I wouldn't advise using Excel for a general ledger. It would be better to
invest in a copy of QuickBooks. You could certainly maintain the stock
details in Excel-based supporting schedules.

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Vasant

"Linda Fuller" wrote in message
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I do manual bookkeeping for several small businesses. I'd like to set up
general ledgers in Excel if that is practical.
Any suggestions on how to get started. I've done several reports on
Excel, but don't want to waste a lot of time on trial and error to find out
that this is not practical. Many of the accounts are stocks and bonds
so I want to show the basis, number of shares and cost at time of purchase
in the description. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.