Keyboard shortcut—Index to Reports window
You can open the Index to Reports window by pressing Ctrl+ICOMMAND+I in any window.
Applying formatting changes to all reports
If you want to change the way your reports appear without creating custom reports, go to the File menu and choose Default Fonts. The Default Font Selection window appears. Click Reports or Forms to change the properties for all reports and forms. Note that these settings will not override the settings of any customized forms you have saved.
Where your custom reports are stored
When you save a custom report, the report’s customization information is stored in a special folder called Custom, which is located in your software’s program folder. For example, if you installed AccountEdge to the Applications folder, the Custom folder is located in Documents/Current Version folder/CustomAccountEdge folder, the Custom folder is located at C:AccountEdge/Custom.
Change the paper size for your forms
You can change the paper size (from A4 to B5, for example) of your forms.
In the Review […] Before Printing window, click Advanced Filters. In the Advanced Filters window, select a different form in the Select Form for […] field and click OK.
Printing more than one sale, statement, purchase or payment notification on a page
You can specify the number of documents that will be printed on a page. In the Review […] Before Printing window, click Advanced Filters. In the Advanced Filters window, click Customize. In the Customize […] window, click the Field Properties/Information icon () and change the number in the Number of […] per Page field.
Some transactions don’t appear in the list
Click Advanced Filters and change the date range and other filter options to include more forms.
Open the original transaction and check the Delivery Status entered (To be Emailed, To be Printed, To be Printed and Emailed).
Nothing is printed on the top row of labels
Printing customer activity statements after the last day of the month
To print activity statements that contain transaction information for only the previous month, set the From and To dates to the first and last days of the last month in the Print Statements window. This will ensure that no transactions from the current month appear on the statement.
Can I add data fields to a form?
Viewing a list of all fields available to customize a form
To view a list of all data fields you can add to a form, open the report you want to customize in the Customize window. Click the Add New Data Field/Column icon on the left end of the toolbar. A list of available data fields appears.
Removing a field from a form
Restoring a data field you accidentally deleted
Click the Add New Data Field/Column icon on the left end of the toolbar. A list of available data fields appears. Select the field you want to restore and click OK.
If you want to start again, click Cancel to discard your changes and then reopen the previously saved (or the original) version of the form.
Adding a text label for a custom field
Print a test form to check form layouts
Customising cheque stubs
Every custom cheque form has four cheque stub forms associated with it: Regular, Payable, Paycheque and Refund. If you want to use your custom cheque form to print several types of cheques, you need to modify all the appropriate stub form layouts.
Customizing cheque stub layouts
There are four types of cheque stub forms: Regular, Payable, Paycheque and Refund. Use the Layout menu at the top of the Customize Cheques window to select the stubs that you want to customize.
Invoices, statements or purchase orders don’t fit a standard paper size
Data is missing from a field on a form

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