ProSystem fx Engagement User Guide - Support - Cch.com (2024)

<strong>ProSystem</strong> <strong>fx</strong> ® <strong>Engagement</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> August 2011

  • Page 2 and 3: Copyright 2011 CCH INCORPORATED. A
  • Page 4 and 5: Contents Upgrading an Existing Vers
  • Page 6 and 7: Contents Moving Binders 109 Viewing
  • Page 8 and 9: Contents Showing Debits and Credits
  • Page 10 and 11: Contents Replacing a Placeholder 33
  • Page 12 and 13: Contents Appendix B: Installing SQL
  • Page 14 and 15: Office 2007 formats for new blank w
  • Page 16 and 17: Journal Entries You can create jour
  • Page 18 and 19: Local and Central File Rooms Client
  • Page 20 and 21: Engagement Today View The Engagemen
  • Page 22 and 23: Trial Balance Snapshot The Trial Ba
  • Page 24 and 25: Publishing Workpapers Many of your
  • Page 26 and 27: Notations Used in the Documentation
  • Page 28 and 29: Toolbar Icon Command Description Me
  • Page 30 and 31: Engagement Binder Index Toolbar Com
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  • Page 34 and 35: 4. In the Button Appearance dialog,
  • Page 36 and 37: Administrator Module System Require
  • Page 38 and 39: System Requirements Recommended Min
  • Page 40 and 41: System Requirements Recommended Min
  • Page 42 and 43: Terminal Services Client Module Sys
  • Page 44 and 45: Additional Requirements for Knowled
  • Page 46 and 47: Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit, En
  • Page 48 and 49: Installation Instructions This sect
  • Page 50 and 51: 12. Select the module or modules to
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    Upgrading an Existing Version of En

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    5. Select Modify and then click Nex

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    The following section contains inst

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    24. Click Install. The Installing P

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    Chapter 3 ENGAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR

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    7. Enter a description for the serv

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    2. Log in to the domain. The Config

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    To schedule an import of staff info

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    Adding a New Staff Group To add a n

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    Sign Off. The rights on the Sign Of

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    7. From the Home Office Server drop

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    Using the Global Profile Manager Th

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    Disabling a Profile 5. Click Save R

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    Managing Teams The Teams dialog dis

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    To remove team members from a team,

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    Assigning Licenses Using View by St

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    On the right side of the dialog, th

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    3. Enter a label of up to 64 charac

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    Saving the Admin Package to a Hard

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    To schedule Admin Synchronization,

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    To view the log file, follow these

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    Setting Admin Synch Options 1. Sele

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    9. Click Advanced to specify start

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    Disabling/Enabling Synchronization

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    When the confirmation dialog displa

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    Creating a New Binder Type To creat

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    Deleting a Binder Type Before Synch

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    Deleting a Binder Status If you cre

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    Editing a Client Group 1. Select Fi

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    2. In the Available teams or staff

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    If the archived binder you want to

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    An administrator cannot modify the

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    To edit linked projects, do the fol

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    2. Select whether you want to manag

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    Deleting a Bin 4. Click OK. The Bin

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    4. When you are finished viewing th

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    Chapter 4 WORKPAPER MANAGEMENT C ha

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    Enter a valid office server compute

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    Field. If you selected Field, your

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    Setting ProSystem fx Engagement Opt

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    Synchronize Binder Wizard Finalize

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    Changing Default Paths for Data 1.

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    3. The following options are availa

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    Backing Up ProSystem fx Engagement

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    Icon Name/Description Standard Bind

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    Finding Clients and Binders You can

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    Litigation Other Permanent Review T

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    5. The remaining fields on this tab

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    7. Click Save. Once you have saved

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    Chapter 6 CREATING AND USING BINDER

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    To create a new binder, do the foll

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    7. Select one of the following meth

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    The remaining fields are optional.

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    Beginning date: 7/1/09 Ending date:

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    2. The Available teams or staff box

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    8. Click Finish. The Completing the

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    Knowledge Coach binder templates ar

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    General Tab Click the Properties to

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    Information Tab Duration. This fiel

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    The Document Completion Date Report

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    The Binder window can be displayed

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    File Modified Date. The date and ti

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    Notes for Next Period. These notes

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    Modified after Reviewer Sign Off. A

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    Prepared By. When a workpaper is si

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    Reviewed By. When a workpaper is si

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    Shortcut Bar You can double-click a

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    Workpapers Count. Displays the numb

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    Creating and Modifying Workpaper Ta

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    Deleting and Recovering Workpaper T

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    Note for Vista Users: If you are a

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    5. Select one of the following: Syn

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    The synchronization steps copy the

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    Important: You must close the binde

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    File the selected workpaper, which

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    5. Select how you want to distribut

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    Using Outlook to Receive Binder Pac

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    Highlight the binder and select Pro

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    Effects of Rolling Forward on a Bin

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    If you select the option to replace

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    6. The period dates and sequence in

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    All workpapers in the binder are li

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    Editing a Project that is Already L

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    3. The following options display: S

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    Chapter 7 USING THE TRIAL BALANCE C

