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Companies List
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Inventory Control Journal
Sales Tax Code List
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Purchase Order List
Sales Orders List
PO Receipt List
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Credit Memo List
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Free Accounting Items
New Item
New Build Assemblies
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Units of Measure
Build Assemblies List
Physical Adjustment
Inventory Control Journal
Free Accounting Bank and Checks
Bank Reconciliation
Check Register
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Free Accounting Vendors
New Vendor
Vendors List
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Return PO List
Return PO Receipt List
Bills List
Write Check
Pay Bill
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Create Purchase Order
Create PO Receipt
Create Return PO
Create Return PO Receipt
Create Bill
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Customers
New Customer
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Return SO List
Credit Memo List
Receive Payments
Invoice Reconciliation
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return SO
Create Credit Memo
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Reports
Export from Reports to different file formats
Vendors and Payables
Customers and Receivables
Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
Items
Reports Toolbar
Free Accounting Options
Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
Get Started
Lesson 1. Company Information in Free Accounting
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 3. Create an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills in Free Accounting
Lesson 8. Create a Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order in Free Accounting
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge in Free Accounting
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor PO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Return PO Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 17. View Reports in Free Accounting
Lesson 18. Bank Reconciliation in Free Accounting
Lesson 19. Trial Balance in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Registration Process
Systems Online provides a free usage of the Free Accounting software. Only additional functions are turned off in the unregistered Free Accounting Software version. To get them you should run the Free Accounting Registration Process.

To start the Free Accounting Registration Process:
  1. Run the program by clicking on the Accounting icon on the desktop and press the Register button or select Help / Register from the Free Accounting Main Toolbar and press the Register button.



  2. Follow the steps of the Free Accounting registration wizard. Click the Next button.



  3. Agree to the terms of the Free Accounting license agreement and click the Next button.



  4. Enter your Customer Unique Number, confirm it and click the Next button. Customer Unique Number is the Unique Identifier and is given by the local bank or some other acquirer the merchant has business arrangement with for authorization and settlement services. This Number uniquely identifies the location of the transaction. In Free Accounting the merchant Id is always guaranteed to be unique for a company.



  5. If there is no customer with such Customer Unique Number in the database, a new user account is created on the registration server. User will be prompted to enter information related to this account. Type in your name, the name of the company and the e-mail address.



    Subsequently the Customer Unique Number will be used as the user name and e-mail as the password for this Free Accounting account.

  6. Type in the Customer's address, city, state, postal code, country, phone #. All the fields are to be filled. Click the Next button.



  7. The Payment Types drop-down list displays all currently available payment options (except Already registered \ Reregistration).

      - Select option Pay Now - Optional Paid License if you want to pay directly to Systems Online. Click the Next button.



      Enter the credit card information. The Free Accounting Registration automatically detects the type of the credit card if its number is valid.



      Click the Charge Card to authorize payment online. Each payment type has a preset address / zip match level for credit card transactions. If a credit card is approved but the AVS match result received from Vital doesn't enter in appropriate values for this match level the transaction is void and the registration process fails. If it is successful all your registration information will be stored in the database, you will be given the Free Accounting registration number and your credit card will be charged with the amount specified for this license.

      - In the Payment Types drop-down list select the Reseller ID or Activation Code option if you want to pay to the Reseller for the registration. Click the Next button.



      Enter the Reseller Identification number in to the fields. Click the Next button.



      The Reseller's Unique Identifier will be verified against the database. If the number is valid, you will be given the Free Accounting registration number. If the Reseller's Unique Identifier is not valid, you'll be informed about that. All the registration information will not be stored in this case.

  8. If the data you provided are valid the Free Accounting registration will be successful. Click on the Receipt button to get a receipt.




RE-REGISTRATION OF THE EXISTING CUSTOMER

Re-registration is used in case when several customers share the same account (for example, to install several copies of the Free Accounting product on different machines) or for re-registration of the same copy of the Free Accounting application. This registration type can also be used to avoid paying twice for the same registration if the first registration was unsuccessful but your account was already charged.

To start the process of re-registration:
  1. Run the program by clicking on the Accounting icon on the desktop and press the Register button or select Help / Register from the Free Accounting Main Toolbar and press the Register button.



  2. Follow the steps of the Free Accounting registration wizard. Click the Next button.



  3. Agree to the terms of the Free Accounting license agreement and click the Next button.



  4. Enter your Customer Unique Number, confirm it and click the Next button.



    If there is already a user account with such Customer Unique Number in the database, this window will be displayed. You will be asked to enter the exact e-mail address (case sensitive) used in the initial Free Accounting registration (it is a password for your account). You have three attempts to enter a correct e-mail, otherwise the wizard exits. Click Ok to continue.



    If the email address isn't correct the following window will be displayed.



  5. If the e-mail address (password) is correct, the user may update the name and the company on the Customer Information screen (the e-mail address will not be displayed to the users who are returning to the registration wizard).



  6. In the Payment Types drop-down list select Already registered \ reregistration if you want to re-register the Free Accounting application. Click the Next button.



  7. The user will see all the registrations for all computers which used the current account identifier (Customer Unique Number). Each registration have a limited number of attempts to re-register. Select one and click the Next button.



  8. Free Accounting registration will be successful if there were some attempts left, otherwise you'll be informed that registration was unsuccessful and prompted to refer to the Free Accounting customer support for additional re-registration.



    Click on the Receipt button to get the receipt.
See also:
Free Accounting Interface Overview

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