How to Use the Quickbooks Timer

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By Launie Sorrels
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To use the Quickbooks timer, the user must first decide if a single user, multi-user, or Enterprise solutions package is needed. Timer can work differently with each of these packages. This article will discuss the basics of using the Timer in the multi-user environment.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

QuickBooks Software Disk
Computer

Install Timer

Step 1

Load your QuickBooks Software disk into the CD drive.
Step 2

At the Start menu select "Run."
Step 3

Type D:\ (or whatever your CD drive letter is) and click "Browse."
Step 4

Choose the QBTimer folder.
Step 5

Select "install.exe."

Using Timer

Step 1

Export the customer and item lists to the employee that is doing the tracking.
Step 2

Import the data the employee received onto his workstation.
Step 3

Enter relevant information into the "Jobs" the employee creates.
Step 4

Export the Time data from the workstation to an IIF file.
Step 5

Email the data file from the workstation back to the bookkeeper.
Step 6

Import the necessary files from the email as needed.