Wiley QuickBooks 2009 For Dummies 978-0-470-39181-5 ユーザーズマニュアル

In This Chapter

 

Why you truly need a tool like QuickBooks

 

What QuickBooks actually does

 

Why QuickBooks is a popular choice

 

What you need to do (in general) to get started

 

How to succeed in setting up and using QuickBooks

I

 want to start our 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 should let you understand the really big picture concerning 
QuickBooks.

Why QuickBooks?

Okay, I know you know that you need an accounting system. Somebody, 
maybe your accountant or spouse, has convinced you of this. And you, the 
team player that you are, have just accepted this conventional viewpoint as 
the truth.

But just between you and me, why do you really need QuickBooks? And what 
does QuickBooks do that you really, truly need done? And heck, just to be 
truly cynical, also ask the question “Why QuickBooks?” Why not, for example, 
use some other accounting software program?

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