"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you how rather than tell you why, then this intermediate to advanced level reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step-by-step screen shots reveal how to accomplish more than 170 QuickBooks 2005 tasks, including: Choosing a company identity Setting up sales tax Editing paycheck information Tracking employees' time records Creating invoices and estimates Paying online credit card bills Locating and printing reports

Elaine Marmel is president of Marmel Enterprises, Inc., an organization that specializes in technical writing and software training. Elaine has an MBA from Cornell University and worked on projects to build financial management systems from New York City and Washington, D.C. Elaine currently spends most of her time writing; she has been a contributing editor since 1994 to Peachtree Extra and QuickBooks Extra monthly magazines. She wrote Peachtree For Dummies, Microsoft Project Bible, and Master VISUALLY Project 2003. She has also authored and co-authored more than 25 books about Windows, Word for Windows, 1-2-3 for Windows, digital photography, and Lotus Notes.
Although a native of Chicago, Elaine has seen much of the world, including Cincinnati, Ohio; Jerusalem, Israel; Ithaca, NY; and Washington, D.C. At this writing, she is leaving the warmer climes of Florida for excitement and adventure in Arizona. In Arizona, she intends to live in a perfect house, built to her exact specifications, with her purrrfect cats, Cato, Watson, and Buddy (who seem to be made of velcro when she starts writing), and her doting and loving dog, Josh (who watches the door for visitors and might lick you to death while performing the job of general welcoming committee).