Barcode Scanners
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Background
Using inventory in AccountEdge can be a bit tedious at times with all the key entry you might be doing. For instance, when you open an invoice and start typing all the information necessary into completing an item sale. The good news is that it is possible to use Barcode Scanners to help you accelerate your work flow and eliminate some key strokes when typing up Item Numbers in an invoice.
Example
When you open an invoice you first type the customer name and then the date. Then you have to click to the Ship field and enter the amount of items you are selling. After this you click over to the Item Number field and start typing the Number of the desired item to sell. With a Barcode Scanner, once you click over to the Item Number field, instead of typing the Item Number, you can just scan the barcode and it will auto populate into that field. You will still need to use your mouse or keyboard to navigate to the different fields.
Setting Up Your AccountEdge File to Use a Barcode Scanner
In order for the above scenario to be successful you need to enter these barcode numbers as Item Numbers for all of your inventoried AccountEdge items. Once you have all the Item Numbers in AccountEdge set to correspond with all the barcodes you have you should be set.
Type of Barcode Scanner
AccountEdge, like most programs, is able to work with a simple USB Key-Input Barcode scanners. What that means is its able to connect via USB cord (super easy) and Key-Input (also known as keyboard emulating) means it scans the barcode data and simply transmits the ‘Data’ to your ‘Item Number’ field in AccountEdge. Any USB Barcode Scanner should work.
Lists and Transaction Types
The transactions include:
- Adjust Inventory
- Build Items
- Purchases
- Sales
Lists include:
- Items List (search field)
- Move Items (search field)
- Serial Numbers