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Visual Cue Narration
Slide 1: Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Overview of FrontAccounting.
Slide 2:

Learning objectives

  • FrontAccounting
  • Features of FrontAccounting
  • Content available in various tutorials in this series
In this tutorial, we will learn about:
  • FrontAccounting
  • Features of FrontAccounting and
  • The content available in various tutorials in this series
Slide 3:

System Requirements

To record this tutorial, I am using:
  • Ubuntu Linux OS version 16.04
  • FrontAccounting version 2.4.7
Slide 4:

Pre-requisites

To follow this tutorial, you should have knowledge of
  • Higher secondary commerce and accounting and
  • Principles of Bookkeeping
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FrontAccounting

* FrontAccounting is an open source, web based accounting software
  • It is ideal for small to medium sized enterprises.
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Features of FrontAccounting

  • Works on Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems
  • Automates accounting tasks
  • Reduces chances of error
  • Gives a professional output
  • Contains a number of ready to use reports
  • Helps to manage all aspects of business.
  • i.e from job costing to inventory management to financial statements
* It works on Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems
  • It automates accounting tasks
  • It reduces chances of error
  • FrontAccounting gives a professional output
  • It contains a number of ready to use reports
  • It helps to manage all aspects of business.

i.e from job costing to inventory management to financial statements

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Who can use FrontAccounting?

FrontAccounting can be used by
  • Accountants, Finance professionals
  • Commerce teachers and students
Now, we will briefly go through the individual tutorials in this series.
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Installation of FrontAccounting on Linux OS

The first tutorial in this series explains-
  • Installation of FrontAccounting in Ubuntu Linux operating system.
  • The prerequisites for installation such as Apache, PHP5 and MySQL server
  • How to create a database for FrontAccounting
Show “Installation of FrontAccounting on Linux OS” tutorial. Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
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Installation of FrontAccounting on Window OS

The next tutorial is 'Installation of FrontAccounting on Window OS'.

This tutorial explains how to

  • Download FrontAccounting software
  • Create a database for FrontAccounting and
  • Install FrontAccounting in Windows OS
Show “Installation of FrontAccounting on Window OS” tutorial Let us have a look at this tutorial.
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Setup in FrontAccounting

The next tutorial is 'Setup in FrontAccounting'.

Here we will learn

  • FrontAccounting interface
  • Various modules in the Setup tab
  • Create our own Organization or Company
  • Setup user accounts
  • Setup access permissions and
  • Setup display
Show “Setup FrontAccounting” tutorial Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
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Banking and General Ledger

The next tutorial is 'Banking and General Ledger in FrontAccounting.

This will help us to know how to create

  • General Ledger Classes
  • General Ledger Groups
  • General Ledger Accounts
Show “ Banking and General Ledger” tutorial Let me play this tutorial.
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Journal Entry and Balance sheet

The next tutorial is 'Journal Entry and Balance sheet in FrontAccounting.

Here, we will learn to

  • Pass a Journal Entry
  • See the reflection in Balance Sheet and
  • Void a transaction
Show “ Journal Entry and Balance sheet tutorial Let me play this tutorial.
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Items and Inventory

The next tutorial will explain the Items and Inventory in FrontAccounting.

In this tutorial, we will learn to set

  • Units of Measure
  • Items
  • Item Category and
  • Sales Pricing
Show “Items and Inventory” tutorial Let's have a look at this tutorial.
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Taxes and Bank Accounts

The next tutorial is 'Taxes and Bank Accounts in FrontAccounting.

Here, we will learn to

  • Add a new Tax
  • Set up Bank Accounts
  • Add Deposits
  • Transfer amount into the Bank Account and
  • Reconcile the Bank Account
Show “Taxes and Bank Accounts” tutorial Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
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Setup for Sales in FrontAccounting.

The next tutorial is about

Setup for Sales in FrontAccounting.

It explains the setup of

  • Sales Types
  • Sales Persons
  • Sales Areas
  • Add and manage customers and
  • Branches
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Place Sales Order in FrontAccounting.

The next tutorial is about

Place Sales Order in FrontAccounting.

Here, we will learn to make:

  • Sales Quotation Entry
  • Sales Order Entry
  • Make Delivery
  • Sales Order Inquiry
Show “Sales in FrontAccounting” tutorial Here is a glimpse of the tutorial.
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Purchases and Reports in FrontAccounting

The next tutorial will explain the Purchases and Reports in FrontAccounting

Here we will learn to

  • Add Suppliers 
  • Make a Purchase Order Entry 
  • Create Suppliers invoice and
  • Generate various reports on the transactions
Show “Purchases and Reports in FrontAccounting

tutorial

Let's have a look at this tutorial.
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Future FA Tutorials:

This set of tutorials cover the basic aspects of accounting.

In the future, we may add more topics to this series.

These could cover some of the advanced level activities in FrontAccounting.

This brings us to the end of this tutorial. Let us summarise.
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Summary

In this tutorial, we
  • learnt about FrontAccounting
  • and went through the various tutorials in this series.
Slide 20:

About Spoken Tutorial project

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Forum for specific questions

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  • Please do not post unrelated and general questions on them
  • This will help reduce the clutter
  • With less clutter, we can use these discussion as instructional material
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Acknowledgement

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More information on this mission is available at this link.

This is Arvind Pillai from IIT Bombay, signing off. Thanks for watching.

Contributors and Content Editors

Nirmala Venkat