Peachtree Made Easy

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Peachtree Made Easy is the only guide available for implementing Peachtree in small- and medium-size businesses. Proven best-seller--the last three editions have sold more than 60,000 units. Covers installation, general accounting process, general ledger, payable, receivables, inventory, inventory methods of valuation, job costing reports, payroll, and year-end reports. Third-party technical support companies include variable discount coupons.

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A waste of dough........2000-10-26

I have already read the reviews on this page before I bought the book but I don't have that band wagon mentality so I found it myself. Yes, I have read through the book but finally stopped 1/3 of the way...I got lost. It's not really a step by step instructional book so I have to figure out what the author means and I have grown tired of it. I have a strong accounting background and I'm doing well with manual bookkeeping all I need is to computerized my books. This book is not helping. Right now I'm planning to buy those books for dummies or go to the Peachtree website and check their self study guides...I don't know...but FORGET ABOUT THIS ONE!

Great Resource.......2000-04-14

Easiest book I've used to learn PeachTree Accounting's latest version (7.0). Great resource to lookup paste learned information and HOWTO.

100% useless.......1999-07-01

Believing the hype about Hedtke and his books I bought two (This one and Peachtree Complete Business toolkits). Both turned out to be useless. This one is a simple rehash of the Peachtree manuals but even less clear and with no new material to add what so ever. You can learn more from just experimenting with Peachtree and buying a good accounting manual (if you are not an accountant as I am). The later of which there are, I am glad to say, plenty of.

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This book provides all the information readers need to install and configure Peachtree Complete Accounting for Windows within a small- to mid-sized business. Step-by-step, readers will learn how to set up charts of accounts, general ledgers, and journals, and how to use Peachtree in all other aspects of business. The book also satisfies the needs of intermediate and advanced users, with all-new chapters on job costing and fixed asset management issues.

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Instructor recommends Hedtke's book to students.......1998-07-04

Bookkeepers and accounting managers taking my Beginning Peachtree course frequently ask for resources for further study. Hedtke's PCAWin Made Easy is at the top of my list. I am most impressed by the clear organization and flow of the book, making it well-suited as both reference and self-paced tutorial (usually a tricky balance in computer books, but Hedtke pulls it off!)

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Over 8 hours of full-motion, animated instruction with crystal-clear audio in Peachtree. 113 individual lessons. The best Peachtree tutorial available. Designed by software training professionals. Learn at your office or home - at your own pace. Includes all of the topics covered in a comprehensive classroom training. Deluxe Training includes two printable instruction manuals (in PDF), along with practice exercises & keyboard shortcuts! Customize your training with the easy-to-use menu. Clear, easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction. Watch the training sessions as many times as you want while practicing in Peachtree. No messy set-up, no internet connections needed. The best way to learn Peachtree on your own.

Peachtree Accounting for Windows Made Easy

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Peachtree Accounting for Windows Made Easy
John V. Hedtke
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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ASIN: 0078821274

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This revised and updated edition demonstrates how to take full advantage of Peachtree for Windows' new features, including more powerful analysis tools, a more flexible payment manager, faster and easier payroll accounting, and improved inventory tracking. The book presents step-by-step information, explicit examples, easy exercises, and numerous illustrations to help readers manage their finances, bookkeeping, and taxes.

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Peachtree Accounting for Windows Made Easy
John V. Hedtke
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Peachtree Accounting Made Easy
Stephen O'Brien , John V. Hedtke , and Arnold Berman
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Peachtree Complete II: Accounting Made Easy

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Peachtree Complete II: Accounting Made Easy
Nancy Sax , and H. Steve Dashefsky
Manufacturer: Windcrest
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ASIN: 0830633057

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Peachtree Accounting Made Easy
John V. Hedtke, Arnold Berman Stephen O'Brien
Manufacturer: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
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Peachtree Complete Accounting for Windows Made Easy, 3/e

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Peachtree Complete Accounting for Windows Made Easy, 3/e
John Hedtke, Stephen K. Peachtree Accounting Made Easy Oandapos;Brien John V. Hedtke
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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Peachtree Made Easy
Connie Brenden John V. Hedtke
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Financial Reporting Analysis & Planning
Mary Bishop , Evans , and Wood
Manufacturer: Financial World Publishing
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ASIN: 0852975325

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Financial Reporting Analysis and Planning (Bankers Workbook Series)
Mary Bishop , Jonathan Evans , Mervyn Hughes , and Margaret Woods
Manufacturer: Financial World Publishing
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Financial Reporting Analysis and Planning
Powell
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Farming: 30 Copyright-Free Illustrations for Lovers of History (Kalman, Bobbie, Historical Etchings.)

