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**Systems Understanding Aid sold separately** 5th Edition (2018) Arens, Ward and Borsum Computerized accounting practice set, including and using a fully operational version of QuickBooks Pro 2018 (commercially available accounting software for smaller companies). Early chapters provide installation, familiarization and practice and are followed by a case project of recording transactions and adjustments, performing month–end procedures and recording year–end adjusting entries. The final chapter covers setting up a new company. Included in the License code that provides access to 160 day version of QuickBooks Pro 2018 (not compatible with Mac). Five company data sets are included in the materials. Two are included by Intuit and the other three by the authors. The Instructions book. The Reference book which students first learn to use in Chapters 5 through 8, then use to help them process transactions and do other activities in subsequent chapters. The Student Problems & Cases book including tear out pages to make it easier for students to prepare solutions and for instructors to grade them. Access to digital Instructor’s Guide & Solutions, including considerable detail about how solutions were determined (available to instructors upon request only). All books are in four colors throughout to help students more easily compare their computer screens to the books and to make the materials more appealing. The Reference book provides an overview of each type of transaction or other activity to help students understand what is occurring when the transaction or other activity is processed and the accounts affected by each transaction. Internal controls are covered in Chapter 3, which permits problem materials about processing controls throughout the remaining chapters. The materials require students to use Centers to access windows instead of the Menu Bar. This helps students understand the overall accounting system as they deal with each type of transaction.