Accounting is a repetitive process. As you prepare invoices, receipts, bills, and other sales and purchase forms, you undoubtedly grow weary of typing the same information over and over. QuickBooks Online does that memorization for you. Once you've entered a detail like a customer's shipping address or the cost of an item, you never have to supply it again. Here's how it works.

QuickBooks is very good at recording and storing details. You can find minutia of all kinds, like customer ZIP codes, one-time discounts and reorder points for inventory. But it's equally skilled at providing views of the big picture. And it offers numerous ways to get there. Here's a look at some of the information you can find in QuickBooks.