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1: Introduction
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Learning t ools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 W here t o st art
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Navigat ing your M YOB account ing sof t w ar e
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2: Creat ing and act ivat ing company files
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Cr eat ing a com pany f ile
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Act ivat ing a com pany file
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3: Set t ing up your company file
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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Set t ing up pref erences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Set t ing up account s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Set t ing up sales det ails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Set t ing up purchase det ails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Set t ing up t ax codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Set t ing up it em s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Set t ing up bank account s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Set t ing up cat egories and jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4: Receiving and spending money
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Receiving m oney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Preparing a bank deposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Spending m oney
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Ent er ing t r ansact ions in t he Bank Regist er . . . . 48
Tr ansf er ring m oney bet w een account s . . . . . . . . 49
Im port ing st at em ent s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tr acking pet t y cash expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Credit card pur chases and paym ent s t o credit card pr oviders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recor ding m iscellaneous t ransact ions . . . . . . . . . 53
5: Sales and payments
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Ent er ing sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Changing t he st at us of a sale
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Review ing your sales inf orm at ion
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Receiving paym ent s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Print ing paym ent receipt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Credit cont rol
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Creat ing cust om er cr edit s
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Dealing w it h a cust om er w ho is also a supplier
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Account ing f or bad debt s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Contents
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M YOB Accounting M YOB Prem ier Asia
6: Purchases
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Ent er ing pur chases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Changing t he st at us of a purchase
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Review ing your pur chase inf or m at ion . . . . . . . . . . 76
Paying bills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Creat ing supplier debit s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adding f inance charges paid
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7: Managing your invent ory
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Basic invent ory t asks
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M aking adjust m ent s
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Tr ansf erring invent ory
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Building it em s
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Recor d invent ory
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Review ing your invent or y inf orm at ion
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Set t ing it em prices
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Cust om ising invent or y
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8: List s
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Adding a record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Finding a recor d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Changing a r ecord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Inact ivat ing or react ivat ing a r ecor d . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Delet ing a record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9: Transact ions