GRADING RUBRICS: These help instructors grade cases in the end-of-chapter material and link each case requirement and event to a specific student learning outcome. These rubrics will be available on the instructor companion web site. * Includes full trial version of QuickBooks Pro® 2012 software with 140 day access! * Video Demonstrations, created by author Glenn Owen and posted at the companion website, walk students through the software in an easy-to-follow manner. * Chapters 6 - 11 have an exercise about Boston Catering. Each part of the case is independent of the others allowing instructors the flexibility to assign a whole case or focus on separate concepts. * An engaging narrative style throughout the text clearly conveys the importance of accounting topics and software in today"s business world. Students see how and why systems operate with multiple applications.