Peachtree For Dummies

by Marmel, Elaine; Koers, Diane

• ISBN13: 9780470179888
• ISBN10: 0470179880
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-09-19
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

What the book covers: the key features of Peachtree including getting started, setting up your company, designing a chart of accounts, working with purchase orders, paying bills, selling products and services, generating invoices and credit memos, billing your time, managing inventory, tracking project costs, working with forms, producing income statements and financial reports, backing up and restoring your data, balancing accounts, and more. Updated coverage of the new version: Revised throughout to cover the latest updates and enhancements made to Peachtree. Series features: Information presented in the straightforward but fun language that has defined the Dummies series for fifteen years.

Author Biography

Elaine Marmel is president of Marmel Enterprises,LLC, an organization that specializes in technical writing and software training. Elaine has an MBA from Cornell University and has worked on projects to build financial management systems for New York City and Washington, D.C. This prior experience provided the foundation for Marcel Enterprises, LLC, to help small businesses implement computerized accounting systems.

Diane Koers owns and operates All Business Service, a software training and consulting business formed in 1988 that services the central Indiana area. Her are of expertise h as long been in the word processing, spreadsheet, and graphics area of computing as well as in providing training and support for Peachtree Accounting Software. Diane's authoring experience includes more than 30 books on topics such as PC security, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect, Paint Shop Pro, Lotus SmartSuite, Quicken, Microsoft Money, and Peachtree Accounting. Many of her books have been translated into other languages such as Dutch, Bulgarian, Spanish, and Greek. She has also developed and written numerous training manuals for her clients.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting Started

Mastering Peachtree Basics

Setting Up Your Company

Designing the Cart of Accounts

Setting Up Background Information

the Daily Drudge

Buying Goods

Payment Bills

Selling Products and Services

Collecting the Money

Paid Employees Are Happy Employees

Billing for Your Time

Counting Your Stuff

Tracking Project Costs

The Fancy Stuff

Working with Forms

Making Reports Work for You

Reviewing the Financial Picture

When the Bank Statement Arrives

When Accounting Cycles End and Other Miscellaneous Stuff

Keeping Your House Safe

Real-Life Ways to Use Peachtree

The Part of Tens

ten or So Things You Can Get From the Web

Index

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