For short term courses in Accounting, Microcomputer Accounting or Computerized Accounting in departments of Accounting, Business, or Computer Information Systems. Using the popular and user-friendly QuickBooks Pro 2004 accounting package, this hands-on, applications-rich text gives students a basic knowledge of how computerized accounting systems function. It emphasizes QuickBooks' innovative approach to recording accounting transactions based on business forms, rather than the traditional journal format. The author provides firsthand training in working with actual accounting software used in business. Accounting concepts and their relation to QuickBooks are presented throughout. Students develop confidence in recording business transactions using a real commercial program; upon finishing the text, they should be able to use QuickBooks in the "real world." Includes a CD with data files but not the software program.