welcome to the QuickBooks Online full foundation course in this video we're going to address the
issue of obtaining the software for you to use for the course this means signing up
for a QuickBooks online account if you have any questions about this topic you can leave
them in the comment section below and I'll do my best to help you and of course if you feel
the video helped you I hope you will click like and don't forget to subscribe to get updates on
new videos that come out all the time usually courses that teach software expect you to buy
and pay for the software that you are studying however this video will at least try to get you
the QuickBooks online software for free in some countries unfortunately the free version is not
available the only way to know is to try to follow the steps and see if you can sign up
the way I'm going to demonstrate now so how will we get you the software well we're going to use
the accountants addition the QBO accountants addition is free for everyone it has all the
features that the other editions have plus more you do not have to be an accountant to use the
accountants edition of QuickBooks Online we will use just the bookkeeping features and ignore the
option for accountants QBO is constantly making changes over time to the options and all the
nice things that you see on the screen but don't worry the names of what you click on will always
be the same from the screen to your computer and everything on the video is always on the screen
and here are the steps to sign up first click on this link in the description you could type
it in one by one by looking at the screen but it would be better to just copy and paste the
link in the description or click on it then just follow everything you see in the video
step by step with a quick note you must use an email address that you never used before with
QBO otherwise it might cause a problem so once your browser is at the appropriate web address
you can click sign up now the email address they're asking for up top is one that you've
never used before with QuickBooks Online now for first name and last name I will abbreviate but
you can put whatever you want you also must put a phone number that not only is real but looks real
because they are very strict and oops got put it here sorry and you got to put in the right place
now for the password you must put a password that follows these four rules and I understand
that sometimes that takes a little time to figure out so if you want you can pause the video until
you've determined a password that works for you I have one set up in advance to save me time as
I demonstrate things on the video make sure that they're both the same and then click continue now
you have to put some name and you have to put some zip code and again they both have to look
real even though this is just for example to be able to study quickbooks online click finish and
then you will see the most recent messages that they make you watch as they create the account
now they would like to give you a tour but that's what this video is for so I close this and notice
it thinks you're an accountant but that's fine we are going to ignore and disregard this panel
on the top left where it says clients team Pro advisor work and apps these the four here do
not apply to us the only things that apply to us are the ones below the button that says your
books so every time you log in to QuickBooks Online click your books and these menu choices
will be the same for every feature and every version of QuickBooks Online so even though
the following videos may not have these top choices here and you might have to click your
books to be able to get to these don't worry I assure you that everything you see on the
screen is on the video and everything you see on the video is on the screen and if you just
ignore this the navigation for the first few videos will be exactly the same as you see on
the screen there is another way that you can get the software for free in the old days we used to
be able to get a 30-day free trial version and the video that follows this one will show you
how we used to sign up it might be a slightly different web address but the idea is the same
and then you will not have to deal with any of the accountants section of the interface and
you would have only the Plus version I just like to present it as an option for people
who are getting ready for the course I wish you good luck and I'm here if you have any questions
you