Local Fundraiser for TNCP Community Action Network

Random Stuff

Help us raise funds to support The New Citizen’s Press Community Action Network! This event is being held during Lansing’s Be A Tourist In Your Own Town Event. Visit the Greater Lansing Convention and Visitor’s Bureau website for more information on all the great activities taking place. There are over 60 attractions that you can [...]

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Do you have questions about running your own QuickBooks practice? Join me for a Q&A session and have a chance to win QuickBooks Accountant 2012!

For The Professional

It can be a daunting task starting and running your own business! Connecting with my peers and having good resources has been invaluable in my journey from “Senior Accountant” to “Business Owner”! Do you have any questions about starting & running your own QuickBooks consulting practice? Do you have questions about the ProAdvisor Program, QuickBooks [...]

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How to Reissue Stale Dated Checks From Several Years Ago

Banking

So you have a bunch of checks in QuickBooks to a vendor that never cleared your bank. You have contacted them about it and you are ready to write a new check(s). Create a clearing type bank account. This will be used to help you process unusual accounting transactions. Go to Chart of Accounts (Ctrl+A) [...]

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What to do with uncleared items on my bank reconciliation?

Banking

The answer depends on what the item is. If it was an error, like something entered twice, then it is okay to void, delete, and or make an adjustment for the item. If the item is money intended for someone else, like an un-cashed payroll check, customer overpayment, or un-cashed check, then there are state [...]

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Where to Save Templates in Microsoft Office 2010

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Templates are awesome! Set it up once and then recreate a fresh new document every time you need a new one without changing the master. Well, it works great if you can remember where you are supposed to save the darn things so you can get to it from the “File > New” menu in [...]

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How to Print PowerPoint Notes Page Without the Slide Images

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I start most of my QuickBooks training videos and tutorials with PowerPoint slides. I figure out what I want to say and enter it in the notes section of powerpoint so I can record it later or create handouts/pdf files of the tutorial. When I needed to print out the notes page, powerpoint was also [...]

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Think you know Excel? These tricks can take you to the next level.

For The Professional

I’m an Excel nerd because I was lucky enough to have mentors who showed me all the things that were possible. Here is some free training from Microsoft for Excel 2010 that is sure to save you some time and make you look like an Excel Rock Star! Enjoy! Free Microsoft Excel 2010 Training Videos [...]

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My bank reconciliation reports are automatically printing. How can I fix this?

Banking

The automatic printing of QuickBooks reconciliation reports is caused by a corrupted QBPRINT.qbp file. You will need to have Quickbooks recreate a file named QBPRINT.QBP. Older Windows Versions: 1. Go to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Intuit\<Quickbooks Version> (or go to the folder that you installed QuickBooks in) 2. Right click on the QBPRINT.QBP file and [...]

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