Quickbooks Desktop 2018: A Complete Course ; 9780134743813 ; 0134743814

For one-semester courses in microcomputer accounting.

A real-world experience with extensive hands-on material

Designed for students familiar with the essentials of the accounting cycle and how it relates to business, QuickBooks^® Desktop 2018: A Complete Course is a comprehensive instructional must have learning resource. The 17th Edition provides training using the QuickBooks Premier Accountant 2018 accounting program. This text covers using QuickBooks in a service business, a merchandising business, a sole proprietorship, and a partnership. Preparing payroll and creating a new company are also included.

No prior knowledge of, or experience with computers, Microsoft^® Windows^®, or QuickBooks^® is required.

About our author

Janet Horne received her master of science in business administration and bachelor of science in business education from California State University, Long Beach and has spent her educational career teaching business and computer applications courses. The majority of her teaching career has been at Los Angeles Pierce College. Where, in addition to being a full-time professor, she was the Computer Applications and Office Technologies Department Chairperson, served on many committees, and developed new programs. Horne has been a presenter at many educational meetings and seminars and has been involved with a variety of professional organizations.

Horne’s quest to find a textbook to use in teaching QuickBooks^® led her to write one of the first texts for QuickBooks. As technologies change, it is important to work within the new technological environments. Other textbooks by Horne include several editions of QuickBooks: A Complete Course (uses QuickBooks Desktop Accountant software), QuickBooks Pro: Simplified, QuickBooks Pro: An Introduction, Peachtree Complete Accounting, Getting Started with QuickBooks Pro, and Computerized Accounting with CA-Simply Accounting. Horne is also the author of Runners Corporation and A-1 Photography accounting practice sets.