Chapter 17: Using Peachtree Complete 2002 with Microsoft Excel and Word

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Using Peachtree with Microsoft Office If you have Microsoft Office 97 or Microsoft Office 2000, you can use Peachtree Complete 2002, Release 9.0, data in numerous ways. For example, you can add data to an Excel spreadsheet. Or, you can add Peachtree financial statements to a Word document. Chapter 17 describes several procedures for adding Peachtree data to Microsoft Office applications.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Software Objectives, p. 639 Copy Peachtree report data to an Excel spreadsheet. Copy Peachtree report data to Word. Save Microsoft Excel and Word files.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Web Objectives, p. 639 Use your Internet browser to go to the book’s website at Go to the Internet Activity link on the book’s website. Then, select WEB EXERCISES PART 4. Complete the third exercise in Part 4, “Web Development.” Use a word processing program to write summaries of the websites that you visited.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Peachtree Tips You use Bellwether Garden Supply (the sample company) to complete the activities in Chapter 17. You may use Bellwether’s starting data or restore Exercise 6-2. If necessary, see Appendix A, Installing Starting Data for the Sample Companies, pages

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Backing up Chapter 17 DiskBackup NameKBPage No. 18 of 18A:\balance sheet.xls19 KB642 A:\income statement.xls18 KB644 A:\Bellwether Garden Supply.doc 19 KB645 TOTAL KB56 KB

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Chapter 17 topics 1. Software objectives and web objectives, p Getting started, p Copying Peachtree report data to Microsoft Excel, p. 640 a. Balance sheet, pp b. Income statement, pp Copying Peachtree report data to Microsoft Word, pp Internet Activity, p Summary and Review, pp. 646 a.Going to the net, p. 647 b.Short-answer questions, pp c.Exercise 17-1, p. 649 d. Exercise 17-2, p. 649 e. Chapter 17 index, p. 650

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Getting started, p. 640 Start Windows and Peachtree in the usual way. Open Bellwether Garden Supply.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Balance Sheet, pp Restore Exercise 6-2.ptb data. Click on Reports, Financial Statements. Click on the “Excel” icon. Then, select. Click on.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Excel – Book1, p. 641 After completing steps 1 – 4 on pp , Peachtree starts Excel. To see the rest of the balance sheet, scroll down the report.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Save as, p. 642 Complete steps 6 – 9 on p Put a floppy disk in drive A. Click on. Complete steps 10 and 11 on p. 642.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Excel – Book2, p. 643 To create an income statement in Excel, complete steps 1 – 4 on page 643. Complete steps 5 – 8 on page 644.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Copying Peachtree report data to Microsoft Word, pp. 644 and 645 Complete steps 1 – 8 on pp. 644 and 645. Click on File, Save As. Select drive A.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Save as, p Make sure drive A is shown in the “Save in” box. Accept the file name. Click on Save. Complete steps 11 and 12 on p. 646.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Internet Activity, p Go to the book’s website at 2In the “Student Center” list, link to Internet Activities. 3Link to WEB EXERCISES PART 4. 4Complete the “WEB DEVELOPMENT” exercise. Read steps 1 and 2. 5Follow the steps shown on the book’s website to complete this Internet activity. 6Using a word processing program, write a brief summary of what you find. Include all appropriate website addresses.

McGraw-Hill/Irwin © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., Going to the Net, p. 647 Access the Microsoft Office website at What is the website address for Microsoft Word? 2. After linking to the Microsoft Word website, briefly describe what kind of information can be obtained. If you link to other websites, include the appropriate address(es) in your answer. 3. What is the website address for Microsoft Excel? 4. After linking to the Microsoft Excel website, briefly describe what kind of information can be obtained. If you link to other websites, include the appropriate address(es) in your answer.