1. Chapter 17: Using Peachtree Complete 2003 with Microsoft Excel and Word

2. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 2 of 15 Using Peachtree with Microsoft Office If you have Microsoft Office 97 or higher, you can use Peachtree Complete 2003 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.

3. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 3 of 15 Software Objectives, p. 619 Copy Peachtree report data to an Excel spreadsheet. Copy Peachtree report data to Word. Save Microsoft Excel and Word files.

4. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 4 of 15 Web Objectives, p. 619 Use your Internet browser to go to the book’s website at www.mhhe.com/business/yacht2003 www.mhhe.com/business/yacht2003 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.

5. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 5 of 15 Peachtree Tips 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 the Exercise 6-2.ptb backup file. If necessary, see the “Installing Starting Data” section in Appendix A, pages 684-685.

6. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 6 of 15 Backing up Chapter 17 Disk Backup Name KB Page No. 18 of 18 A:\balance sheet.xls 20 KB 622-623 A:\income statement.xls 19 KB 624 A:\Bellwether Garden Supply.doc 20 KB 625-626 TOTAL KB 59 KB

7. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 7 of 15 Chapter 17 topics 1. Software objectives and web objectives, p. 619 2. Getting started, p. 620 3. Copying Peachtree report data to Microsoft Excel, p. 620 a. Balance sheet, pp. 620-623 b. Income statement, pp. 623-624 4. Copying Peachtree report data to Microsoft Word, pp. 624-626 5. Internet Activity, p. 626 6. Summary and Review, pp. 626 a.Going to the net, p. 627 b.Short-answer questions, pp. 627-629 c.Exercise 17-1, p. 629 d. Exercise 17-2, p. 629 e. Chapter 17 index, p. 630

8. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 8 of 15 Getting started, p. 620 Start Windows and Peachtree in the usual way. Open Bellwether Garden Supply.

9. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 9 of 15 Balance Sheet, pp. 620-621 Restore Exercise 6-2.ptb data. Click on Reports, Financial Statements. Click on the “Excel” icon. Then, select. This screen is shown at the top of p. 621. Click on.

10. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 10 of 15 Excel, p. 621 After completing steps 1 – 4 on pp. 620-621, Peachtree starts Excel. To see the rest of the balance sheet, scroll down the report.

11. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 11 of 15 Save as, p. 622 Complete steps 6 – 9 on p. 622. Put a floppy disk in drive A. Type balance sheet as the file name. Click on. Complete steps 10 and 11 on p. 623.

12. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 12 of 15 Microsoft Excel – Book2, p. 623 To create an income statement in Excel, complete steps 1 – 4 on page 623. Complete steps 5 – 8 on page 624.

13. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 13 of 15 Copying Peachtree report data to Microsoft Word, pp. 624 and 625 Complete steps 1 – 8 on pp. 624 and 625. Click on File, Save As. Select drive A.

14. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 14 of 15 Save as, p. 625-626 Make sure drive A is shown in the “Save in” field. Accept the file name. Click on Save. Complete steps 11 and 12 on p. 626.

15. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 15 of 15 Internet Activity, p. 626 1 Go to the book’s website at www.mhhe.com/yacht2003 www.mhhe.com/yacht2003 2 In the “Student Center” list, link to Internet Activities. 3 Link to WEB EXERCISES PART 4. 4 Complete the “WEB DEVELOPMENT” exercise. Read steps 1 and 2. 5 Follow the steps shown on the book’s website to complete this Internet activity. 6 Using a word processing program, write a brief summary of what you find. Include all appropriate website addresses.

16. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004 16 of 15 Going to the Net, p. 627 Access the Microsoft Office website at www.microsoft.com/office www.microsoft.com/office 1. 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.