QuickBooks Pro 2013
QuickBooks Pro 2013
QuickBooks Pro helps you organize your business finances all in one place so you can complete your frequent tasks in fewer steps.
Complete everyday tasks faster - Invoices, Estimates, Sales Receipts and other forms now have a simplified layout for better access to key actions.
Keep contact info at your fingertips - Quickly access customer and vendor emails, phone numbers, web addresses and even social network profiles.
Get easier access to data and transactions - The new, customization toolbar provides quick access to your open windows and most common tasks.
Do more with add-on applications - Extend the use of your QuickBooks with add-on applications and services right in QuickBooks
Organize Everything in One Place and Save Time on Everyday Tasks
- Manage vendors and expenses easily - enter, track, and pay bills.
- Easily create and customize estimates, invoices, and statements.
Modernize
Apart from a few tweaks here and there, the QuickBooks interface hasn't changed
that much in the last few years. Washed-out greys and blues have predominated,
with the odd dash of colour thrown in here and there. In the 2013 pro release,
however, that all changes with a more modern white background with starkly
contrasting dark panels and more dramatic use of colour to tie related items
and processes together.
According to QuickBooks Khulna, the use of contrast will
help users to focus on what they need to do, the darker colours creating a
strong hierarchy of zones to aid with workflow. Clutter has also been reduced,
and the new look and feel applied consistently throughout the package. It
certainly looks more modern and functional and, because the underlying
workflows remain the same, shouldn't leave existing users scratching their
heads searching for the tools they need.
With QuickBooks 2013 the same flowchart home screen is still
displayed, but now it looks like this:
Notice also that, as well as the new color scheme, the
real-estate around the display has been moved around. The row of navigational icons
across the top is gone, with these shortcuts now arranged on a redesigned
sidebar, located on the left rather than the right. The sidebar can be
customized to create your own shortcuts, and also moved to the top of the
display or made to disappear altogether to maximize the workspace.
What you can't do, however, is fiddle with the colours. What you see is what you get, with no choice of themes, no option to return to the previous GUI and no way of changing the typography other than to size the display through the Windows desktop preferences. Still, that's not necessarily a bad thing.
One feature we we're not too sure of, though, is the What's New
option in the Help menu which, when turned on, highlights the design changes
and new options with unmissable yellow pointers.
This helps for a while, but then you switch it off and never use
it again.
Ribbons too
An Office-like ribbon has also been added to some displays — when raising
invoices, for example, where the ribbon across the top of the window provides
quick access to four sets of categorized options. It seems to fit the new
interface quite well but, as with Microsoft's implementation, it's something
you're likely to either love or loathe.
And here's the new QuickBooks 2013 implementation, complete with
ribbon across the top of the display:
If you don't like the ribbon, it can be hidden. Also, the
primary action button is now highlighted using a bright blue color to make it
a lot more obvious than in the previous version.
Centres of excellence
QuickBooks has long organised tools into so-called 'Centers' for VAT,
Customers, Suppliers and so on. These too come in for a revamp, getting the
same look and feel, plus layout adjustments to make them easier to navigate.
A whole new Lead Center has also been added, providing CRM-like features
within the QuickBooks application. This has been available in the
QuickBooks 2013's new
Lead Center provides basic CRM functionality.
Leads are added and managed using a list independent of
customers, with the option of pasting from Excel for those with existing
spreadsheet lists. Leads can be categorised and to-do items associated with
each one; they can also be quickly converted to customers when a successful
sale is made.
This is no match for a standalone application, but the new Lead
Centre should satisfy the needs of most small businesses. Furthermore, you can
still integrate QuickBooks with the popular Salesforce CRM product if you need
to go beyond the built-in option.
Features
3. Easier access to data and transactions with simplified navigation
4. Do more with add-on applications and services available in QuickBooks
5. See your invoices, billing, and other important tasks in a Calendar View
6. Track and follow up on sales leads in the
7. Attach and store documents in the
8. Access industry-specific report templates created by other QuickBooks users
9. See all your key customer information at a glance with the Customer Snapshot
10. Stay on top of your receivables with the
11. Set up Memorized Transactions for recurring billing, invoices, and estimates
12. Save your worksheet formatting when you export QuickBooks reports to Excel
13. Create professional looking invoices and forms
14. Track sales, sales taxes, and customer payments
15. Send invoices and estimates right from your business Yahoo!, Gmail, or Hotmail account
16. Track inventory, set reorder points, and create purchase orders
17. Create and print deposit slips
18. Easily print checks, pay bills, and track expenses
19. Get a real-time view of your business activities with Company Snapshot
20. Get insights to make better business decisions in the
21. Import your contacts from Excel or other
QuickBooks 2013 System Requirements
- Intel Core 2 Duo or higher processor to run the server.
