MIcrosoft Office Accounting Professional 2007 Step by Step

Experience learning made easy—and quickly teach yourself how to manage your small business financial information with Accounting Professional 2007. With Step By Step, you set the pace—building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them!

• Learn basic accounting principles that help keep your business healthy!
• Track and manage income, expenses, assets, and liabilities
• Prepare quotes, invoices, and sales orders for all of your products and services
• Apply discounts, set pricing levels, and manage customer payments
• Do-it-yourself payroll—from 1 to 100 employees
• Easily transform your data into financial reports with a single click

Your all-in-one learning experience includes:

• Fully searchable eBook
• Extended coverage with three bonus chapters
• Windows Vista Product Guide eReference—plus other resources on CD

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The smart way to learn Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2007-one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, helpful hints, and troubleshooting tips to master the fundamentals of communicating your message effectively with the latest version of Office Accounting Professional. Updated from Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 Step by Step, you'll discover the latest features in the accounting solution aimed at small business owners. You'll learn how to manage your business financials, get a complete view of your business, and help your business flourish-no accounting experience required. You'll even learn how to sell products online and get paid faster. Plus, discover how to integrate your work with other Microsoft Office programs, including Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft Office Word 2007. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! This guide also includes coverage of Office Accounting Express 2007. Includes an easy-search companion CD with hands-on practice files, a complete eBook, and more!

Key Book Benefits
• Includes coverage of the fundamentals for managing financials for your small business-no accounting experience required!
• Discover the latest features-fully updated from the book Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 Step by Step
• Covers both Office Accounting Professional 2007 and Office Accounting Express 2007
• Features an easy-search companion CD with practice files, a complete eBook, and other resources

Curtis Frye is a freelance writer and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for Microsoft Office Excel . He live in Portland, Oregon, and is the author of eight books from Microsoft Press, including Excel 2007 Step by Step, Microsoft Office Access 2007 Plain & Simple, Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Plain & Simple, and Microsoft Office Accounting 2006 Step by Step. He has also written numerous articles for the Microsoft Work Essentials Web site.

William E. Pearson III has an extensive background working as a CPA, internal auditor, financial analyst, controller, and management accountant. He is the founder of Island Technologies Inc., where he consults on and implements business intelligence solutions. Bill is well known in the international Business Intelligence community through his articles and other publications.