Manufacturer: Crabtree Pub Co
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This fantastic collection portrays every aspect of farm life, from chores such as cooking, plowing, and tending the livestock to fun and frolic on the farm!

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Is this book really about the periodic table?

Chemists and their adventures....

From Alchemy to Eternity: The Story of the Elements

Chemistry for the Common Man

The tortuous path from superstition to mystery

The Last Sorcerers: The Path from Alchemy to the Periodic Table
Richard Morris
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THEY STARTED WITH FOUR: earth, air, fire, and water. From these basics, they sought to understand the essential ingredients of the world. Those who could see further, those who understood that the four were just the beginning, were the last sorcerers -- and the world's first chemists.

What we now call chemistry began in the fiery cauldrons of mystics and sorcerers seeking not to make a better world through science, but rather to make themselves richer through magic formulas and con games. Yet among these early magicians, frauds, and con artists were a few far-seeing "alchemists" who used the trial and error of rigorous experimentation to transform mysticism into science.

Scientific historians generally credit the great 18th century French chemist Antoine Lavoisier with modernizing the field of chemistry. Others would follow his lead, carefully examining, measuring, and recording their findings. One hundred years later, another pioneer emerged. Dimitri Mendeleev, an eccentric genius who cut his flowing hair and beard but once a year, finally brought order to the chemical sciences when he constructed the first Periodic Table in the late 1800s.

But between and after Lavoisier and Mendeleev were a host of other colorful, brilliant scientists who made their mark on the field of chemistry. Depicting the lively careers of these scientists and their contributions while carefully deconstructing the history and the science, author Richard Morris skillfully brings it all to life. Hailed by Kirkus Reviews as a "clear and lively writer with a penchant for down-to-earth examples" Morris's gift for explanation -- and pure entertainment -- is abundantly obvious. Taking a cue from the great chemists themselves, Morris has brewed up a potent combination of the alluringly obscure and the historically momentous, spiked with just the right dose of quirky and ribald detail to deliver a magical brew of history, science, and personalities.

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Is this book really about the periodic table?.......2006-05-15

Reasonably interesting book but not if one is specifically interested in the periodic table or its evolution. Only one or two chapters are actually on the periodic table. In addition the final 40 or so pages consist just of a "catalog of elements", essentially a complete list of all the elements, the dates they were discovered etc. This is nothing more than a page filler for a book that is well written but rather too superficial for anybody really interested in chemistry and physics.

Chemists and their adventures...........2005-08-16

I found the stories told on the book so interesting that I read it like a romance, for a few days, every spare time I had, I was reading this book... One will enjoy and learn at the same time.

After reading it, you have a very strong impression that humanity has just started to make science. Not long ago, the knowledge available was so superficial that very few aspects of chemistry were reasonably explained.

The author explains the science involved in very simple terms, it helps if the reader has some previous knowledge of chemistry or physics to fill in the blanks. The last part of the book requires additional reading to understand the evolution of scientific knowledge during the twentieth century.

I recommend reading the Scientists by John Gribbin as a complementary book as nice to read as this one.

From Alchemy to Eternity: The Story of the Elements.......2005-03-31

Richard Morris has done a wonderful job of taking what should be a dry topic and making it very interesting. The Last Sorcerer details the discovery of the elements and the people behind these discoveries. Along the way we meet a number of brilliant eccentrics, would be charlatans and an interesting collection of scientists and non-scientists. The chapters are short and punchy. The book flows well.

From the beginning we learn that while the ancient Egyptians had identified seven distinct elements, thanks to Aristotle, the field of Alchemy was born thus leading to the belief that all things were made up of four elements: air, water, earth and fire. From there it was quick jump to the belief that base metal (e.g., lead) could be transferred into gold. For centuries afterwards, alchemists struggled to reconcile this theory with their observations. But in that struggle chemistry was born.

Perhaps the best chapter is the one about the work of the Russian scientist Mendeleev and his work to discover the periodic law. When my children were studying the periodic table, I read this chapter to them and it helped to better understand and bring to life the dry and seemingly unfathomable periodic table. But there are other great chapters about many scientists from Boyle to Rutherford.

For those non-scientists who seek to expand their knowledge about the history of science and learn a little chemistry along the way, this is a great book. It is a bit old for children under 13 (and there is some language in the book) but you may find yourself reading a chapter or two to your children when they begin complaining about their chemistry class that day.

