Chapter 1

QuickBooks: The Heart of Your Business

In This Chapter

arrow Benefitting from a tool like QuickBooks

arrow Discovering what QuickBooks actually does

arrow Understanding why QuickBooks is a popular choice

arrow Getting started (in general) with QuickBooks

arrow Succeeding in setup and use of QuickBooks

I want to start this conversation by quickly covering some basic questions concerning QuickBooks, such as “Why even use QuickBooks?” and “Where and how does a guy or gal start?” — and, most importantly, “What should I not do?”

This little orientation shouldn’t take more than a few minutes. Really. And the orientation lets you understand the really big picture concerning QuickBooks.

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