1. Chapter 18: Mail Merge and Peachtree Online

2. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 2 of 19 Software Objectives, p. 611 Use Peachtree’s mail merge feature. Use Peachtree’s Mail Merge Wizard. Explore Peachtree’s website.

3. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 3 of 19 Web Objectives, p. 611 Go to the Internet Activity link at www.mhhe.com/yacht2006. www.mhhe.com/yacht2006 Select WEB EXERCISES PART 4. Complete the fourth exercise in Part 4- Additional Accounting Sources. Use a word processing program to write summaries of the websites that you visited.

4. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 4 of 19 Peachtree Tips Peachtree Tips Chapter 18 uses data from the Exercise 6-2.ptb backup file. If you no longer have your back up from Exercise 6-2, use starting data for Bellwether Garden Supply. If necessary, refer to Appendix A, Installing Starting Data for the Sample Companies, pages 668 and 669. Peachtree integrates with the Microsoft Mail Merge feature, using Word to edit and create custom templates Mail Merge generates mailings using selected Peachtree information.

5. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 5 of 19 Backing up Chapter 18 Backup Name KB Page Nos. customer letters.doc 3,798 KB 614 Chapter 18.ptb 2,629 KB 618 employee welcome.doc 204 KB 618 The chart below shows the size of the backups made in Chapter 18. Refer to textbook p. 554 for the chart of backups made in Part 4.

6. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 6 of 19 Chapter 18 topics 1. Software objectives, page 611 2. Web objectives, p. 611 3. Getting started, p. 612 4. Create a Mailing to Customers, pp. 612-614 5. Mail Merge Wizard, pp. 614-619 6. Peachtree Online, pp. 619-620 7. Internet Activity, p. 620 5. Summary and Review, p. 621-623 a.Going to the net, p. 621 b. Short-answer questions, pp. 622-623 c. Exercise 18-1, p. 624 e. Exercise 18-2, p. 624 e. Chapter 18 index, p. 625

7. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 7 of 19 Getting started, p. 612 Read steps 1 and 2 on page 612. If necessary, restore the Exercise 6-2.ptb backup file. This backup was made on page 196.

8. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 8 of 19 Mail Merge Mail Merge allows you to send information to a large number of people quickly. You can create mailings such as newsletters, announcements and other types of mailings. Peachtree integrates with the Microsoft Word Mail Merge feature.

9. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 9 of 19 Create a Mailing to Customers, page 612 From the Reports menu, select Mail Merge. Open the Customers folders. Double-click on Bellwether Sales special.

10. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 10 of 19 Customer Letter, page 613 After completing steps 1-3 on pages 612-613, a customer letter appears. Complete steps 4-7 on page 614.

11. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 11 of 19 Mail Merge Wizard, p. 614 Complete step 1 on page 614. Click Next.

12. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 12 of 19 Mail Merge Wizard (continued), p. 615 Complete step 2 on page 615. Click Next.

13. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 13 of 19 Mail Merge Wizard (continued), p. 615 Complete step 3 on page 615. Click Next.

14. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 14 of 19 Mail Merge Wizard (continued), p. 616-618 Complete steps 4-10 on pages 616-617. An employee welcome letter appears. This letter is shown on p. 618. Save. Exit Word.

15. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 15 of 19 Peachtree Online, pp. 619-620 Complete steps 1-5 on pages 619-620. Go online to www.peachtree.com. (Select Services; Peachtree Passport Services, Create a New Passport Account.) www.peachtree.com Peachtree Passport includes a searchable knowledgebase

16. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 16 of 19 Glossary of Terms Chapter 18

17. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 17 of 19 Mail Merge, p. 611 Mail merge allows you to send information to a large number of people quickly. For example, you can send personally addressed letters to all the company’s customers. Peachtree integrated with the Microsoft Word Mail Merge feature.

18. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 18 of 19 Internet Activity, p. 620 1 Go to the textbook website at www.mhhe.com/yacht2006. www.mhhe.com/yacht2006 2 Link to Student Edition. 3 In the Course-wide Content list, link to Part 4 Internet Activities for Chapters 15-18. Open or Save. Choose Chapter 18 to complete Quizzes, PowerPoints, and Going to the Net Exercises. 4 Since this exercise was started in Chapter 17, continue to explore the WEB DEVELOPMENT links. 5 Using a word processing program, write a brief summary of what you find. Include all appropriate web site addresses.

19. ©The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 19 of 19 Going to the Net, p. 621 Access the MSDN Online Library website at Access the MSDN Online Library website at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ 1.What is the MSDN library? 2.Type What is mail merge? in the Search field. Click Search. 3.Link to an article of interest about mail merge. Write a brief essay about what you find (minimum length is 75 words; maximum length 150 words). Include website addresses in your answer.