Chemistry for the Common Man.......2005-01-03

This was a very interesting book that was packed full of interesting facts. Richard Morris tells the story of chemistry's evolution in a unique manner. He takes the lives of each scientist who had a significant contribution to this growing branch of science and tells about them and their discoveries. However, he does not make it impossible to understand but makes it intersting and informative. Morris writes for the common man to understand and enjoy. Each scientist's life is presented in a clear manner with their important achievements and discoveries. They are all connected with eachother in a complex fashion that Morris makes clear for the reader.

An interesting aspect of this book was that Morris made the scientists seem like real people, not the heroes and untouchable geniuses we often make them. Morris makes the study of chemistry through the ages tangable and close to home. The scienists could be your next-door neighbor the way he describes their lives. They have petty arguments and marital problems just like the common man. This makes the study of chemistry something that is more friendly and something to be understood by everyday people, not just the intelligent men who studied it and made discoveries for it.

This book was highly enjoyable and I recommend it to anyone interested in the evolution of chemistry. Or anyone mildly interested in the structure of chemistry. It is a clear and easily understood book that is a fast read and interesting. The concepts are presented clearly and the topic is well-developed. The chapters are short and broken up into small sub-chapters making it faster to read. Morris is very fond of footnotes and uses them quite frequently to help the reader understand different concepts. This is a very reader-friendly book and an intersesting read.

The tortuous path from superstition to mystery.......2004-04-19

In a world of leptons, quarks, muons, superstrings, 10 dimensions of space and an 11-dimensional theory called M theory -- it is hard to remember the electron was discovered just over a century ago.

English physicist J.J. Thompson discovered the electron in 1897; since then, there has been an explosion of discoveries. For thousands of years, chemists thought of the world consisted of earth, air, fire and water. It was a theory offered by Empedocles, who lived about 2,500 years ago and was said to be able to control the winds and restore life to a woman who had been dead for 30 days. Once Aristotle endorsed the idea, chemists were stuck with it for nearly two and one-half millennia.

Logically, if everything consists of four basic elements -- then, by properly mixing it would be possible to make gold and every other useful item. For example, when mercury ore was heated, a pool of liquid metal was formed. Transformations took place when substances were heated, dissolved, melted, filtered, and crystallized. The key was discovering the proper mixture of the four elements, then keep it secret.

Mix tin and copper and the result was bronze, better than both tin and copper and looking a lot like gold. Wise men would have been foolish not to pursue such a promising start. However, it was a dead-end road, even though the ancients had endorsed it.

Secrecy was the second crucial ingredient. Alchemists realized if everyone knew the secret of making gold, the social impact would be catastrophic. As a result, every alchemist literally began work based on zero knowledge of what works and what doesn't. Bad ideas were never rejected, good ideas were never shared.

It took some real rebels, weirdos and geeks to upset more than two thousand years of error. One of the earliest was Paracelsus; the name he gave himself meant "greater than Celsus," a deservedly famous first century AD Roman physician. Paracelsus, according to one of his contemporaries, "lived like a pig and looked like a sheep drover. He found his greatest pleasure among the company of the most dissolute rabble, and spent most of his time drunk." This is the type of man who first questioned the wisdom of the ages.

In an age when religious fundamentalism is becoming ever more terrible, Morris presents a fascinating story of how scientists went from absolute certainty about the world to tenuous uncertainty. It wasn't too long ago that scientists were looking ever deeper into the furthest reaches of the universe; within the past decade, they have discovered that 96 percent of the universe is invisible and for all intents and purposes unknown.

Science is the process of uncertainty. It's a lonely, dangerous path of inquiry to follow. The English condemned the man who discovered oxygen as a dangerous radical; the French guillotined the leading scientist of his era, because he didn't fit in with the certainties of revolutionary France; the Russian who came up with the Periodic Table of the elements survived only because of the Czar's protections; and the Nazis would have executed the greatest physicist of the past century because he was Jewish.

Care to be a scientist?

It takes guts. Morris outlines the risks, dangers and rewards of overthrowing an ancient orthodoxy with skill, humour and insight. Without people who have the courage to challenge the old, accepted and true, our lives would be ruled by sorcery, superstition and suspicion.

In brief, it's a wonderful look at how modern thought came to be modern.

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Chemists and their adventures....

