Setting up BusinessBasics to conform to the way you work

There are a number of ways you can set up BusinessBasics to help you make your accounting tasks more efficient.

• You can use the Easy-Fill feature to quickly enter account names or numbers, item names or numbers and card names that you enter frequently. When you enter an existing account number or card name, Easy-Fill will "recognize" the entry you're making and automatically fill in the rest of the entry for you. If you want to use Easy-Fill, click the Windows tab in the Preferences window, then mark the box labeled "Use Easy-Fill When Selecting From a List."
• If you find it easier to recognize your accounts by their names rather than by their numbers, you can set up BusinessBasics so that you can enter accounts and sort your account search lists alphabetically by the accounts' names instead of by the accounts' numbers. To use this option, click the Windows tab in the Preferences window, then mark the box labeled "Select and Display Account Name, Not Account Number."
• If your company has many items in stock, your list of items is probably long. If you'd like to sort your item search lists alphabetically by the items' names instead of by the items' numbers, click the Windows tab in the Preferences window, then mark the box labeled "Select Items by Item Name, Not Item Number."
• Pressing the enter key will click the default button (the button with a dark border around it). If you’d rather press the enter key to move between fields in the windows, click the Windows tab in the Preferences window, then mark the box labeled “The Enter Key Works Just Like the Tab Key When Entering Data.” (If you mark this selection, you can still use the tab key to move between fields, as well.)
  
  There are a few areas in BusinessBasics where the enter key and the tab key work differently, regardless of your selection here: In text boxes that allow you to enter multiple lines of information (such as address fields), the enter key moves the insertion point to the next line in the text box, while the tab key moves the insertion point out of the text box and into the next field in the window. Also when you’re entering line items for sales and other transactions, the tab key moves the insertion point to the next column but remains on the same line; the enter key moves the insertion point to the next line, where you can begin entering a new line item.
• If you enter long descriptions on sales, and you want to view those descriptions in their entirety whenever the Description field is active, click the Windows tab in the Preferences window, then mark the box labeled "Use Expandable Data Entry Fields in Windows."