The new Rapid Time Entry feature in QuickBooks Enhanced Payroll lets you enter hours in spreadsheet format. You can choose which payroll items you want to see (up to five), and then breeze through the process of entering hours worked, sick time, vacation time, or other hourly payroll items you regularly enter on paychecks. When you're done, you can preview the individual paychecks, or simply create the paychecks immediately.


To customize your Rapid Time Entry feature:

• From the Employees menu, choose Pay Employees.

• Select Enter hours using Rapid Time Entry.

• Select the employees you want to pay.

• Click Enter Hours.

• On the Enter Hours window, choose your payroll items (such as Hourly Pay or Vacation) from the drop-down list at the top of each column. You can choose up to five payroll items.

• Enter hours for your employees.

• Choose whether to preview your checks before creating or to create the checks without previewing, then click either Preview or Create (the name of the button changes, depending on your choice.)

• QuickBooks now will remember your column choices when you return to this window.