Chapter 2
Exploring QuickBooks
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Objectives, page 25
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Start QuickBooks 2014 (QB).
Open the sample product-based business.
Backup and restore the sample business.
Graphical User Interface.
Help, Preferences, and Product Information.
Internal Control features.
Using Windows Explorer.
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Open Sample Company
pages 26-27
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Back Up and Restore Sample
Company, pages 28-35
In Chapter 2, you select “Create Copy” from the File menu to save a
Portable company file. Portable company files create a compact
backup file.
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Graphical User Interface
pages 36-38
 Menu Bar
 Title Bar
 Minimize,
double window
or maximize,
close or exit
 Alerts,
Reminders
 Home page or
Desktop
 Icon Bar
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Icon Bar and Menu Bar, pages 40-49
Review QuickBooks’ Icon Bar and menu bar selections on pages 40
through 49. The Icon Bar and file menu are shown below.
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Help, Preferences, and Product
Information, pages 50-52
Your license and product
numbers are shown.
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Internal Control Features,
pages 52-58
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Summary and Review
page 64-70
• Each chapter ends with the following summary and review
material:
o Resourceful QuickBooks includes using the QuickBooks Learning
Center. (From the Help menu, select Learning Center Tutorials.)
o Multiple choice questions, True/Make True or Short Answer, and
the Analysis questions are online at
www.mhhe.com/QBessentials2014. Your instructor may want
you to take these online tests or email the QA Templates.
o End-of-chapter exercises must be completed. The company data
accumulates in Chapters 1 through 6.
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