Prentice Hall:
Concepts Open the Door,
Hands-On Skills Win the Job!
Excel. Simply Accounting. Peachtree. QuickBooks.

By Beth Toland

Do you want to make a difference in your students’ lives? Do you really want to see them succeed in their accounting careers? Every year thousands of students graduate with majors in accounting. What makes a difference in the jobs these graduates win and how well they progress in their careers? The skill you teach them. Today’s employers want employees who not only possess knowledge of accounting procedures, but they also want their employees to be ready to apply this knowledge immediately—without a lot of time-intensive and costly company-sponsored training.

Prentice Hall, the leading college textbook publisher, is proud to introduce five new computerized accounting textbooks designed to help you instruct your students in the most widely used commercial accounting software packages. Use these books as stand-alone titles, in conjunction with a principles or college accounting (this is specifically for 2-year schools, right?) class, or in combination to expose students to a variety of accounting software packages. If your students can list even one of these software application packages on their resumes, it’s one more skill that will help open doors to their careers in accounting.

Smith/Smith/Smith, MS Excel for Accounting Principles (2000)
Every employee will need to have a complete understanding of this applications product—and yet there really is no other book that (a) teaches Excel and (b) uses accounting information as the basis for learning. The authors use step-by-step guidelines and numberous screen shots to ensure complete understanding of the concepts. A data files disk is included.

Hearing/Horne, Computerized Accounting with CA-Simply Accounting for Windows Version 6.0 (2000)
Updated for 2000, this book utilizes CA-Simply Accounting for Windows and includes modules on general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, inventory, and project accounting. New material on bank reconciliations has been added to this edition. Text price includes the software and data files.

Osteraa, Peachtree for College Accounting (1999)
This brief (176 pages) supplementary text shows students how to implement the manual accounting procedures into a computerized environment using Peachtree Accounting for Windows Version 3.5. A data files disk is included.

Bigham/Duke, Computerized Accounting with Peachtree Complete Accounting Version 7.0 (2000)
This extensive introduction to Peachtree includes numerous screen shots and step-by-step instructions to teach students how to set up and run their own accounting firms. Text price includes the software and data files.

Horne, Computerized Accounting with QuickBooks Pro ‘99 (2000)
This updated edition of Janet Horne’s highly successful Computerized Accounting with QuickBooks 5.0 includes complete information on the latest edition of QuickBooks and a new chapter on payroll.

To request an examination copy of one of these titles, please contact the PH Accounting & Tax Hotline at 1-800-227-1816.

For a list of all Prentice Hall Accounting & Tax Titles or to view the online Hasselback Accounting Faculty Directory, please check out our web site at www.prenhall.com/accounting