peachtree-software peachtree complete accounting 7.0 Quick Setup Guide

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In the first line, Type 12 in the Quantity field and press 
e. The cursor 
moves to the Item field.
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Select the magnifying glass button to open the lookup list for inventory 
items.
You can set up a list like this for your own products or services in the 
Maintain menu. See 
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As an exercise, select the Sort button from the inventory lookup list. 
Notice this changes the order of the list from being listed by ID to being 
listed by item name. This feature is available for all lookup lists.
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Double-click SEHB-32120—Cilantro Seeds.
The item description appears in the Description field. Notice that the 
description changes to read, “Catalog #:102030: Cilantro Seeds.” When 
setting up inventory items, you can enter two types of descriptions for 
the same itemone for purchases and one for sales. In this example, we 
need to refer to the vendor’s catalog number when ordering the item. 
However, when we sell the item it is described as “Bell-Gro Basil Cilantro 
Seeds (Long Standing)”.
10 Press 
e twice to accept the description and unit price and the cursor 
moves to the Amount field.
Peachtree Accounting calculates the quantity multiplied by the unit 
price and enters it in the field.
11 Press 
to move to the Job field.
The Job field is also a lookup box. It contains a list of jobs and their 
descriptions. For this part of the tutorial, we are going to skip entering a 
job. To learn more about jobs, refer to 
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12 Press 
e. The cursor moves to a new transaction line.
Next we will order Pansy Seeds.
13 Type 12 and press 
e
14 Find item SEFL-31160 Pansy Seeds (Pastel Mix) from the lookup list and 
press 
e.
The PO Total at the bottom should now display a total of $12.00.