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Richard Morris
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Chemists and their adventures...........2005-08-16

LAST SORCERERS THE PATH FROM ALCHEMY TO THE PERIODIC TABLE

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LAST SORCERERS THE PATH FROM ALCHEMY TO THE PERIODIC TABLE
RICHARD MORRIS
Manufacturer: Joseph Henry Press
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Designed to be a complete and integrated text on the dynamic properties of machines, mechanisms, and rotors with variable mass, this book presents new results from investigations based on the general dynamics of systems with variable parameters. The book considers both weak and strong nonlinear vibrations of these systems, and chaotic phenomena are also discussed. The conservation laws and adiabatic invariants for systems with variable mass are formulated and the stability and instability conditions of motion are defined.

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Are the walls of your cubicle starting to close in? Have you just sat through yet another meeting trying to rally team morale? Time for a break. Grab a cup of coffee, find a quiet spot, and delve into Jonathan Baird's illuminating and hilarious book Day Job. Take comfort in the fact that you are not alone.

Mark Thornton works in customer service for a company committed to TQM (Total Quality Management), a program in which "groups of contaminated individuals lapse into loud and ungovernable fugue-like states, wherein future trends of commerce are prophesied and cosmic lessons in human behavior are thought to reveal themselves." Charters, team spirit, unreasonable clients, and a manager totally dedicated to TQM plague Thornton, who, just a couple of years out of college, never envisioned himself working in a meaningless "day job." So when a client recommends participating in the SysCorp Journal program, Thornton jumps on it, hoping, perhaps, to discover a career path for himself. For one day, he'll record everything that happens to him at work, which SysCorp will then analyze and notate. The result is Day Job; half business self-help, half humorous novel, it is the journal of a disillusioned worker, complete with notes from SysCorp, doodles and asides from Thornton, and helpful words of advice culled from everyone from Proust and Walt Whitman to Deepak Chopra and Stephen Covey's (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People).

The design--which at first may appear gimmicky--is ultimately delightful, making this book a pleasure to flip through. But the true fun lies in how Thornton dissects his life and the lives of those all-too-familiar characters who appear in our own offices--the defensive temps, the proudly overworked, the suspicious coworkers. Whether you're just starting your career or you've been master of your cubicle for years, you'll enjoy the lively prose (think Douglas Coupland meets "Dilbert"), not just for its humor but also for how close it hits home (or, rather, office). --Jenny Brown

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It's 9:34 a.m. Do you know where your career is headed? Do you have one? More likely, you'd never call what you do from 9 to 5 a career. You'd call it your day job.

And what if you were given a single day to record it all, to ask the important questions about life and career, to air out your strongest and most private opinions and thoughts-what would you say? That's the question that has been put to customer service rep Mark Thornton. And his answer is Day Job, a darkly comic, high-velocity run through the modern workplace.

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Funnier than Dilbert.......2000-05-02

I love books that are different. When I saw this I bought it right away. I was not disappointed.

Day Job is just about the funniest thing I've ever read. The author is really demented.

My only complaint is it's physically tough to read at times, but it only adds to the charm of the book.

great TQM dissection.......1999-09-06

Through the busy device of sidebars and margin notes left by a fictional consultant, this beautifully printed novel of "Total Quality Management" is as much an in-joke on the editorial nurturing of a novice journalizer as it is an experiment in loosely melding fiction with nonfiction guru-management primers. Laurance Allen's deadpan closing publisher's note buries the efforts of Baird (who also designed and produced this amusing and informing business reader) within the context of researchers, proofreaders, sources, editors, and, of course, the suits who made it all happen.

A must-read for anyone in the workforce under age 35.......1999-07-14

Jon Baird really hit the nail on the head with this witty journal of a Twenty-something Customer Service rep experiencing corporate stupidity, and laying it out for all to see and experience. The layout is incredible. One that I think will start a new trend in off-line publishing

It's For Real!.......1999-01-30

I think you've been watching too much of the X-Files! Paranoia is an unfortunate side-effect. The book is NOT by a TQM sympathizer-it completely makes fun of silly management initiatives. It's not sneaky--it's BRILLIANT!

Brilliant -- and Confusing.......1999-01-24

On the back of this book, it reads: Fiction/Business/Popular Culture.

Is this some well-disguised TQM book? In the back of the book, it has order forms for more books -- so that middle management can give them to all junior staff and say, "I understand you, dude: my office, five o'clock."

If it's not just a disguised TQM book, I'm awed by the brilliance. If it is a disguised TQM book, I'm disgusted. They've infiltrated our ranks and are using our own against us.

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Day Job: A Workplace Reader for the Restless Age
Jonathan Baird
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