Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to manage your small business financial information with Accounting Professional 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!
Learn basic accounting principles that help keep your business healthy!
Track and manage income, expenses, assets, and liabilities
Prepare quotes, invoices, and sales orders for all of your products and services
Apply discounts, set pricing levels, and manage customer payments
Do-it-yourself payroll—from 1 to 100 employees
Easily transform your data into financial reports with a single click
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Windows Vista Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD
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Chapter 1 Touring a Sample Company
Chapter at a Glance
Touring a Sample Company in Accounting Express 2007
Touring a Sample Company in Accounting Professional 2007
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Chapter 2 Setting Up a New Company
Chapter at a Glance
Preparing to Set Up the Accounting System (What You'll Need)
Creating a Company File
Managing Company Data
Protecting Your Data Files
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Chapter 3 Accounting: A Quick Overview
What Is Accounting?
Key Accounting Terms and Definitions
The Importance of Accounting Policies
Accounting for Your Small Business
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Chapter 4 Managing the Chart of Accounts
Chapter at a Glance
Viewing the Chart of Accounts
Adding and Editing Accounts
Merging Accounts
Viewing an Account Register
Managing Journal Entries
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Chapter 5 Managing Products and Services
Chapter at a Glance
Viewing the Item List
What Is Your Business?
Creating Items
Editing Items
Creating Kits (Professional Only)
Reporting Considerations for Products and Services
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Chapter 6 Managing Customers
Chapter at a Glance
Viewing the Customer List
Creating Customer Records
Creating Customer Groups
Creating Price Levels, Credit Ratings, and Payment Terms
Defining Shipping Terms and Methods
Setting Up Sales Tax Agencies and Sales Tax Codes
Creating Sales Tax Groups
Managing Contacts by Using Business Contact Manager
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Chapter 7 Managing Jobs
Chapter at a Glance
What Is a Job? (Professional Only)
Viewing and Manipulating the Job List (Professional Only)
Viewing Job Details (Professional Only)
Creating Jobs (Professional Only)
Editing and Deleting Jobs (Professional Only)
Modifying Job Groups (Professional Only)
Assigning Cash Sales to Jobs (Professional Only)
Analyzing Job Histories (Professional Only)
Job Group Profitability—How It Works
Jobs—A Few Best Practices
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Chapter 8 Generating and Managing Quotes
Chapter at a Glance
Creating Quotes
Viewing Quotes
Accepting or Rejecting Quotes
Printing Quotes
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Chapter 9 Handling Sales
Chapter at a Glance
Entering a Sales Order (Professional Only)
Viewing the Sales Order List (Professional Only)
Editing Sales Orders (Professional Only)
Managing Back Orders
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Chapter 10 Selling Goods and Services on eBay
Chapter at a Glance
Setting Up to Sell Online
Listing Items for Sale Online
Downloading Orders and Fees
Accepting PayPal Payments
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Chapter 11 Managing Invoices
Chapter at a Glance
Invoicing a Customer
Viewing the Invoice List
Generating an Invoice from a Quote
Voiding and Editing Invoices
Recording Finance Charges (Professional Only)
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Chapter 12 Handling Customer Payments
Chapter at a Glance
Managing Payments
Handling Cash Sales
Setting Up Credit Card Processing
Handling Payments in Foreign Currencies (Professional Only)
Managing Returns and Refunds
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Chapter 13 Purchasing from Vendors
Chapter at a Glance
Creating a Vendor Record
Viewing the Vendor List
Creating a Purchase Order (Professional Only)
Receiving Purchased Items
Paying Vendor Bills
Preparing 1099 Forms for Vendors
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Chapter 14 Managing Bank Accounts and Transactions
Chapter at a Glance
Handling Accounts
Working with Account Registers
Entering Transactions
Reconciling a Bank Account
Banking Online
Accepting Credit Card Payments Through ADP
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Chapter 15 Creating Reports to Manage Your Business
Chapter at a Glance
Viewing Available Reports
Managing Reports
Creating Custom Reports
Generating Business Intelligence from Reports
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Appendix Your All-in-One Resource
Glossary
Appendix Acknowledgments
Title:
Microsoft® Office Accounting Professional 2007 Step by Step
Curt Frye is an unusual person. He's a professional comedian as well as the author of several books on Microsoft applications, including Faster Smarter Home Networking, Microsoft Access Version 2002 Plain & Simple, and Microsoft Office XP Step by Step (all from Microsoft Press).
