Contents 

What's new in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Help
Introduction
Installation
Interface Overview
Lists
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Sales Tax Code List
Units of Measure List
Customer Classes List
Terms List
Tax Jurisdictions List
Ship Via List
Countries List
State/Provinces List
Customers List
Vendors List
Payees List
Employees List
Contacts List
Company
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Journal Entries List
Contacts List
Customers List
Vendors List
Payees List
Employees List
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Return PO List
Return PO Receipt List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Return SO List
Credit Memo List
Post Entries
Record Opening Balance
Bank and Checks
Check Register
Bank Reconciliation
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Vendors
Vendors List
Purchase Order List
PO Receipt List
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Pay Bills (All-in-One, Wizard)
Physical Adjustment
Create Purchase Order
Create PO Receipt
Create Return PO
Create Return PO Receipt
Create Bill
Customers
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoice List
Receive Payments
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Payments and Charges Reconciliation
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return SO
Create Credit Memo
Reports
Vendors and Payables
Customers and Receivables
Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
Options
Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
Get Started
Lesson 1. Company Information
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor
Lesson 3. Create an Item
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills
Lesson 8. Create a Customer
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return
Lesson 14. Vendor PO Return
Lesson 15. Create Return PO Receipt
Lesson 16. View Reports
Lesson 17. Bank Reconciliation
Lesson 18. Trial Balance

Free Accounting Software Help File Version 1.0.0.6

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Options
In Options window you can specify different settings for your company. For example, you may have several companies you are running business in; here you can check whether this company is active or not.
You can open the Options window by selecting the Tools / Options from the Main Menu.

The options window contains several tabs:
  • Working Company
  • Desktop View
  • Accounting
  • Fiscal Periods
  • Inventory
  • Reports




  • Working Company
    Select the Company level for your active company. This level allows you to see the reports, accounting changes according to the company level that you choose. For exmple, you are running the company "Child company 1" and you want to see all the reports that 1 and 2 companies have, so in Company level you should select "Child company 1" and check the Consolidated checkbox. Look at the picture below:



    You may have several companies you want to work with, so check the Working checkbox on those companies that you want to be active.

    Desktop View
    You can select different color settings for your context pane. To do it click on the row to change the color.



    Accounting
    On the Accounting tab you can specify the default value for accounts you are working with.
    In General Definition area you can make the masks for different generators.
    If you want the Split to be allowed in Receive payment window check on the current feature.



    Fiscal Periods
    Usage of Fiscal Years/Period Feature can be turn on/off. If it is turned off then system doesn't make any checking of dates for Fiscal Year/Period. Check the Use Active Year Feature box to view operations only for the current fiscal year. The unchecked operations for both current and open fiscal years can be shown in the Accounting Module and the whole tab will become disabled.
    Start Date - The date the fiscal year begins. It is set when the first fiscal year is added.
    End Date - The date the fiscal year ends.
    Status - Shows the status of the fiscal year.

    Press the Close Fiscal Year button to close the open or current fiscal year. All entries for this year must be posted, otherwise the information window will appear notifying that the system cannot close the fiscal year because some of the entries have not been posted.
    Press the Delete Fiscal Year button to delete a fiscal year.
    Each Fiscal Year is divided into several Fiscal Periods. You can enter the number of periods in one year; to do it enter the number in Total Periods field, then press the Generate Periods button and the number of Periods will appear in the Fiscal Periods grid.



    Inventory

    For all your inventory list you may specify the different kinds of Units of Measure. By the default they are all set up to EA. But you may select whatever UOMs you want.



    Reports

    You can set the Printing Logotypes option for your reports. Check the reports you want to be printed with logotypes. Press the Select all button to select all the reports, or the Unselect all button to print all the reports without logotypes.

    See also:
    Introduction

       
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