Introduction 1 Book 1: An Accounting Primer 7 Chapter 1: Principles of Accounting 9 Chapter 2: Double-Entry Bookkeeping 29 Chapter 3: Special Accounting Problems 49 Book 2: Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks 73 Chapter 1: Setting Up QuickBooks 75 Chapter 2: Loading the Master File Lists 93 Chapter 3: Fine-Tuning QuickBooks 117 Book 3: Bookkeeping Chores 151 Chapter 1: Invoicing Customers 153 Chapter 2: Paying Vendors 189 Chapter 3: Tracking Inventory and Items 209 Chapter 4: Managing Cash and Bank Accounts 241 Chapter 5: Paying Employees 273 Book 4: Accounting Chores 285 Chapter 1: For Accountants Only 287 Chapter 2: Preparing Financial Statements and Reports 303 Chapter 3: Preparing a Budget 327 Chapter 4: Using Activity-Based Costing 341 Chapter 5: Setting Up Project and Job Costing Systems 357 Book 5: Financial Management 369 Chapter 1: Ratio Analysis 371 Chapter 2: Economic Value Added Analysis 389 Chapter 3: Capital Budgeting in a Nutshell 403 Book 6: Business Plans 419 Chapter 1: Profit-Volume-Cost Analysis 421 Chapter 2: Creating a Business Plan Forecast 441 Chapter 3: Writing a Business Plan 479 Book 7: Care and Maintenance 493 Chapter 1: Administering QuickBooks 4950 Chapter 2: Protecting Your Data 515 Chapter 3: Troubleshooting 535 Book 8: Appendixes 541 Appendix A: A Crash Course in Excel 543 Appendix B: Glossary of Accounting and Financial Terms 559 Index 589.