- 2 GB RAM (4 GB RAM recommended)
- CD-ROM drive for installation
- 160 MB of available disk space
- Printer: 100% Macintosh-compatible printer, if you plan to print invoices, checks, deposit slips, lists, purchase orders, mailing labels, reports, or graphs
Download requirements
You must have all 3 of the following to download QuickBooks:
- A high-speed Internet connection (DSL, cable modem, or higher)
- Safari 2.0 or higher
- 2.5 GB free disk space
- After installing QuickBooks, you can delete the installations program from your computer to free up disk space. The QuickBooks Pro and Premier installers give you the option to auto delete those files. Choose that option to free up disk space immediately.
- Important: Customers with dial-up connections cannot download QuickBooks, due to the large file size.
Operating systems supported
- Windows 8, all editions including 64-bit, natively installed (QB R4 and later required)
- Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP: QuickBooks Pro / Premier minimum requirements
- Windows 7, Vista, and XP: QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions minimum requirements
- RAM requirements for Microsoft Terminal Services
- Software compatibility
- Firewall and antivirus software compatibility
Operating systems supported
To run QuickBooks 2013 or QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 13.0: - Windows 8, all editions including 64-bit, natively installed (QB R4 and later required)
- Windows 7, all editions including 64 bit
- Windows Vista (SP2 or later), all editions including 64 bit
- Windows XP (SP2 or later), all editions including 64 bit
- Windows Server 2008, Small Business Server 2008, and Windows Server 2003, including 64 bit
For Database Servers: - Windows: natively installed and Windows 8, Windows 7 (SP1), XP (SP2 or later), Vista (w/ UAC on), 7 (w/ UAC on), Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Small Business Server 2008.
Note: Windows Home Server Edition is not supported. - Linux: The following versions are supported when using an Enterprise Solutions Database server only installation.
Linux: OpenSUSE 11.2, Fedora 12, Red Hat Enterprise 5.4.
- At least 2.0GHz processor; 2.4GHz recommended.
- At least 1 GB RAM for single user, 2 GB RAM recommended for multiple users.
- 2.5 GB of disk space (additional space required for data files).
- 4x CD-ROM drive required for CD installs.
- Display optimized for 1024 x 768 screen resolution or higher. 16-bit color or higher
- U.S. version of Windows only.
- Regional Settings are supported when set to English (United States) with keyboard setting to US only.
- Disk space requirements for additional software: 250MB for Microsoft .NET 3.5 Runtime, provided on the QuickBooks CD.
- At least 2.0 GHz processor, 2.4 GHz recommended - Client.
- At least 2.0 GHz processor (1.2 GHz for Linux), 2.4 GHz recommended (2.0 GHz for Linux) - Server.
- At least 1 GB RAM for single user, 2 GB RAM recommended for multiple users - Client
- At least 1 GB RAM, 2 GB RAM recommended - Server
- 2.5 GB of disk space (additional space required for data files) - Client and Server
- 4x CD-ROM drive required for CD installs.
- Minimum 1024 x 768 screen resolution or higher. 16-bit color or higher
- U.S. version of Windows only.
- Regional Settings are supported when set to English (United States) with keyboard setting to US only.
- Disk space requirements for additional software: 250MB for Microsoft .NET 3.5 Runtime, provided on the QuickBooks CD.
- Minimum network requirements:
- 100 Mbps network card.
- 100 Mbps switch or router.
- 40 Mbps network bandwidth.
Software compatibility
QuickBooks is capable of integrating with hundreds of third-party applications. In addition to the following standard integrations provided with QuickBooks (additional RAM will enhance the use of these features), see QuickBooks Solutions Marketplace for the most up-to-date list:
- Microsoft Office
- Preparing letters requires Microsoft Word 2010, 2007, 2003 or 2002. Word 2010 is only supported on QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier non-Accountant editions (Contractor's, Non-Profit, Mfg. and Wholesale, etc.)
- Exporting reports requires Microsoft Excel 2010, 2007, 2003 or 2002. Excel 2010 is only supported on QuickBooks Pro and QuickBooks Premier non-Accountant editions (Contractor's, Non-Profit, Mfg. and Wholesale, etc.)
- Contact Synchronization with Microsoft Outlook requires Outlook 2010, 2007, 2003 or 2002.
- Synchronization with Outlook requires QuickBooks Contact Sync for Outlook (the download is available at no charge). Contact Sync does not work with the Microsoft Business Contact Manager Outlook plug-in. If a sync is performed, duplicate records could result
Note: Microsoft Office 2010 is currently not supported for QuickBooks Premier 2013 Accountant Edition and all QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions 13.0 editions. - QuickBooks Point of Sale v7.0 and later.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader: Business Planner functionality and viewing forms requires Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later
- Payroll and other online features and services: Requires Internet access with at least a 56Kbps connection speed (DSL or cable modem recommended).
QuickBooks 2013 has been tested with the following firewall and antivirus products. In some cases, it may be necessary to adjust settings in these products to ensure the best possible performance with QuickBooks.
- Windows 7 Firewall (all editions)
- Windows Vista Firewall (all editions)
- Windows XP Firewall (all editions)
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security, Norton 360
- McAfee VirusScan Plus, Internet Security, Total Protection
- Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security
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