QuickBooks Online For Dummies, 5th Edition

Chapter 7

Working in Registers

IN THIS CHAPTER

Examining registers

Working with registers and transactions

Chapters 5 and 6 show you how to enter transactions such as checks, sales receipts, invoices, and customer payments using various QBO transaction windows. You also see ways to find and filter for certain transactions.

But transaction windows and lists aren’t the only way to work with transactions in QBO. You also can use registers. Some people are more comfortable entering transactions, particularly checks, into a register.

And many people find it easy to use a register to quickly view the transactions that affect a particular account and find particular transactions, as described at the end of this chapter.

Understanding Registers

You use registers to see every transaction that affects a particular account. Registers in QBO contain much of the same information you find in the paper registers that banks give you along with handwritten checks. To view the register for a particular account, choose Gear ⇒   Accounting ⇒   Chart of Accounts. Note that the first time you view the Chart of Accounts, you might need to click the See Your Chart of Accounts button before your Chart of Accounts appears. Then, use the View Register link in the Action column to display the register ...