow and unbilled hours, the ability to share QuickBooks data with Windows users, and more.