Pastel Partner 2007 (Version 9)

Softline Pastel's most successful, easy-to-use and powerful accounting system for SMEs.

The most comprehensive Pastel Partner 2007 Training available! This course covers the following: * Accounting Principles * Installation and Registration * Working in a Demo Company * Creating a New Company * Using the Auto Setup * The Edit Menu - Customers * The Edit Menu - Suppliers * The Edit Menu - Inventory and General Ledger * Processing - Edit Menu * Processing - Process Menu * Processing - View Menu * Housekeeping * The Second Month of Trading * The Third Month of Trading

Intermediate Entrance Requirements
Learners must be computer literate and have a good understanding of basic accounting principles.

Target Learners
Support consultants, distributors, resellers as well as end-users can attend this course.

Assessments
Candidates who attend this course will complete the Unit Standard Formative Assessments and a Final Summative Assessment. The unit standards included are:
114736-Record Business Financial Transactions
12991-Work with information technology in an accounting environment
13999-Demonstrate an understanding of basic accounting practice

These are at a NQF levels 1, 4 and 5 and hold approximately 15 credits in total.

Please note: The assessment is not done as part of the course and is not included in the course price. Assessments are to be completed within four weeks of completing the training course.

Delivery methods
Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model, with structured hands-on activities. Intermediate
Benefits

This course provides a broad product information base creating greater awareness and confidence when using Pastel Partner 2007.

Learners are shown how to use each of the processing features in Pastel Partner 2007, at both a theoretical and a practical level.

Learners attending the Introduction to Bookkeeping Terms and Concepts course will note that the company that was taught at a book level is now transferred into a computer environment - consolidating knowledge and skills.

Course Outline
Computer Fundamentals and Basic Windows Commands( Review and Self Study)

Becoming familiar with your Computer, Working in Microsoft Windows
Accounting Principles (Review and Self Study)
The Accounting Equation, Profit and Loss, Debits and Credits, Double Entry Accounting, Demonstrating the Accounting Principles, Source Documents and Entry Types

Installation and Registration
Hardware requirements, installing the Pastel Partner 2007 Software, registering your package, registering the demonstration version, registering the educational pack version, registering the live version, pervasive database

Working in the Demo Company
How to open and navigate around your Pastel Company, Function and Shortcut Keys, Pastel Utilities,

Creating a New Company
Setting up a retail organisation, using the setup assistant

Using the Auto Setup
Using the Auto Setup after creating your new company, setup company parameters, setup user passwords, setup financial categories, setup entry types, setup periods, setup tax, setup customer control, setup customer documents, setup suppliers control, setup suppliers documents, setup inventory, the backup

Process
The Edit Menu - Customers
Creating customer categories, creating sales analysis codes, creating customer accounts, designing customer codes, compiling a note about a customer, creating cash customer accounts, change from open item to balance forward, printing the customer master file listing.

The Edit Menu - Suppliers
Creating supplier accounts, printing the supplier master file listing.

The Edit Menu - Inventory and General Ledger
Creating inventory items, creating inventory categories, creating inventory items - service item, creating and editing general ledger accounts, creating general ledger sub accounts, creating inventory items - physical item, renumbering inventory codes, view inventory reports and master file Listings,

Processing: Edit Menu
Edit general ledger, edit customers, edit suppliers, edit inventory

Processing : Process Menu
Suppliers, customers, cash book, bank reconciliation, petty cash book, journals,

Processing : View Menu
General ledger reports, customer reports, suppliers reports, inventory reports

Housekeeping
Backup process, restore process, printer/font Setup, correction of errors

Duration
4 days Pastel accounting intermediate
Training Investment
R4,028.00 incl. VAT
BUNDLE with Bookkeeping Terms and Concepts or the Advanced Course for a 7.5% discount on both courses.

Venue

Date: 18 August 2008 to 21 August 2008
Location: Rand President 342 Pretoria Avenue RANDBURG, Randburg

Contact: Neil
Company name: Compulink Business Systems
Telephone number: +27 11 789-5895
Email address info@compulink.co.za