Frequently Asked Questions of Peachtree - Functions & Usage

From the menu bar of Peachtree, select "Options" then "Global...". Under the Accounting tab, find "Hide General Ledger Accounts". Check the transaction types that you want to hide. Remember to repeat the same procedure on each of the computer with Peachtree that requires the change.

From the menu bar of Peachtree, select "Options" then "Global...". Under the Accounting tab, find "Number of Decimal Places". Starting from Peachtree 2008, you can separately change the number of decimal places for 3 types of fields - Quantity, Unit Price and Standard fields - from 0 to 5 decimal places. Remember to repeat the same procedure on each of the computer with Peachtree that requires the change.

From the menu bar of Peachtree, select "Maintain" then "Default Information" and "Customers...". Under the Terms and Credit tab, you can change the default terms and credit for your customers (as well as other customer-related settings). Remember these settings only affect your NEW customers. Those existing customers will not be affected. Also, once the defaults have been saved, they will apply to all other computers opening the same Peachtree company.

From the menu bar of Peachtree, select "Options" then "Global...". Under the Accounting tab, find "Other Options". Check the option "Hide inactive records". Remember to repeat the same procedure on each of the computer with Peachtree that requires the change.

From the menu bar of Peachtree, select "Options" then "Global...". Under the General tab, find "Line Item Entry Display". Change from "1 Line" to "2 Line", which will show the GL Account description as the second line below your entry line.