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Shortcut # 1 - Using a Colon to create a Sub I was so wowed by the students’ response of self-accomplishment that I was inspired to build a short list of QuickBooks Desktop shortcuts which also work in QuickBooks Online. These were brand new QBO users and they were thrilled with delight and accomplishment to immediately go from a QBO newbie to a QBO shortcut super user.

What was so fun was the reaction the class had.

During the class I saw my partner Ann Lee use a colon to create a sub-customer and I almost toppled over with surprise. The last few weeks (yes, during January) our firm has had the wonderful opportunity to teach a QuickBooks Online course to small business owners at our local vocational-technical (career tech) school. So much of my inspiration for these Insightful Accountant QBO Monday Minute articles comes from my everyday life, and in the case of this shortcut article, my inspiration was born from the reaction of a group of my students. Often, they want in so they can be part of the shortcut super club. The reaction to shortcuts is spectacular especially when others see us using them and think we have genius super skills. No doubt shortcuts save time, hence the name “shortcut”, but they also make us feel clever and if you didn't know already, attitude is important! After the holiday rush which started back in October/November we all need an easy pick me up after the long haul of January.
