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Is there a QB file reader program? BETA-1800 07-11-2006
Posted by BETA-1800 on July 11, 2006, 3:39 pm
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 Is there such a thing as a "QuickBooks file reader" program out there
somewhere? -- something similar to the free Adobe reader program?

I'm curious because I would like to simply be able to open and look at our
QB file, see a balance sheet or P&L statement, etc. without making any
entries or changes to the file.



Posted by Leo Navoichick on July 11, 2006, 3:47 pm
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> Is there such a thing as a "QuickBooks file reader" program out
> there somewhere? -- something similar to the free Adobe reader
> program?
>
> I'm curious because I would like to simply be able to open and look
> at our QB file, see a balance sheet or P&L statement, etc. without
> making any entries or changes to the file.

Nope, don't think so. But you could probably setup a user with read
only status.

--
Leo



Posted by BETA-1800 on July 12, 2006, 9:27 am
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>
> Nope, don't think so. But you could probably setup a user with read only
> status.

Thanks. I'm the director of a nonprofit organization, but I'm not the
person who uses the software and enters information in QuickBooks -- only
one person in our organization does that. Since only one person really uses
QB, we have one user license.

All I really want to be able to do is be able to read our company file from
time to time to either look up some piece of information (a vendor address,
an employee start date, etc.) or view and compare financial statements such
as balance sheets, P&L, etc. The way I do this now is to just install
copies of the QB software on my work computer (our computers are not
networked so far) and my home computer and use those copies to look at a
copy of the company file I don't enter or change any of the information.
Since I am not the same person who regularly uses the QB software, I assume
Intuit could say that we should have a second user license for me to look at
our company file, but I think that would be silly.

But that started me wondering if there wasn't a QB file viewer program out
there.



Posted by Barnabas Collins on July 12, 2006, 5:22 pm
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:27:48 -0400, "BETA-1800"
>All I really want to be able to do is be able to read our company file from
>time to time to either look up some piece of information (a vendor address,
>an employee start date, etc.) or view and compare financial statements such
>as balance sheets, P&L, etc. The way I do this now is to just install
>copies of the QB software on my work computer (our computers are not
>networked so far) and my home computer and use those copies to look at a
>copy of the company file I don't enter or change any of the information.
>Since I am not the same person who regularly uses the QB software, I assume
>Intuit could say that we should have a second user license for me to look at
>our company file, but I think that would be silly.
>
>But that started me wondering if there wasn't a QB file viewer program out
>there.
>
It is liscensed for one user on one computer. You would need a
second liscense to use it on a second computer and a second user.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

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Posted by scfundogs on July 13, 2006, 8:22 am
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> It is liscensed for one user on one computer. You would need a
> second liscense to use it on a second computer and a second user.
>
> Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

It is licensed to one user. The number of computers its installed on is
unlimited. Page 12 of the 2006 Quick Reference Guide states:

"You can install Quickbooks (single-user version) on the computers used by a
single individual. For example, if you bought one copy of Quickbooks for
your office, you can install it on your home PC or laptop as well. This does
not violate the software license agreement as long as you are the only
person using Quickbooks on both computers."

Now I'm not recommending that anyone violate the license agreement however
its worth noting that its currently impossible for anyone at Intuit to know
if the users of QB are the rightful ones.


--
Tara



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