QUICKBOOKS 2019 FOR DUMMIES CHEAT SHEET

From QuickBooks 2019 For Dummies By Stephen L. Nelson

QuickBooks 2019 makes small-business accounting fast and easy. But your day-to-day business
bookkeeping will go even more smoothly if you employ a handful of QuickBooks user interface
tricks, editing tricks, and keyboard shortcuts.

QuickBooks 2019 User Interface Tricks

Here are some techniques that you can use to navigate the QuickBooks 2019 software more
quickly:

 To move quickly to a specific list-box entry, press the letter. Press the S key to move to
the first list entry that begins with the letter S, for example.
 To select a list-box entry shown within a dialog box and simultaneously choose a
suggested command button for the active dialog box (probably the OK button), double-
click the entry.
 To move the insertion point to the beginning of a field, press Home.
 To move the insertion point to the end of a field, press End.
 QuickBooks can display a list of open windows in its Open Window list. To display the
Open Window list, choose View→Open Window List. To move to a listed window, just
click it.
 To tell QuickBooks to use windows the same way every other program does, choose
View→Multiple Windows. Alternatively, to tell QuickBooks to display just the active
window, choose View→One Window.

QuickBooks 2019 Keyboard Shortcuts

Use the QuickBooks 2019 keyboard shortcuts shown in the following table to make your day-to-
day small-business accounting easier and faster.

 Press This PC Shortcut QuickBooks Does This

Alt+S Saves a transaction
Alt+N Saves a transaction and goes to a new transaction
Ctrl+A Displays the Chart of Accounts window
Ctrl+C Copies your selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+D Deletes check, invoice, transaction, or item from the list
Ctrl+E Edits transaction selected in the register
Ctrl+F Displays the Find window
Ctrl+G Goes to the other side of a transfer transaction
Ctrl+I Displays the Create Invoice window
Ctrl+J Displays the Customer:Job List window
Ctrl+M Memorizes a transaction
Creates a new <fill in the blank> where <fill in the blank> is
Ctrl+N
whatever is active at the time
Ctrl+P Almost always prints the currently active register, list, or form
Ctrl+Q Creates and displays a QuickReport on the selected transaction
Ctrl+R Displays the Register window
Crtl+T Displays the memorized transaction list
Ctrl+V Pastes the contents of the Clipboard
Ctrl+W Displays the Write Checks window
Ctrl+X Moves your selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+Z Undoes your last action — usually
Ctrl+Enter Saves the changes
Ctrl+Insert Inserts a line into a list of items or expenses
Ctrl+Delete Deletes the selected line from a list of items or expenses
Esc Closes the active window

Performing Common QuickBooks Tasks

To perform a common accounting or bookkeeping task in QuickBooks, use these commands.

When QuickBooks displays the commands window, you just fill in the boxes and press Enter.

To Do This Choose This QuickBooks Command

Dealing with Customers
Invoice a customer
Record a cash sale
Issue a credit memo
Record a customer payment
Handling Banking Activities
Pay a bill with a check
Buy inventory with a check
Move money between bank accounts
Deposit money in a bank account
See a bank account’s transactions
Reconcile a bank account
Working with Vendors
Prepare a purchase order
Record when items are received
Record an accounts payable amount
Customers→Create Invoices
Customers→Enter Sales Receipts
Customers→Create Credit Memo/Refunds
Customers→Receive Payments
Banking→Write Checks
Banking→Write Checks
Banking→Transfer Funds
Banking→Make Deposits
Banking→Use Register
Banking→Reconcile
Vendors→Create Purchase Orders
Vendors→Receive Items or
Vendors→Receive Items and Enter Bill
Vendors→Enter Bills or Vendors→Enter Bill
for Received Items
Managing Employees
Preparing employee payroll Employees→Pay Employees
Employees→Payroll Taxes and
Paying tax deposits
Liabilities→Pay Scheduled Liabilities
Getting Financial Information
Accounts Lists→Chart of Accounts
Customers Customers→Customer Center
Lists→Item List or Vendors→Inventory
Inventory
Activies→Inventory Center
Vendors Vendors→Vendor Center
Employees Employees→Employee Center
Reports→Company & Financial→Profit &
Loss Standard or one of the other profit &
Profit and loss
loss reports on Company & Financial
submenu
Reports→Company & Financial→Balance
Sheet Standard or one of the other balance
Net worth
sheet reports on the Company & Financial
submenu
Managing the QuickBooks System
Setting up a new company File→New Company
Resetting company information Company→Company Information
Backing up data file File→Save Copy or Back Up
Restoring a data file File→Open or Restore Company
Customizing QuickBooks Edit→Preferences
Adjusting accounting data Company→Make Journal Entries

Right-Click for Common QuickBooks 2019 Tasks

To perform a common QuickBooks 2019 task related to a window, right-click to display a

shortcut menu. In a register, select and right-click a specific transaction; in a list, right-click an
item; in a form, display a transaction and right-click a blank area of the form.

QuickBooks displays a shortcut menu of common commands for each particular transaction,
item, or window. It often displays commands for memorizing or voiding a transaction, for
example, or for creating a QuickReport on a transaction. The commands differ based on the
type of transaction you select.