Activating Inventory

Before you can use the QuickBooks inventory features, you must turn them on. You might have already encountered questions about inventory when you used the EasyStep Interview, and as a result your inventory might already be activated. If you still need to activate your access to the program's inventory features, this task leads you through the necessary steps.

Select Preferences from the Edit menu.

Click the Purchases & Vendors icon.

Click the Company Preferences tab.

Check Inventory and Purchase Orders are Active.

While you're here, you can check the box to have QuickBooks warn you if you are about to issue a purchase order with a number that duplicates another order.

Also, you can check the box to have QuickBooks warn you if you try to issue an invoice for inventory items you do not have in stock.

Click OK.