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    5. In the Index # field, enter an i

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    Click the minus sign (-) to collaps

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    Trial Balance Diagnostics in the Tr

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    Account Groupings, TB Edit Mode, an

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    Closing the Trial Balance in Engage

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    You are prompted to confirm that yo

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    Note: The account number and descri

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    6. To rename the TB column header i

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    ProSystem fx Engagement hides these

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    3. Select the Engagement trial bala

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    Transferring ProSystem fx Trial Bal

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    ProSystem fx Trial Balance Classifi

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    3. On the Import Conversion Wizard

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    consolidation code. Convert all gro

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    You can select any of the available

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    Tip: If the selected entity does no

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    Importing Data from Creative Soluti

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    If converting CSA tax codes, detail

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    7. Click Next and the chart of acco

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    Preparing the Client, Binder, and T

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    Blank descriptions. Highlighted in

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    Blank descriptions. Highlighted in

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    2. In the Trial balance field, clic

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    3. Click the account row you want t

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    Creating, Editing, and Deleting Gro

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    6. Click Close to save your changes

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    8. Click the down arrow in the Rati

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    To open the QuickView dialog, do on

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    Assigning Accounts to Account Group

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    Journal Entries Types The journal e

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    Press Enter or Tab as you type each

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    Using the Journal Entry Summary Win

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    Creating Trial Balance Reports ProS

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    Classified report. This check box i

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    Formatting Trial Balance Reports 1.

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    Moving Reports 5. Click Format to a

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    To create an unclassified trial bal

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    Modifying a Consolidated Trial Bala

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    You can view consolidated account g

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    In the Name field, enter the name f

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    7. Check the Overriding List box if

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    To create a write up trial balance,

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    To use the write up journals, do th

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    Write Up Detail Report This report

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    Using the Tax Software Interface Yo

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    With the ProSystem fx Engagement Ta

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    The log also lists the tax year, ta

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    To export from the File Room window

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    2. If more than one trial balance e

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    3. In the Tax software field, selec

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    and YY equals the tax year. In the

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    Updating with Quiklink When you use

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    4. The Quiklink Desktop Updates Sta

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    Reprocessing with Dynalink The foll

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    4. Click Import to display the Open

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    Remember the following when modifyi

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    Using the ProSystem fx TBRepair Uti

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    3. To open the New Workpaper dialog

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    example, a bank reconciliation work

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    Adding ProSystem fx Knowledge Coach

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    3. Select the files you want to add

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    To add a manual workpaper, do the f

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    4. Click OK. Depending on your sele

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    The workpaper name defaults to the

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    Adding and Exporting a ProSystem fx

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    5. Select the month, if appropriate

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    5. Highlight the appropriate templa

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    9. Enter an index number and name o

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    6. Click Next to open the Select Cl

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    Adding a ProSystem fx Profit Driver

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    To change properties and sign off t

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    If you select the option to replace

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    Opening a Workpaper in Its Original

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    Notes for Knowledge Coach Users: A

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    2. The Save in field defaults to th

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    Sending a Workpaper via Email You c

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    Printing a Single Workpaper 1. In t

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    3. In the left pane, select the wor

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    Notes: Restoring Items from the Tra

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    When selecting cells in a single co

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    5. If you are pasting the cells whe

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    Pasting Trial Balance Amounts into

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    13. If you want to paste the same T

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    3. Do one of the following to open

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    Opening a Workpaper Reference Link

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    Reviewing Workpapers This section e

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    3. Type your response to the note i

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    In the Administrator module (see As

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    To open the Sign Off Summary View w

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    Live Editor The Live Editor of a wo

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    To take over a workpaper as Current

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    Opening the Tickmark Toolbar To use

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    Chapter 9 USING EXCEL C hapter 9: U

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    Command Description Toolbar Icon Me

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    Command Description Toolbar Icon Me

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    Refreshing Links 4. Select one of t

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    Click the Name Functions button on

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    Client Info Category Function Descr

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    Calculating Dates The dates inserte

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    Calculation Functions ProSystem fx

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    You can use ranges of cells with AD

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    Example: Using the same spreadsheet

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    Chapter 10 USING WORD C hapter 10:

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    Command Description Toolbar Icon Me

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    Ribbons are also available when wor

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    Trial Balance Links. Copy/Paste TB

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    Notes: You cannot freeze links in a

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    Category Function Description Clien

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    You can then select which format yo

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    14. Select Use the built-in system

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    10. Click Next to Continue. Note: M

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    15. Click Next to continue. The Ins

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    Note: This component may be install

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    Note: Once the SQL 2005 Express ins

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    Wait a few minutes and then reboot

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    Note: PfxPDFConvertService.exe is a

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    7. On a separate workstation, insta

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    Important: Time synchronization nee

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    Support An issue has been documente

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    Adobe Plugins The Adobe Plugins scr

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    Register Dlls This tab allows for s

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    Networking This tab helps to resolv

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    Detect (Automatic) Use the Detect B

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    Note: Due to including the TB and K

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    Note: At the end of the process, on

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    Archive folder Transition Binder Pa

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