Chapter 1: Introduction to Bellwether Garden Supply McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2011 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

1-2 The Sample Company – Bellwether Garden Supply The sample company, Bellwether Garden Supply, is shown in Chapters 1-7. You learn about the basic features of Peachtree Complete Accounting 2010 (PCA). Completing these chapters will help you become familiar with the software. The Peachtree CD packaged with the book includes the company data for Bellwether Garden Supply (Chapters 1-7) and Stone Arbor Landscaping (Chapter 8). On the startup window these two companies are identified as the sample companies. In Chapters 9-18 and Projects 1-4A, you build company data from scratch. Computer accounting skills are reviewed in more depth beginning in Chapter 9.

1-3 Peachtree Tips Peachtree Tips Instructions for making the first backup are on textbook pages This backup is for Bellwether’s starting data. At this point in Chapter 1, students have not added any information to the sample company. The backup name is bgs.ptb. The textbook shows detailed steps for backing up to a hard drive location. Peachtree’s backups default to the hard drive. Students can also specify a location for backing up, such as a network location or external media. External media includes USB drive; CD-RW drive; DVD-RW drive. The textbook steps assume Peachtree’s default hard-drive location is used for backups. For backing up to external media, a USB flash or thumb drive is recommended.

1-4 Peachtree Tips Peachtree Tips See textbook pages for using Peachtree’s Restore Wizard. Peachtree’s Restore Wizard allows you to restore An Existing Company (the default); or, restore A New Company. For more information, refer to the Read Me box on textbook page 27. Students can restore from a backup file even if no Peachtree company exists. From Peachtree’s start up window, select File; Restore. Select the location of the backup file. On the Restore Wizard’s Select Company window, select A New Company. When A New Company is selected, data can be restored and a company created at the same time. This means that if you start Peachtree and the company is not shown on the Company Name list, you can restore data and set up a new company. Peachtree backup files have a.ptb extension.

1-5 Backing Up, page 2 The chart below shows the size of the backups and Excel files saved in Chapter 1. You can specify a hard drive location or back up to external media, such as, a CD-RW drive, DVD-RW drive, or USB drive. The entire chart for Part 1, Chapters 1-8, is shown on textbook page 2. Backup Name Excel Report Kilobytes Pages Nos. bgs.ptb 3,395 KB Chapter 1.ptb 3,440 KB Chapter 1_Employee List.xlsx 13 KB Exercise 1-2.ptb 3,441 KB Exercise 1-2_Employee List.xlsx 13 KB 54

1-6 Windows, page 1 (Part 1 introduction) The Windows operating system uses pictures or icons to identify tasks. For example, the illustration on page 7 shows Peachtree’s user interface.

1-7 User interface (UI), p. 1 Consists of procedures which enables you to interact with Peachtree and the Windows operating system. The UI includes windows, icons, and menus. Taskbar, p. 8 In Windows Vista, the Start button and taskbar are located at the bottom of your screen. In Windows XP, the Start button and taskbar look slightly different.

1-8 Global Options, pp Global options are in effect for all Peachtree companies. See pages 16-18, steps 1-5 for setting PCA’s global options.

1-9 Navigation Bar, p. 18 The Navigation Bar appears on the left side of Peachtree’s main window.

1-10 Navigation Centers, p. 18 Navigation Bar selections take you to Peachtree’s Navigation Centers. Bellwether Garden Supply’s Employees & Payroll Tasks are shown. Employees & Payroll Navigation Center

1-11 Modules, p. 18 Peachtree’s modules include Customers & Sales (Accounts Receivable), Vendors & Purchases (Accounts Payable), Inventory & Services, Employees & Payroll, Banking, and Company. Workflow diagram, p. 18 From Peachtree’s main window, select Customers & Sales, Vendors & Purchases, Inventory & Services, Employees & Payroll, or Banking. A workflow diagram for that system module appears.

1-12 Backing Up, pp Backing up your data means saving it to a hard drive, network drive or external media. Refer to pages for Backing up Bellwether Garden Supply. Windows Explorer, pp Right-click Start button; left-click Explore. Use Windows Explorer to determine how much disk space is used, and to locate Peachtree’s program and data folders.

1-13 Restore (Peachtree’s Restore Wizard), pp Previously backed up data can be restored or retrieved. To start where you left off the last time data was backed up, use the Restore Wizard. You can restore A New Company or An Existing Company. See pages 27-30, Using Peachtree’s Restore Wizard.

1-14 Chapter 1 Internet Activity, p Go online to Select the Company tab, then Newsroom From the In the News page, select two links. Using a word processing program, write an essay about each site you selected. Remember to include the website address of each link Your summary for each site should be no more than 100 words or less than 75 words. 3.From your Internet browser, go to the textbook’s website at Link to Student Edition. 4.In the Choose a Chapter field, select Chapter 1. Observe that the Quizzes and More Resources list includes additional activities. In the Course-wide Content list, link Internet Activities; then link to Part 1 Internet Activities for Chapter 1-8. Select Open or Save. 5.Complete the first activity, ACCOUNTING MONOPOLY – Chapter 1. This is a group activity. Check with your instructor regarding this assignment.

1-15 Going to the Net, pp Access the Career Development website at Read the article Welcome to Careers in Accounting. List four activities that accountants engage in (not including recording transactions and preparing financial statements). Approximately how many people join public accounting firms each year? What key factors contribute to being hired as an accountant.