Peachtree for Dummies [Paperback]

Elaine J. Marmel (Author), Diane Koers (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764559672 | ISBN-13: 978-0764559679 | Publication Date: July 30, 2004 | Edition: 2

Software that's full of flavor for your small business!

Manage your books, your business, and your Internet presence with Peachtree

Who knew that accounting software could be so sweet? This updated guide covers the newest release of Peachtree and prepares you to fearlessly take a bite out of accounting. You'll save time and money by using this computerized accounting software, and you'll see how the latest enhancements to Peachtree can make your business even juicier!

The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun


Discover how to:
* Create and track inventory items
* Sell products and services
* Track project costs
* Pay bills and adjust prices
* Generate financial statements and payroll
* Back up your data

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Discover how to:

Set up easy invoicing
Tackle general ledger tasks
Create budgets and balance sheets
Generate quarterly reports and W-2s
Use powerful import/export features --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Software that’s full of flavor for your small business!

Manage your books, your business, and your Internet presence with Peachtree

Who knew that accounting software could be so sweet? This updated guide covers the newest release of Peachtree and prepares you to fearlessly take a bite out of accounting. You’ll save time and money by using this computerized accounting software, and you’ll see how the latest enhancements to Peachtree can make your business even juicier!

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Icons and other navigational aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• Top ten lists
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Create and track inventory items
• Sell products and services
• Track project costs
• Pay bills and adjust prices
• Generate financial statements and payroll
• Back up your data

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 2 edition (July 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764559672
• ISBN-13: 978-0764559679
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,051,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Help for New Peachtree Users, March 14, 2005

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Arjay8 (Northern California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peachtree for Dummies (Paperback)

Making the jump to Peachtree from Quickbooks was difficult -- not only does Peachtree do things differently than QB but it assumes and demands more accounting acumen than QB -- and I found I needed help to get everything working for my small company. Peachtree is not the friendliest piece of software I've encountered and this book helped me "tame the beast". I would recommend it to anyone who is starting to use Peachtree or even considering Peachtree for their business.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but updated edition needed, May 4, 2007

By 

L. Crenshaw "Priacta, Inc." (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peachtree for Dummies (Paperback)

I bought this out of desperation--there is NOTHING ELSE OUT THERE, at least nothing worth using for learning Peachtree. AVERAGE usefulness for a help-me-I'm-dying guide.

Can be used for a read-through tutorial, but I suggest this only if you are extremely stupid and accounting-illiterate and very bad at navigating self-explanatory computer programs. I'm 17 and have only been doing this accounting thing for 6-7 months, and was totally able to skim/skip the first 3 1/2 chapters.

Don't get me wrong. I needed this book. It simply works better as an index-reference tool (although I will warn you, the setup of the book is unusual, and you will probably need to reference 2-4 different places each time you have a question).

The only thing that really bugged me was that the book is somewhat outdated and needs to be re-vamped. This book was last revised in 2004. I have Peachtree 2007 Pro. In some places, the navigation (Go Here--> Click here) was not applicable to my version of Peach and I was left on my own to find the phantasmic feature.

WOULD RECOMMEND. Although finding the exact info you need can be tricky, it's certainly faster than trying to find the answer yourself or, even worse, online.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't even bother, August 16, 2005

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H. Devitt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peachtree for Dummies (Paperback)

Peachtree for dummies is no better than the user's guide that comes with Peachtree. I'll give anyone my copy so they don't waste their money on it. Its basically theuser's guide, but paraphrased. It really explains absolutely nothing.