Peachtree Insider Newsletter

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The Peachtree Insider
August, 2009

Feature Article
Peachtree Business Analytics – powered by iLumen
Did you know there’s a valuable analytics tool that can tell you how your business compares with other businesses in your area or industry?And did you know you may already have access to this service…for free?

How To
Set the Default Inventory Item Class
Inventory item class cannot be changed once an item is used, so avoid later problems by setting the class default today. 

Tip of the Month
Resolve a common error when exporting reports to Excel
Do you use Microsoft® Excel® 2007? Do you get an error message when exporting from Peachtree? There’s an easy way to fix it.

The Employer Corner
“Where Did the Time Go?” 10 Critical Steps for Successful Time Management –
Brought to you by HR411.com
Employee productivity and efficiency depends largely on expectations and environment. Here are ten ways you can set the stage for better time management.

Bonus!
Top Five Summer Reads
You may not want to bring these to the beach, but here is a short list of ideas for mixing business with your pleasure reading this summer.

Frequently Asked Questions
Get answers to your questions about reports, installing updates and accessing your Peachtree data remotely.  

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Message Edited by MikeS on 08-08-2009 10:47 AM

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We use Sun Open office for spread sheets.  Can you make your program compatable with it?

Thanks

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Hi John -

I believe you can do this today in Peachtree 2010 using ODBC. We added ODBC and OLEDB access with the May launch this year.

I also went to the OpenOffice.org website and Google to do a quick search - a lot of suggestions came up.

Andrea

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Andrea - Your answer said "I believe you can do this" - my question is how?

I'm using Peachtree Complete 2010 - and Open Office 3.1 - My new Dell PC also came with Works 9  -but I prefer Open Office.  The only way I've found so far to get data into spreadsheet is awkward copy / paste.

Glenda

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Glenda -  

Good timing!

There is an article (with a link to a knowledge base article) in the October Insider.

http://community.peachtree.com/peachtree/attachments/peachtree/newsletter/97/1/PeachtreeInsider_Oct0...

There are also instructions in Help - search for ODBC and you should see a topic titled "ODBC, connecting to your Peachtree data". There has also been a good bit of knowledge exhanged on the product community board. If you have questions after reading the instructions, the best next step would be to post specific questions to the board.

I hope this helps, but if you hit a roadblock please send me a private message and we can get someone from support to help.

Andrea