Category Archives: Step-by-Step Instructions

OUR EBOOK: How To Do A Year’s Worth Of Bookkeeping In One Day

  By E.T. Barton | May 2, 2012 - 1:58 am | EBooks, QuickBooks Instructions
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Here at the OneHourBookkeeper.com, we are working hard to prove to our readers that we’re more than just another blog about bookkeeping.  We honestly believe we can help Small Businesses save money on their bookkeeping with simple tips that can save time, stop embezzlement, find discounts, etc.  In that spirit, we have written a book called “How To Do A Year’s Worth Of Bookkeeping In One Day.” With the newsletter, you will get tips that you won’t see on this blog, and you will also be offered discounts on all of our future products.  For example, we currently have a … Continue reading →

How to “Find” Transactions in QuickBooks

  By E.T. Barton | January 3, 2012 - 9:41 pm | EBooks, QuickBooks Instructions
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This excerpt is from OUR EBOOK: How To Do A Year’s Worth Of Bookkeeping In One Day ************************************************************************** It’s so easy to “accidentally” enter transactions in QuickBooks that sometimes that it can be downright frustrating.  Luckily, it is just as easy to find and correct those mistakes.  To do that – to “Find” Any Transaction in QuickBooks, simply do the following: “Find” the transaction by Pressing Ctrl + F.  This will open the Find screen, which looks like this (in all versions of QuickBooks): Click on the Advanced Tab at the top (shown in red). Select “Amount” in the “Filter” … Continue reading →

Lesson Learned: A Faster Way to Setup A New Computer

  By E.T. Barton | December 20, 2011 - 9:23 pm | About, Case Studies, Lessons Learned, Money Making Tips, Money Saving Tips, Step-by-Step Instructions
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This past weekend has been yet another eventful “Lesson Learned the Hard Way” weekend.  This weekend, I had my laptop die an untimely death.  To say it was unexpected would be a lie.  I saw the signs; I knew it was going to stop working for me sooner rather than later.  Thus, at the first sign of serious trouble, I began to think of laptops I have loved and lost over the years.  As I did, I suddenly realized a very disturbing fact:  I have gone through four laptops in nine years. As you can imagine, I was not delighted … Continue reading →

How To Manually Download Your Bank Transactions into QuickBooks

  By E.T. Barton | September 8, 2011 - 8:57 pm | EBooks, QuickBooks Instructions
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Are you tired of entering every single Debit and Billpay transaction your company has?  Thanks to QuickBooks and their relationship with many different banks, this information can now be downloaded directly into your file, and QuickBooks can post the information for you.  To do it, follow the steps below: THE FOLLOWING IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE EBOOK “HOW TO DO A YEAR’S WORTH OF BOOKKEEPING IN ONE DAY”: QuickBooks is one of the best bookkeeping programs out there because it can “talk” to your bank account.  As of the publication of this book, hundreds of banks already are able to … Continue reading →

BOOKKEEPING MONEY-SAVING TIP # 3: Edit Your Preferences

  By E.T. Barton | August 25, 2011 - 7:46 pm | EBooks, Money Saving Tips, QuickBooks Instructions
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One obvious way to save time (and thus money) when it comes to bookkeeping is to avoid as many mistakes as possible.  However, it’s really easy to “accidentally” record items in if you’re going quickly, or if something should happen to distract you.  Therefore, to reduce the potential for making these time-consuming mistakes (time-consuming because you will have to find those items and delete / change them as you go along), thus saving money on your bookkeeping, we’re going to Edit Your Preferences. Here’s how you do it Step-By-Step: a. Click on “Edit”, then “Preferences”. b. Go to the “General” … Continue reading →