Author Archive: Charlie
Charlie Russell is the founder of CCRSoftware. He's been involved with the small business software industry since the mid 70's, focusing on inventory and accounting software for small businesses. Charlie is a Certified Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Look for Charlie's articles in the QuickBooks and Beyond blog, as well as his California Wildflower Hikes blog.
QuickBooks 2012 1099 Wizard Bug (and workaround)
It’s that time of year – time to file your 1099 MISC forms, and this year is crazier than most. There is a bug in the QuickBooks 1099 Wizard that affects SOME people, and I have a workaround for it. This is only an issue if you are trying to map out an Other Current [...]
Use the Open Window List in QuickBooks
QuickBooks has a huge number of options and features, so many that it is hard for anyone to know all of the ways that it can be used. When I help someone with QuickBooks, either on site or through an online support session, one of the first things that I show people is how to [...]
QuickBooks Support and Training Resources
Every year I like to revisit this subject – what kind of resources are available for support and training for QuickBooks? Here is my latest list – many of these are free, but some do have a cost involved. Please add your comments about resources that YOU have found that are helpful.
QuickBooks Loan Manager and Internet Explorer 9 Problem FIXED
When Internet Explorer 9 first came out, QuickBooks users wondered if we would have problems with it. The answer was Almost no, but there are some issues. For the most part, current versions of QuickBooks work fine with Internet Explorer 9, with some small exceptions. The one that I heard about the most was that [...]
QuickBooks 2012 Doc Center Problem Workaround
Quickbooks 2012 adds a Doc Center, which is a reworking of QuickBooks Attached Documents (or QuickBooks Document Management). See this QuickBooks and Beyond article on all of the changes (and there are lots!). Now the product only stores documents locally, without the option to store documents online. However, there are some problems.
QuickBooks 2012
QuickBooks 2012 is coming out this month, is it a good update? The short answer is “yes”, but with my usual cautionary statement of “wait until it matures a bit”. I don’t recommend that you use the “R1” release of QuickBooks in any year – the R1 release is almost like a second stage “beta [...]
QuickBooks 2011 R8 Has Problems
You can It has only been out for a few weeks, but it looks like the QuickBooks 2011 R8 update has problems. As it stands now, Intuit has removed this from automatic update status. If you haven’t updated to R8, DO NOT. If you HAVE updated, and aren’t seeing problems, cross your fingers. I’ll note [...]
How To Print Modified QuickBooks Invoices Without Saving Changes
This is one of those situations where a software company can’t win. People complain about the way it works, so you change the program to fix the problem. Then, other people complain about the fix, and wish it worked the old way. Fortunately, Intuit made this an option so you can have it either way. [...]
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