Peachtree for Dummies (Paperback)

by Elaine J. Marmel (Author), Diane Koers (Author) "You're not a dummy, even if you think you are..." (more)
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Product Description

• According to a Greenfield Online survey, one-third of small-business owners find accounting to be the most intimidating part of managing their businesses; many have no formal training in accounting and welcome a user-friendly approach to learning the software
• Peachtree Accounting is a well-established software package that helps small to mid-size businesses manage their finances; research suggests that business owners prefer using accounting software over working with professional accountants
• This updated edition covers the latest upgrades and enhancements made to the software
• Walks the reader through setting up and using Peachtree Accounting, managing the accounting functions, and gaining insight into business financials

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.

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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: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #402,429 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Arjay8 (Northern California) - See all my reviews

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.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	H. Devitt - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

6 of 6 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 (REAL NAME)

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.