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QuickBooks is Intuit Inc’s set of software solutions
designed to manage payroll, inventory, sales and
other needs of a small business. The software’s
features include marketing tools, merchant services,
product and supplies, training solutions. Each
solution is developed according to different
industries and their needs. Intuit’s products for construction contractors
include the Simple Start Plus Pack, Quickbooks Pro,
Quickbooks Premier Contractor and Quickbooks
Enterprise Solutions: Contractor. These products are
designed to meet contractor's needs based on company
size.
These software solutions are used to monitor
expenses, create invoices and reports, track change
orders and job status, and manage inventory,
customers, vendors and employees. In addition to
these industry specific packages and their
corresponding capabilities, Intuit offers add-ons to
Quickbook versions as well as third-party tools that
integrate with Quickbooks in order to enhance
current functions.
Basic system configuration requires at least a 1.8
GHz processor, 1 GB of disk space, 256 MB of RAM for
a single user and 512 MB of RAM for multiple users.
Additional requirements are dependent on the desired
software package. All software that is to be
downloaded needs a high-speed internet connection,
Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher and 2.5 GB of free
disk space.
For solutions that prepare letters or export
reports, Microsoft Word 2000 or above is required.
Likewise, for contact synchronization in Microsoft
Outlook, Outlook 2000 or above is needed.
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