QuickBooks accounting software is the favorite financial management and accounting software for small businesses, but it does take a little getting used to.

QuickBooks 2009 All-in-One For Dummies is the QuickBooks reference guide that gets you through the learning curve in a hurry. Eight handy minibooks cover:

• An Accounting Primer



• Getting Ready to Use QuickBooks



• Bookkeeping Chores



• Accounting Chores



• Financial Management



• Business Plans



• Care and Maintenance



• Additional Business Resources

QuickBooks 2009 All-in-One For Dummies is written for the Premier version, but you ll find the information works for the other versions too. It s easy to find what you need to know:

• Book I covers all the basic accounting stuff for those who don t know a credit from a debit



• Learn to set up the program, load files, and customize QuickBooks in Book II



• In Book III you ll see how to invoice customers, pay vendors, track inventory, and more



• Take on activity-based costing, preparing a budget, and job costing in Book IV



• Book V gets into cool stuff like ratio analysis, EVA, and capital budgeting



• Find out in Book VI how to write the business plan you need



• Book VII shows you how to manage maintenance for QuickBooks



• Book VIII covers additional resources, an Excel primer, accounting terms, and more

Before you know it, you ll be managing your business finances like a pro with QuickBooks 2009!