Where to start

When you start your accounting software, a welcome window displays the following options:

Option	Select this option to...
Open	Open the company file that was last opened.
Browse	Browse for your company file
Create a new company	Create a new company file for your business. See Create a company file.
Explore	Experiment with a sample company’s data and learn how to use your software.

Experiment with a sample company’s data

Before you create a new company file, we recommend that you experiment with a sample company’s data. We have provided a sample company file, called Widgets & Co. This file contains sample data for you to experiment with. You can add, change, and remove data, as well as view and print reports.

To explore the Widgets company file

v	Start your accounting software and, in the welcome window that appears, click Explore the sample company. A command centre window appears.

A command centre window always appears when a company file is open. Notice that the name of the sample company, Widgets & Co., appears at the top of the window.

Now that the Widgets & Co. company file is open, you can browse through the software, explore the transactions that have already been entered, and enter some transactions yourself.

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