peachtree-software peachtree complete accounting 7.0 Quick Setup Guide

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We strongly recommend you make a backup before converting your 
company data to the new Peachtree Complete Accounting format. 
This way 
if something failed or there was a power outage, you could restore the backup 
and convert again. Also, it’s a good idea to back up your old company data to 
diskette which can be filed away for audit purposes. For more information on 
backing up data, refer to the “Company Administration” chapter of the User’s 
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Select Continue to begin the conversion process. Once the conversion is 
complete, you return to the main Peachtree Accounting window. 
The conversion process may take some time depending on the prior 
release the program is converting and the amount of memory in your 
computer. 
If you are converting a company from Peachtree Complete 
Accounting Release 4 or 6, Peachtree Accounting Release 3.5 or 5, 
or Peachtree First Accounting
, the process should move quickly (5 
to 30 minutes), depending on the size of your company data and 
computer memory.
If you are converting a company from Peachtree Accounting 
Release 3.0 (or lower)
, the conversion make take a long time 
depending on the size of your company data. For example, if you are 
converting a 4 MB company, this may take between 15 minutes to 1 
hour (depending whether you use inventory or not). If this is the 
case, we recommend you begin the conversion before lunch or at the 
end of the day.
IMPORTANT: Do not interrupt the conversion process. Companies with 
large amounts of data could take a long time to convert.
Once you convert your company to the new format, you cannot use your data 
with any prior releases of Peachtree Accounting or First Accounting.
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