Linking suppliers to accounts

Turn on the preference (Edit>Preferences>General>Personal Preferences) for recalling last entry for this name.

You will at least get the last account/s used for the supplier.

However, you cannot link a supplier to a particular account.

Bob Williams

Starting with version 2008 vendors can be linked to a maximum of 3 general ledger accounts. Use the Account Prefill Tab when setting up the vendor.

Thanks for the heads up. In Australia, the recently released 2008/09 version is based on the US 2007 release of QuickBooks. 2007/08 was based on an earlier release (the one prior to the SQL release in the US).

In my response to the OP, I assumed that he was using the Australian

I am sure there will be many Australian users who will look forward to the account prefill feature. In 2008/09, it is already a preference to "Prefill accounts for supplier based on past entries" which I assume has been enhanced by the feature that you have mentioned above.

Bob Williams

Yes, it's the Australian/New Zealand version (Auckland isn't part of Australia yet :-) )

And, yes I look forward to prefill. I think Quicken Cashbook used to do this (though I could be thinking of a different product).