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QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual
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QuickBooks 2005: The Missing Manual

by Bonnie Biafore
February 2005
Beginner to intermediate
608 pages
22h 4m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Starting the EasyStep Interview

You can create a brand new company file from either the Welcome to QuickBooks windowor the No Company Open window by clicking "Create a new company." The EasyStep Interview window opens to the Welcome screen with a charming digital rendition of a spiral bound notebook to put you at ease. As the number of tabs you can see in Figure 1-3 suggests, each step in the EasyStep Interview might be easy, but navigating through them could be a challenge. This section explains how to survive.

Each main section contains several subsections and each subsection contains several screens. As you click Next, QuickBooks takes you to the next screen, the next subsection, and the next section without you having to worry about where you are. The EasyStep Interview is meant for beginners who need instructions and explanations, so many of the screens contain information rather than questions. If you don't need assistance, click Next until you reach the screen with an actual Interview question. The instructions on the following pages of this book focus on the screens that require action on your part, but you'll also learn the things that are significant on the intervening instructional screens.

Tip

When a company file is open, you can open the EasyStep Interview by choosing FileEasyStep Interview. When you do so, QuickBooks fills in the fields in the EasyStep Interview with the information for the current company, which is great if you want to review and edit your company ...

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