 QuickBooks Online 2023 QuickBooks Labs Dark Mode Get ready to start moving on up with QuickBooks Online Here we are in our GitGrit Guitars Practice file We started up in a prior presentation using the 30-day free trial Support Accounting Instruction by clicking the link below Giving you a free month membership to all of the content on our website Broke out by category Further broken out by course Each course then organized in a logical, reasonable fashion Making it much more easy to find what you need than can be done on a YouTube page We also include added resources such as Excel practice problems PDF files and more Like QuickBooks backup files when applicable So once again click the link below for a free month membership to our website and all the content on it We also have open in another incognito browser The free QuickBooks Online Test Drive Sample Company file Which if you want open at the same time as your company file You would need to open in an incognito window or in another browser If using Google Chrome you can find the incognito window by selecting the three dots up top And go into the new incognito window Then typing in QuickBooks Online Test Drive We will mainly be using the sample company to look at the differences between the business view and the accountant view We are in the accountant view for GitGrit Guitars We're in the business view for the sample company as can be seen on the menu on the left To switch between the two views you can go to the cog dropdown And the switch to accountant or switch to business view depending on where you're at So we've been talking in prior presentations about the setup process primarily doing so in the cog dropdown We looked at the information in the account and settings We looked at managing the users Now then we have the custom form styles This was also located in another area under the account and settings So if you wanted to adjust your forms which could be like the forms that we provide to others Invoices for example and estimates be some of the primary two forms In order to put your logo on it and that kind of stuff Then you can go into this option And we've seen this before it's got your dropdown up top The invoice to estimate the sales and so on So we might go into that in another like section in and of itself to look at some customization You've got your chart of accounts which is also located in the lists It's also located down here We'll talk about the chart of accounts later That's going to be one of the major kind of foundational things we need to get right In order to enter the forms You've got your payroll settings So we turned on the payroll We'll talk about payroll more in a future presentation It's a whole kind of area in and of itself that we'll put some attention to at a future point And then you've got the QuickBooks labs and the themes down below So I just want to take a quick look at this QuickBooks labs These are things that they're kind of experimenting with Remember that you're in an online application And therefore they could test things out on the website So these are things that they're kind of testing out The only thing we have in here currently is the QuickBooks themes And they have this dark mode Which I think is pretty neat It's been in this labs area for a long time So I don't know It doesn't seem like they're experimenting with it at this point But I turned it on So if you turn it on here Then you're going to have this new window That if you hit the cog drop down that says themes And if you want to go into the themes You can then go into dark mode Which sounds kind of nefarious Like you're going to be doing a counting on the Death Star Or something like that But it's actually really nice If you're working QuickBooks a lot Because you can see the screen that you're looking at right now Is very bright So that's going to be harsh on the eyes If you do a lot of bookkeeping for a long time So often times on many things I use If I have a dark mode I turn on the dark mode Because it's easier on the eyes Even if it makes you feel like you're working on the Death Star Or something like that It's actually nice It's actually a nice mode Which is easier on the eyes Now I'm not going to turn it on here Although if I was working in and of myself I might turn it on Because I think it would be good for my own use But it's not something that people are typically used to When they're trying to learn QuickBooks And therefore I won't do it here But I just want to point that out As a possible option for people Because I think it is a nice one So I'm going to turn dark mode back off And go back to the bright mode And my eyes are screaming already But that's okay So that's under the QuickBooks labs here They might add more stuff They haven't done a whole lot in that area For the last year or so But if they're experimenting with anything They might put it in there You might want to check it out from time to time