Getting Started
Getting Started
Start here! Everything you need to configure your LightSpeed installation with a solid, powerful foundation.
What's New in LightSpeed
LightSpeed 3.1
A guide to LightSpeed 3.1's new features and configurations.
Basics
Browser
Using LightSpeed's back-end Browser, including the Tracker, to help you organize your business from A to Z.
Customers
A breakdown of the features in the Customer profile, including email blasts, scheduling, and purchase history.
Jobs and Timesheets
Jobs and Timesheets track the time spent on any particular task, and bill that time to internally, or to a customer.
POS
Using LightSpeed's intuitive POS screen for front-end transactions, and browsing Products and Customers graphically!
Products
A breakdown of the of the Product card, including inventory tracking, re-order points, and multiple pricing.
SRO and GSX
Book in equipment, order parts, bill out labor, and track repairs! Also, learn how to integrate LightSpeed with Apple GSX.
Sales
Gift Cards
A step-by-step guide to the creation, sale, recharging, and redemption of pre-printed or LightSpeed-generated Gift Cards.
Labelling
Learn how to use LightSpeed to print address and price labels, and create new label styles with the Label Designer.
Quotes and Invoices
How to create Quotes and deposits in LightSpeed, print them with Product images, and convert them to Invoices.
Returns, Refunds, and Credits
Process your returns, refunds, credits, and exchanges, making what is normally a complex process rapid and clear.
Set Selling Prices
Make batch changes to the prices and info fields of your Products, and create Live Rules for an auto-pilot you can trust!
Size-Color Matrix
Managing size/color combinations of a particular style of clothing is easy with LightSpeed's Size-Color Matrix feature.
Purchasing and Inventory
Count Inventory
Use Count Inventory to get your initial inventory levels into LightSpeed, or for year-end inventory counts.
Purchasing and Inventory
A walk-through of taking a Product from Order Request through Purchasing to being received for sale or allocation.
Accounting and Reporting
Accounts Receivable
LightSpeed's AR features, including tracking balances owing, credits, and aging invoices, explained step by step.
Accounting Exports
A step-by-step guide on exporting files to your Quickbooks or MYOB accounting software.
Accounting Exports Easy
A pared-down step-by-step guide on exporting files to your Quickbooks or MYOB accounting software.
Exports for Quickbooks 2009
The description is LightSpeed's accounting integration couldn't be simpler with its integration with QuickBooks 2009 for Mac!
Costing
Learn how LightSpeed calculates costs in invoices, reports, accounting exports, inventory adjustments, and more.
Tills and End of Day
Cash out and track each station's sales, payments, credits, and expected vs. actual totals at any point during the day.
OTR
LightSpeed integrates with On-Target Reports’ report-writing software, enabling users to build and share custom reports.
Reporting and Intelligence
Get the big picture with LightSpeed's Reporting and Intelligence modules, for sales, commissions, inventory, and more!
Web Store & iStats
Web Store 2.0
Getting Started Guide
The Web Store Getting Started Guide will take you step by step through your initial installation and setup.
Web Store 2.0 User Guide
The new LightSpeed Web Store brings even more features to an online cart with a beautiful, brand new design.
Web Store 2.0
Transition Guide
If you already own Web Store 1.3, this document will explain how to move your existing online store to Web Store 2.0.
Web Store 2.0 Feature
Customization
Learn how to expand and customize functionality for Web Store 2.0.
Web Store 2.0 PayPal
Instructions
A quick 5-step guide to setting up your PayPal account for Web Store 2.0.
iStats
Staying in touch with your business every day is simple with LightSpeed iStats for your iPhone, no matter where you are.
Setup and Administration
Taxes
A detailed breakdown of tax configurations for LightSpeed.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts to help you save time with your everyday tasks.
Authorize.net Setup
A step-by-step guide to configuring your Authorize.net account for internal credit card processing.
Backing Up
Learn how to schedule backups of your database, so you have another copy of your data you can restore anytime.
Backing Up 3.0
A handy guide for performing both manual and scheduled backups in LightSpeed 3.0.
Exporting
Learn how to export Customers, Products, sales data, and more out to text files in a variety of ways. It’s your data, after all.
Import Tools
A guide to using Import Tools to easily bring batches of customers, products and suppliers into your LightSpeed database.
Import Templates
Download these files for a pre-arranged template for your imports.
Upgrading
A brief, complete overview of upgrading your LightSpeed 3.0 installation.
International
From Melbourne to Manchester, LightSpeed can be configured for international customers!
Multi-Store
A guide to setting up and using realtime Multi-Store Inventory Lookups and Transfers for your multiple locations.
Networking
An overview of networking for LightSpeed, including OS X requirements, and how to log in.
POS Hardware
How to configure the hardware for your POS installation, including printers, scanners, and more!
Printing
This document explains what LightSpeed will print, and how to do it, including labels, documents, reports, and more.
Trackers
Be notified instantly of what matters most - products ready to invoice, phone calls that need returning, and more.