Bright-Alternatives, LLC 

130 Main Street Unit 1 

Plaistow, New Hampshire 03865 

603-382-0025 

Inserting Miscellaneous Deposits

This is where you apply the money that you receive that is not mean't for an invoice that you have entered. At this time your accounts receivable is going to be reduced and cash is going to be increased. If you receive money that is not paying an invoice follow the steps below on how to enter a Miscellaneous Deposit.

1. Under Tasks, click Receipts.
   
2. Enter the Customer ID.
   
3. Enter the check number in the Reference Number field.
   
4. Enter the date you received the check in the Deposit Ticket ID field.
   
5. Enter the payment method in the Payment Method field, and the account to which the money will be deposited in the Cash Account field.
   
6. The cash account should be the bank account which you are depositing the checks into.
   
7. In the Amount field, enter the amount you have been paid.
   
8. Select the Apply to revenue tab.
   
9. Enter the account that the amount is associated with, normally it is going to Miscellaneous income or you're going to apply it against an expense account that you have already written a check out of. For example say that you get a refund from the electric company,  you are going to apply the check against the Utilities account.
   
10. You will only use the Apply to revenue tab when you receive a check that is not an invoice. For example a tax refund check. You will select the Apply to revenue tab and then you will assign it to the revenue account that it is associated with, usually the Miscellaneous Income.
    
11. If you are entering more deposits, then click post and click enter, then enter the next deposit.
    
12. If you are done, then click post and then close.

 

Here are the steps to print a check:

1. In the File menu, select Print Forms and then click Checks. The Select Checks to Print window will open.
2. Select the bank account from which the check should be drawn.
3. Select the checks you want to print. All the checks ready for printing will be selected by default. You can de-select the checks you don't want to print yet, or use the Select All or Select None buttons to expedite the process.
4. In the First Check Number box, enter the check number of the check you want to print. This is the number that is pre-printed on your physical, paper check. Click OK. The Print Checks window will appear.
5. Verify your printer name and type. This is especially important if you have multiple printers set up.
6. Make sure the Check Style selected (Standard, Voucher, or Wallet) reflects the type of check you are printing on. Note: for Office and Away checks, choose the "Standard" style check to print.
7. Click the Print button

TIP: Before you print, you may want to walk through the following checklist:

• Do you know what order your printer will print the checks? Some printers print last page first (e.g. page 3, then page 2, then page 1) while others print first page first (page 1, then page 2, then page 3). Make sure you know what order your printer will print checks so that your check numbers match the numbers in your check register.
• Do your checks print face up or face down? Avoid wasted checks by knowing which side of the page will be printed.
• Do you have enough toner to print your checks? Since most banks use imaging equipment, make sure that the text prints evenly and is not too faded so that it will be imaged correctly.
• Have you loaded checks in the printer? Don't forget to load your checks into the printer before you print.

For more information about check printing click here.

Like many other audio players, Windows Media Player rushes out to the Internet to find information for you when you play a CD. Some of this information, such as song titles and album art, is useful, but Media Player also identifies your copy of Media Player to the site where it's getting data. Why? According to the help file, "The server uses this unique identifier to monitor your connection. By monitoring your connection, the server can make adjustments to increase the playback quality and to alert you about events that occur when receiving streams over the Internet."

If you're disturbed by this exchange of information, here's how to stop it. In Windows Media Player, click Tools > Options and go to the Player tab. Notice the option that says "Allow Internet sites to uniquely identify your player?" Turn it off.