Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 Step by Step,9780735621541

Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 Step by Step

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ISBN13: 9780735621541
ISBN10: 0735621543
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-09-07
Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
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Summary

The smart way to learn how to manage and track your small business finances-one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the book's easy-to-follow lessons and skill- building exercises on CD to master the fundamentals of managing your company's finances with Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting. Starting with a quick overview of accounting for non-accountants, the book covers everything from generating business intelligence reports to managing accounts, banking transactions, products and services, sales data, invoices, customer payments, vendors, and employee time and payroll. You get all the book's practice files on CD, along with the Microsoft Office System Reference pack.

Author Biography

Curtis Frye is the author of numerous books on Excel and other Office products, most recently the Excel 2007 Pocket Guide. He graduated from Syracuse in 1990 with a degree in political science, and then moved to Washington, DC, where he worked as a defense trade analyst for four years and as the director of sales and marketing for an ISP for one year. He moved to Portland, Oregon, in 1995 to launch his freelance writing career. When Curt's not writing, and often while he is writing, he is a keynote speaker, mentalist, and professional improvisational comedian.

Table of Contents

Getting Help vii
Getting Help with This Book and Its CD-ROM vii
Getting Help with Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 vii
Using the Book's CD-ROM ix
Minimum System Requirements ix
Opening the Practice Files x
Using the Practice Files x
Using Northwind Traders and Fabrikam Databases x
Conventions and Features xi
Quick Reference xiii
Setting Up a New Company xiii
Managing the Chart of Accounts and Journal Entries List xvii
Managing Products and Services xx
Setting Up Customer Information xxiii
Managing Jobs xxvi
Generating and Managing Quotes xxvii
Handling Sales xxviii
Preparing and Managing Invoices xxix
Handling Customer Payments xxxi
Purchasing from and Paying Vendors xxxiii
Managing Employee Time and Payroll xxxiv
Managing Bank Accounts and Transactions xxxv
Creating Reports to Manage Your Business xxxvii
Getting to Know Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006
1(5)
What Is Accounting?
1(1)
Key Terms and Definitions
2(1)
Your Accounting Duties as a Small Business Owner
3(3)
Setting Up a New Company
6(24)
Viewing a Sample Company
7(3)
Creating a New Company
10(6)
Managing Company Data
16(4)
Protecting Your Data Files
20(4)
Managing User Accounts
24(6)
Managing the Chart of Accounts and Journal Entries List
30(22)
Viewing the Chart of Accounts
32(6)
Adding and Editing Accounts
38(5)
Making a Journal Entry
43(9)
Managing Products and Services
52(18)
Viewing the Item List
53(3)
Creating New Items
56(2)
Managing Inventory Items
58(5)
Managing Service Items
63(4)
Managing Custom Item Groups
67(3)
Setting Up Customer Information
70(28)
Creating a Customer Record
72(6)
Viewing the Customer List
78(3)
Creating a Customer Group
81(1)
Creating Price Levels, Credit Ratings, and Payment Terms
82(4)
Setting Up Sales Tax Agencies and Sales Tax Codes
86(5)
Adding Details to a Customer Record
91(3)
Creating a Customer Statement Template
94(4)
Managing Jobs
98(18)
What Is a Job?
99(1)
Viewing the Job List
100(6)
Viewing Job Details
106(2)
Creating Jobs
108(1)
Editing and Deleting Jobs
109(2)
Modifying Job Groups
111(2)
Accounting for Cash Sales Related to a Job
113(3)
Generating and Managing Quotes
116(14)
Creating a Quote
118(4)
Viewing the Quote List
122(2)
Managing Accepted and Rejected Quotes
124(4)
Creating a Quote Template
128(2)
Handling Sales
130(14)
Entering a Sales Order
131(7)
Viewing and Manipulating the Sales Order List
138(1)
Creating Sales Order Templates
139(1)
Editing Sales Orders
140(1)
Managing Back Orders
141(3)
Preparing and Managing Invoices
144(14)
Invoicing a Customer
145(4)
Creating an Invoice from a Quote or a Job
149(3)
Voiding and Editing Invoices
152(2)
Recording a Finance Charge
154(4)
Handling Customer Payments
158(16)
Managing Payments
159(5)
Handling Cash Sales
164(1)
Setting Up Credit Card Processing
165(1)
Managing Returns and Refunds
166(6)
Designing Credit Memo Templates
172(2)
Purchasing from and Paying Vendors
174(18)
Creating a Vendor Record
176(1)
Creating a New Vendor Record
176(4)
Viewing the Vendor List
180(1)
Creating a Purchase Order
181(3)
Receiving Purchased Items
184(1)
Paying Vendor Bills
185(3)
Preparing 1099 Forms for Vendors
188(4)
Managing Employee Time and Payroll
192(16)
Managing Employee Records
193(4)
Tracking Employee Time
197(5)
Managing Payroll
202(6)
Managing Bank Accounts and Transactions
208(20)
Working with Account Registers
210(3)
Writing Checks
213(2)
Recording a Bank Deposit
215(2)
Transferring Funds
217(1)
Editing a Credit Card Charge
218(2)
Reconciling a Bank Account
220(2)
Setting Up Online Banking
222(2)
Downloading and Matching Transactions for Online Accounts
224(4)
Creating Reports to Manage Your Business
228(19)
Managing Reports
229(6)
Creating Custom Reports
235(4)
Generating Business Intelligence from Reports
239(8)
Glossary 247(2)
Index 249

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