• Software installation, including serial number, at the beginning of textbook, pages iii-xii.
• Software License Agreement is included on Help Menu for standalone and multi-user installations.
• Graphical User Interface - Navigation Bar includes Business Status (dashboard); Customers & Sales; Vendors & Purchases; Inventory & Services; Employees & Payroll; Banking; Company.
• Navigation interface to access information and record transactions; drill down to lists, reports, setup windows, and graphs.
• Enhanced Excel Integration.
• Comparative budget spreadsheet creator.
• Create letter templates wizard.
• Sales tax wizard.
• Improved audit trail and internal controls.
• Daily customer balances on Sales & Customers windows.
• Custom date-range filtering and enhanced report options.
• Restore Wizard lets you restore An Existing Company or A New Company.
• Smart sort for account identification.
• Auto-complete text fields and spell check.
• Internal accounting review.
• E-mail reports, financial statements, and add attachments.
• Design tools for report customization.
• Easy-to-use checkbook register.
• Vendor payment terms are tracked in the cost of sales account, Purchase Discounts.
• Automatically create IDs.

New Textbook Features:

• All textbook screen captures and detailed steps are compatible with Peachtree Complete Accounting 2008, the Windows Vista operating system and Microsoft Office 2000-2007. (Peachtree Complete Accounting 2008 is compatible with both Windows Vista, Windows XP, and MS Office 2000-2007.)
• Chapter 1, Introduction to Bellwether Garden Supply, includes Peachtree's Navigation Centers and Restore Wizard for opening new or existing companies.
• Chapter 2, Vendors, shows students how to view accounts payable lists and reports from the Vendors & Payables Navigation Center .
• Chapter 3, Customers, shows students how to view customer lists and reports from the Customers & Sales Navigation Center .
• Chapter 5, General Ledger, Inventory and Internal Control, shows students Peachtree's new budget feature and includes Peachtree's internal controls and audit trail.
• Chapter 9, Maintaining Records for Service Businesses, students set up two service businesses.
• New comprehensive projects 1 and 1A review work completed in Chapters 9 and 10.
• Chapter 14, Employees, Payroll and Account Reconciliation, shows students how to use Peachtree's payroll system and reconcile accounts. Account reconciliation shows students how Peachtree's Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, and General Ledger systems work together.
• New Project 2, Stanley 's Sports, is a comprehensive project that reviews Chapters 11 through 14.
• Chapter 18, Write Letters, Use Templates, and Peachtree Online, includes Peachtree's Write Letters and templates features.
• New comprehensive projects 3, 4, and 4A review work completed in Chapters 1-18.
• Student set up 11 new service, retail, nonprofit, and manufacturing businesses from scratch.
• New PowerPoint slides for every chapter on www.mhhe.com/yacht2008 Student Edition and Instructor Edition links.