This chapter begins by explaining how to launch your copy of QuickBooks. For example, if you’ve worked with an accountant to set up your company, she might provide you with a QuickBooks company file already configured for your business so you can hit the ground running. If you’re new to bookkeeping, another approach is to use a file that someone else created.
You can create a company file from scratch or convert records that you previously kept in a different small-business accounting program, Quicken, or even another edition of QuickBooks like QuickBooks for Mac.
A company file is where you store your company’s financial records in QuickBooks, so it’s the first thing you need to work on in the program.
