From The Sleeter Group’s Desktop Accountant Newsletter: In Michelle Long’s article last month, she showed you how to use ReferenceUSA to create your own mailing or contact list for free to help with your marketing efforts. This month, we learn…
Intuit Outage & Alternatives
Evidently, there was a massive outage at an Intuit Data Center and many Intuit websites and applications are down. The official word is “Intuit continues working to restore full service to a number of websites and applications, including QuickBase, that became…
Working with QuickBooks
Making the most of the dominant accounting program can build both your business and your client relationships. The article discusses how accounting professionals and QuickBooks consultants are helping clients with their problems and mistakes, providing training and advising clients on…
QuickBooks Company File Diagnostic Tool
The QuickBooks Company File Diagnostic Tool was released today. It should prove very helpful with problems opening a company data file in QuickBooks. As an Intuit contact told me “This tool can be used to “diagnose & Repair” any issue related to…
Saving & Restoring QuickBooks Data Files
I don’t understand the techie reasons, but you are always supposed to save files to/from the hard disk before going to an external drive (CD, USB, external hard drive). Initially I thought you just needed to do this when going…
Intuit Community Forums
Create an Effective Profile It is surprising how many people do not complete their profile for the Intuit Community Forums. The forums are a great resource for both users posting questions and contributors providing answers. Completing your profile can enhance…
Sending Large Files
Many times, the QuickBooks data file is too big to email to someone. Or perhaps, you have a large powerpoint file to send to someone. There are several services to transfer large files. A few FREE ones include: