What is QuickBooks?

QuickBooks 2001 has everything you need to manage your business more effectively. You don't need any special accounting knowledge — it's as simple as filling in familiar checks, invoices and forms onscreen. This year we've improved the basic accounting functionality and added loads of new features to help you become even more productive.

What can QuickBooks do for your business?

Faster and easier than ever before. Just answer some basic questions about your business, and you'll be up and running. You can customize QuickBooks to work the way you want it to, so you get things done faster.

Instantly see information the way you want it. QuickBooks gives you instant access to your business's financial information with over 100 reports, so you can see the information you need at a glance and customize the format to suit your needs.

Be more productive. With all your information in one place, plus lots of new features that make completing routine tasks easier than ever before, QuickBooks helps you be even more productive.

Which product is right for you?

QuickBooks is ideal for…

• Accounting and financial management
• Users with no prior accounting knowledge
• Single-user access
• Fast and easy setup
• Basic job costing

QuickBooks Pro is ideal for…

• Financial and business management
• Growing businesses
• Simultaneous access for multiple users
• Estimating, time tracking, and advanced job costing
• Integration with Word, Excel, Outlook and ACT!
• Setting multiple price levels

QuickBooks for the Web is ideal for…

• Basic financial management
• New businesses
• Those who work from different locations
• Businesses that collaborate with accountants and other professionals
• Service-based businesses

Take an online tour to see why 2001 QuickBooks is faster and easier than ever before.

QuickBooks 2001 Basic: Overview

All the Tools You Need

QuickBooks helps you manage your accounting and financial tasks quickly and easily, so you can spend more time doing the work you love. QuickBooks 2001 has the tools you need to stay on top of your business finances and work more productively — even if you don't know anything about accounting. Take an online tour of QuickBooks 2001 and see how easy it can be to manage your business more effectively.

QuickBooks works for you

QuickBooks is organized around the way you run your business, so it's easy to learn and use. You'll only have to enter information once — after that, QuickBooks memorizes and pre-fills your information for you.

Get started quickly. QuickBooks doesn't require any special accounting knowledge — the EasyStep Interview gets you set up quickly and tailors the program to your needs. And now it's easier than ever to navigate through QuickBooks and finish your accounting tasks quickly.

Cover your accounting basics. QuickBooks tracks your all your financial information, from invoices and bills to inventory and purchase orders. Track who owes you money and what you owe. You can print checks, invoices, and more — or get paid faster by emailing or faxing invoices directly to your customers from within QuickBooks.

Instant access to your information, the way you want to see it. Once you get started, QuickBooks has over 100 reports and graphs provide an overview of your business at any time. When you need in-depth information, you can navigate between financial details and a summary report in just one click.

QuickBooks 2001 Pro has everything in QuickBooks — and more. Find out about these and other QuickBooks Pro features:

• Multiple price levels
• Progress invoicing
• Integration with Word, Excel, Outlook, and ACT!
• Estimates and time tracking
• Multi-user access with password protection and simultaneous data entry

QuickBooks 2001 Basic: Features

QuickBooks 2001 simplifies your accounting and financial management tasks. We've added new features and improved old favorites to make QuickBooks 2001 faster and easier to use than ever before.

Easy start-up

• Get started quickly with industry specific help.
• Fill in familiar forms onscreen.
• Learn step by step with flow charts.
• Turn features on as you need them.
• Create accurate documents with built-in spell check. NEW

Work faster

• Let QuickBooks memorize and pre-fill information for you.
• Customize your icon bar and shortcuts. IMPROVED
• Pay bills and apply credits to bills faster. IMPROVED
• Buy and print online postage directly on envelopes and forms. IMPROVED

Get to important information quickly

• Customize reports quickly and easily. IMPROVED
• Track payroll expenses and liabilities.
• Print paychecks and payroll reports.
• Track inventory and purchase orders.

Taxes made easier

• Track your income, payroll, and sales tax.
• Get tax alerts for quarterly and monthly tax payments.
• Export tax information to TurboTax for quick tax preparation.

Get paid sooner

• Email and fax invoices directly from QuickBooks. NEW
• Receive payments from customers online. NEW
• Authorize and record credit card charges within QuickBooks. IMPROVED

QuickBooks Pro does everything QuickBooks does — and more.

• Complex billing is easier with multiple price levels and progress invoicing. NEW
• Integrates with Word, Excel, Outlook, and ACT!
• Create and customize estimates, then email or fax them to customers. NEW
• Track the time you spend on each project and print timesheets. NEW
• Let up to 5 users work in QuickBooks simultaneously. Control who sees what with password protection.
  

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