• INTRODUCTION
    • Introduction
    • What Doesn't ACCOUNTS Do?
    • Accounting Concepts
  • LICENSE INFORMATION
    • License Information
    • Software Licensing and Evaluation
    • Sending Emails from the Program
  • TECHNICAL SUPPORT
    • Technical Support
    • Screnshots for Tech Support Emails
    • Who Are We?
    • How to Use Help
  • DOCUMENTATION STANDARDS
    • Documentation Standards
  • INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
    • Installation Instructions
    • Startup Options
    • The Startup Accounts Window
    • Multiple User Options
    • Local Network Versions of ACCOUNTS
    • Passwords in the Program
    • Converting Data from Other Programs
    • Importing Accounts from QuickBooks Desktop
    • Importing Accounts from QuickBooks Online
    • Importing Accounts from Quicken
    • Importing Accounts from Simply Accounting / Sage 50 Canada
    • Uninstalling ACCOUNTS
    • Checking for Updates
    • Running on a Mac
    • Command Line Arguments and Options for DONATION
  • REGULAR OPERATING PROCEDURES
    • Main Window and Regular Operating Procedures
    • Year End Procedures
  • GENERAL INFORMATION ON USING THE PROGRAM
    • General Information on Using the Program
    • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Calculator for Amounts
    • Testing the Program Out
  • THE MAIN MENU
    • The Main Menu
    • The File Menu
    • The Maintenance Menu
    • The Actions Menu
    • The Reports Menu
    • The Reports -> Listing Sub-Menu
    • The Reports -> Summary Sub-Menu
    • The Reports -> Details Sub-Menu
    • The Reports -> Fund Sub-Menu
    • The Reports -> Banking Sub-Menu
    • The Reports -> Vendors and Bills Sub-Menu
    • The Reports -> Accountant Sub-Menu
    • The Reports -> Administrative Sub-Menu
    • The Database Menu
    • The Backup/Restore Menu
    • The Tools Menu
    • The Help Menu
  • EDITING GENERAL INFO
    • Editing Organization Info
    • Fiscal Years in ACCOUNTS
    • Editing Main Options
    • Editing Entity and Report Names
    • Maintaining your list of Government Forms
    • Maintaining your list of Sales Tax Codes
    • Configuring Email Sending
    • Gmail Configuration
    • Registering Online
    • Viewing Saved Settings
  • ENTERING AND MAINTAINING ACCOUNTS
    • Maintaining your Chart of Accounts
    • Editing or Creating an Account
    • Editing Funds for Accounts
    • Maintaining Government Form Lines
    • Entering Budgets
    • Exporting your Chart of Accounts
  • ENTERING AND MAINTAINING VENDORS
    • Maintaining your List of Vendors
    • Editing or Creating a Vendor
  • ENTERING AND MAINTAINING TRANSACTIONS
    • Entering and Maintaining Transactions
    • Writing Cheques
    • Getting the Next Cheque Number
    • Entering Deposits
    • Entering Credit Card Charges
    • Using Register Windows
    • The Register Splits Window
    • Register Samples
    • Payroll Samples
    • Mortgage Samples and Building Fund
    • Copying, Cutting and Pasting Transactions
    • Memorized Transactions
    • Recurring Transactions
    • Maintaining Journal Entries
    • Entering Journal Entries
    • Entering Opening Balances
    • Handling Sales Taxes
    • Reconciling your Accounts
    • Finding Transactions
    • Printing Cheques
    • Importing Transactions
    • The Audit Trail
    • Currency and Date Formats in the Program
    • Using the Popup Calendar to Enter Dates
  • ENTERING AND PAYING BILLS
    • Maintaining your List of Bills
    • Entering and Editing Bills
    • Paying Bills
    • Maintaining your List of Bill Payments
    • Editing Bill Payments
  • IMPORTING ONLINE BANKING DOWNLOADS
    • Importing Online Banking Downloads
    • Bank Rules
    • The Online Banking Manual Match Window
    • Associating Downloaded File Types
  • USING REPORTS
    • Viewing and Printing Reports
    • Selecting Dates for Reports
    • Using the Reports Browser
    • Filtering Reports
    • Filtering Reports (Advanced)
    • Sorting Reports
    • Saving Reports to Files
    • Exporting Data from the Program
    • Doing Mail Merges using Save As from Reports
    • Saving Reports as PDF Files
    • Memorized Reports
    • Custom Reports
    • Loading SQL for Reports
  • FILES USED BY THE PROGRAM
    • Files Used by the Program
    • The Data Directory for the Program
  • DATABASE MAINTENANCE
    • Database Maintenance
    • Validating Your Database
    • Validating Your Transactions
    • Deleting Old Data
    • Deleting All Transactions
    • Deleting All Data
    • Switching Databases
    • Deleting Databases
    • Viewing and Exporting Data with SQL Selects
  • BACKING UP AND RESTORING YOUR DATA
    • Backup and Restore Options
    • Making Data Backups
    • Restoring Backups
    • Emailing Backups
    • Restoring Emailed Backups
    • Making Internet Backups
    • Restoring Internet Backups
    • The Cloud Storage Service
    • Restoring Non-Backup Databases
    • Setting Backup Reminder Frequency and Options
    • Passwords for Email and Internet Backups
    • Internet Backup Security
  • THE REMOTE DATABASE VERSION
    • The Remote Database Version
  • THE ONDEMAND VERSION
    • Overview
    • Differences from Other Versions
    • Login and Initial Setup
    • User Management
    • Security
    • Date Formats
    • Troubleshooting
  • REVISION HISTORY AND BUGS / FEATURES
    • Revision History - Latest Version
    • Revision History - Version 1.00 to 2018
    • Revision History - Beta Versions
    • Bugs / Features
  • TECHNICAL INFORMATION
    • Technical Information
    • Referential Integrity
  • HOW DO I?
    • How Do I?
    • Move the Program from One Computer to Another
    • Reinstalling ACCOUNTS
    • Move the OnDemand Version
    • Transfer your Data between Computers
    • Sending Emails to People
    • Use the Database on a USB Memory Key
    • Determine what Version of ACCOUNTS I have