Sebastopol, CA—Your bookkeeping workflow will be smoother and faster with QuickBooks 2013, and as the program's Official Guide, QuickBooks 2013: The Missing Manual ($34.99, O'Reilly Media) puts you firmly in control. Expert author Bonnie Biafore gives you step-by-step instructions on how and when to use specific features, along with basic accounting advice to guide you through the learning process.

The important stuff you need to know:

• Get started. Set up your accounts, customers, jobs, and invoice items quickly.
• Follow the money. Track everything from billable time and expenses to income and profit.
• Keep your company financially fit. Examine budgets and actual spending, income, inventory, assets, and liabilities.
• Spend less time on bookkeeping. Use QuickBooks to create and reuse bills, invoices, sales receipts, and timesheets.
• Find key info fast. Rely on QuickBooks' Search and Find features, as well as the Vendor, Customer, Inventory, and Employee Centers.
• Exchange data with other programs. Move data between QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, and other programs.