ManagePLUS supports a number of advanced quantity handling features, all of which allow entering additional quantity information in the Memo or Description field of QuickBooks transactions. ManagePLUS uses this quantity information to enhance the information and statistics in reports. But not everyone needs the advanced quantity handling features, so ManagePLUS keeps them hidden until you enable them, as described in this topic.

Enabling advanced quantity handling

1. Open the Preferences dialog by choosing Edit > Preferences from the main menu.
2. In the Company group (at the left side of the Preferences dialog), click on Options to go to the Company Options page.
3. Check mark the Enable advanced quantity handling item.

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ManagePLUS for QuickBooks starblue Enabling advanced quantity handling Being a company option means this setting is selectable on a per-company basis. If you work with various company files, you may enable it in some of them and leave it disabled in others.
4. Click OK to close the Preferences window.

After completing these steps, various ManagePLUS windows and reports will have additional available columns and/or customization options, and ManagePLUS will also extract quantity information from the Memo/Description field of your transactions involving accounts which have a unit of measure entered in the Chart of Accounts window.

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Using the advanced quantity handling features

Enabling advanced quantity handling