HOW TO USE GLOBAL OPTION IN PEACHTREE SOFTWARE

This option is one of the most important options in the whole software. As customer default is related to customers options, vendor default is related to vendor, so is the global option which is related which the most important options in the complete software. These options will be explained further in this topic. To open a global options window we will click on “Options” after opening the window and following window will appear on our desktop screen.

                From here we will select the option of “Global…” and on selecting this option following window will appear on our desktop screen.

                This is the main window of global options. From here we can edit the by default settings of some of the most important options of Peachtree accounting software.

ACCOUNTING:

                “Accounting” is the first tab in this global window. In the first option we see, “Decimal Entry” option. This option is for the number of decimals after the zero. We can select the decimals as per our requirements from the option available by the name, “Number of decimal places”. The maximum number of decimals which we can select are “5”. We can also select the decimal placing automatically by clicking on “Automatic” then selecting the number of decimal places as per our requirements. But for this we will have to first select the number of decimal places first and then the option of “Automatic”. Then after this we have “Hide general ledger accounts” option from where we can hide account receivables and account payables from different options in the software such as hiding the account receivable from sale order by selecting account receivable and same will be the procedure for account payable. In “Other Options” we can select different available options to implement them in our complete software. All the settings made here will be implemented in the whole software. After changing all these options or required options we click on “Ok” to save.

GENERAL:

                This is the “general” window. The first option under “Improve performance” is to print the total number of pages in the report or statements and number of quantity in hand display. The second option is “Line item entry display”. If we select “1 Line” from here then it means that if we are entering a journal entry in the general journal then we have one spare line beneath each debit line to enter the other item and if we select “2 Line” then we have two spare lines beneath each debit line to enter the other two items. Then we can also select the color theme for our software as per our taste.

PEACHTREE PARTNERS:

                From here we can select the security level for our software. We can keep it Low, Medium or High as per our requirement.

SPELLING:

                From here we can select the dictionary according to which we want our spellings to be checked and this dictionary will we selected from “Main Dictionary Language” option. Then we have many different option related to spell check and words in “Running Options”.