Getting started -- Using QuickBooks for the first time -- The chart of accounts -- Entering your customers -- Entering your vendors -- Creating items -- Setting up inventory -- Creating other lists you need -- Entering your starting balances -- Invoicing customers -- Receiving and tracking customer payments -- Managing vendor bills -- Paying vendors -- Working with bank and credit card accounts -- Reconciling bank accounts -- Using online banking services -- Tracking time and mileage -- Running payroll -- Payroll reports and liability payments -- Journal entries -- Accountant's copy -- Creating reports and analyzing your QuickBooks information -- Customizing reports -- Budgets and planning tools -- Year-end procedures -- Printing, e-mailing, and managing documents in QuickBooks -- Managing users and permissions -- Managing your QuickBooks files -- Customizing QuickBooks -- Appendixes.