What's New in QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro 6.0?
QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro
New 6.0 Features

New QuickBooks Pro 6.0 Features - Multi-user Ready

Easier than Ever!

Enhanced Password Protection

  • New password protection gives you added security with unique passwords for each employee in your company.
  • Now you can designate the specific areas of the program each user can enter and/or select the specific activities each user can perform (such as limiting access to viewing but not printing reports).

Fast and Easy Register Sorting

  • Save time by sorting your register transactions by date, transaction amount, document number (e.g. check number), order entered, or cleared status. Easily find the transaction you need.

Optimized for 32-bit and Windows 95 / NT 4.0 and Windows 98

  • QuickBooks is now optimized for 32-bit to work within Windows 95, 98, or NT 4.0 environments.
  • Save time with new, right-mouse access to context-sensitive commands.

New User Preferences

  • Each user can now personalize his or her QuickBooks experience with customized menus, audio effects, and icons on the iconbar.

Enhanced Company Preferences

  • Business owners can set preferences for the entire company data file such as how many decimal places to display on transactions.

Use QuickBooks more easily and effectively

  • New "How Do I?" buttons provide easy-to-use, context sensitive help.
  • Step-by-step, "Show Me" videos help you use QuickBooks better.

Reports - Memorize Portrait / Landscape Settings

  • QuickBooks now remembers whether you prefer a report to be formatted in landscape or portrait mode.


Save Time and Money!

One-click access from QuickBooks to Valuable Information and Services on the Internet

  • Free, 24-hour QuickBooks Help
    One-click access to free, 24-hour support on QuickBooks.com, including answers to frequently-asked questions, plus tips.
  • QuickBooks Professional Advisor Directory
    Easily access the QuickBooks Professional Advisor directory to find an accountant or professional advisor in your area.
  • Small Business Information and Tools at Small Business by Quicken.com
    Get the best small business information on the Internet, including essential, everyday tools, information and advice for business success.

Click in QuickBooks to Access the Web for the best rates on small business loans and credit

  • Just click to connect directly to the Quicken Business CashFinder site for the best rates on small business loans and lines of credit.

New Payroll Features!

  • The new payroll set-up wizard makes it easier than ever to add and edit payroll items such as salary, 401(k), and state unemployment insurance.
  • Tax time is easier with annualized flat tax rate calculations. Eliminate rounding discrepancies and retroactively adjust for tax rate changes.
  • Improved tax tracking for payroll and W-2 forms includes new 1997 employee benefits such as SIMPLE Retirement Account, Medical Savings Account, and Adoption Assistance.
  • Improved state and local tax handling now accounts for miscellaneous taxes (such as California Employee Training Tax (ETT) and Oregon Workers' Compensation Assesment).
  • Advance Earned Income Credit (AEIC) is now a standard QuickBooks payroll item.
  • View the detail behind your payroll; see all your salary payments in one place and make sure you have enough cash on hand with new payroll reports including Payroll Item Detail, a Payroll Transaction Journal and Payroll Transactions Report.


New Solutions For Growing Businesses

QuickBooks Online Payroll Tax Service

  • Get peace of mind! A new service that takes full responsibility for your tax payments and filings (upon your approval) -- including payment of any penalties.
  • Save time! Automatic payment and filing of federal and state taxes (940 and 941 forms) and the printing and mailing of W-2 forms.
  • Save money! QuickBooks Online Payroll Tax Service is more affordable than traditional payroll services and includes the Tax Table Service and 1-800 support and advice free of charge.

QuickBooks Online Direct Deposit

  • Convenient! Set-up electronic employee paycheck deposits to pay your employees and yourself from anywhere -- all you need is a PC and a modem. Just enter the payroll information as you do now, send it to the service, and the service deposits the paychecks for you.
  • Flexible! Your employees now have a convenient and easy way to receive their payments and may choose to have their paycheck split and deposited in up to two accounts.
  • Affordable! This service is available to a limited number of customers for a small monthly fee.
QuickBooks Pro 6.0
The Complete Solution For Growing Businesses
Multi-User Ready

Multi-User Ready

  • Works just like QuickBooks
    Multi-user works just like QuickBooks and is easy to use and set up. With multi-user, up to five users can work in your QuickBooks Pro company file simultaneously. For example, multiple users can work on different parts of QuickBooks Pro (such as payroll and invoicing) or work the same features (such as two users working on invoicing simultaneously) -- all at the same time!
  • Easy to Set Up New Users
    The new user set-up wizard walks you through each part of QuickBooks Pro and lets you easily select which portion of the company file each user can access.
  • User tracking
    You can see which users are logged onto QuickBooks Pro program at any time.
  • Enhanced Audit Trail Report
    Get peace of mind knowing you can track changes made to your files. The Audit Trail report tracks, by user, changes made to each transaction.

New Report! Unbilled Costs by Job

  • Quickly see any outstanding costs that have not yet been charged back to your customers and ensure that your expenses are billed on time.
QuickBooks Pro 6.0 QuickBooks Pro 6.0 QuickBooks Pro 6.0 5 User Value Pack
A QuickBooks Pro box
contains 1 user license
Buy 2 QuickBooks Pro boxes for
2 users, or 3 boxes for 3 users
Buy the 5 User Value Pack
(best deal for 4-5 users)
To purchase QuickBooks 6.0, visit your favorite retailer
or call 1-800-224-0991.


System Requirements

Recommended for Better Performance:

  • IBM compatible Pentium computer with 32 MB RAM
  • We recommend a monitor display of 800 x 600

Minimum Configuration:

  • CD-ROM enclosed (3.5" disks available)
  • 486DX66 PC (or higher)
  • Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 (or higher)
  • QuickBooks: Hard disk with 45 MB free disk space (optional Internet Explorer requires 40 MB additional free space). QuickBooks Pro: Hard disk with 55 MB free disk space (optional Internet Explorer requires 40 MB additional free space)
  • 256 color VGA or SVGA video
  • Works with any printer supported Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 (or higher)

Multi-User (QuickBooks Pro):

  • Each box includes one user license. Purchase additional copies of QuickBooks Pro 6.0 for additional users. Maximum: 5 simultaneous users.
  • Multi-user (2-5 users) requires Windows 95/NT 4.0 (peer-to-peer network), Windows NT 4.0 Server or Novell NetWare 3.12 (or higher) network

Paul V. Clough is a member of Quickbooks Professional Advisors program.

Paul V. Clough, P.A. Certified Public Accountant

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