This is the first book of its kind to provide a self-paced environment where students use a commercially available software product to analyze, interpret, and investigate accounting information to make business decisions. This textbook will help students learn fundamental accounting concepts and principles through the use of QuickBooks and the analysis of business events.

This book teaches students how to use the QuickBooks Pro 2001 version accounting software. The first part of the text provides a hands-on introduction to QuickBooks, while the second half focuses on a service and merchandising business, as well as advanced features of QuickBooks. Step-by-step instructions are given for easy learning, with an abundance of exercises and projects to reinforce new concepts. PC Magazine rates QuickBooks as one of the top five software packages for small businesses.

-- QuickBooks 2001: The Official Guide shows readers how to use each component of QuickBooks to manage their business -- from creating and tracking invoices, to paying bills and reporting payroll elements to the government, to tracking inventory and reconciling bank statements and includes details on new electronic invoicing features.-- Officially endorsed by Intuit. Marketing support from Intuit will promote exposure and awareness of this title.-- Comprehensive coverage. Our book covers both the QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro products.

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For short term courses in Accounting, Microcomputer Accounting or Computerized Accounting in departments of Accounting or Computer Information Systems. Using the popular and user-friendly QuickBooks Pro 2002 accounting package, this hands-on, applications-rich text gives students a basic knowledge of how computerized accounting systems function. It emphasizes QuickBooks' innovative approach to recording accounting transactions based on business forms, rather than the traditional journal format. The author provides firsthand training in working with actual accounting software used in business. Accounting concepts and their relation to QuickBooks are presented throughout. Students develop confidence in recording business transactions using a real commercial program; upon finishing the text, they should be able to use QuickBooks in the "real world."