Statement Of Financial Activities

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The next financial statement to build is the Statement Of Financial Activities.

 

On the FSM tab, use the FSM buttons to build the financial statement.

 

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Copy & Paste the the following line from the Balance Sheet. This will set the tabs. (REM: 'Note' was priorly placed under the proper tab)

 

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The Items Total funds at 1 September 2014 groups the balance forwarded accounts. Note that the balance of the Restricted Funds b/fwd is a debit shown between parentheses because the Item Sense is set to Credit.

 

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TOTAL FUNDS AT 31 AUGUST 2015:

 

 1. Use the As of Date button to insert the year in the item's title.

 

 2. Move the cursor over the NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR balance, and click the Copy balance button.

 

 3. Move the cursor where the balance must be pasted and click the 'Paste balance' button.

 

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 4. Double-click the pasted balance.

 

 5. Group the item balance of the Total funds at 1 September 2014.

 

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To align Item balances shown between parentheses:

 

 1. Move the cursor at the end of the balance.

 2. Drag the tab one position to the right in the ruler.

 

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On the FSM tab, click the Bookmarks button and make sure that the bookmark text included between the brackets in only the computed value. Removed any spaces or other unnecessary characters.

 

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On the FSM tab, click the Formatting marks button and make sure each line ends with a paragraph marker (done with <enter>)

 

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Comparative presentation.

 

Because only the total of funds is shown for the comparative presentation, we will not use the Comparative button.

 

The Item balance button can be used,

 

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but to make it easier, the Copy balance button can also be used:

 

 1. Move the cursor over the item balance with the most accounts grouped, and click the Copy balance button.

 

 2. Move the cursor where the balance must be pasted and click the 'Paste balance' button.

 

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 3. Click List All Accounts and group the accounts of the other items.

 

 4. Click the link line and Select period.

 

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For the last total in the comparison period:

 

 1. Move the cursor over the NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR balance, and click the Copy balance button.

 

 2. Move the cursor where the balance must be pasted and click the 'Paste balance' button.

 

 3. Double-click the pasted balance.

 

 4. Group the item balance of the Total funds at 1 September.

 

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On the FSM tab, click the Bookmarks button and make sure that the bookmark text included between the brackets in only the computed value. Removed any spaces or other unnecessary characters.

 

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On the FSM tab, click the Formatting marks button and make sure each line ends with a paragraph marker (done with <enter>)

 

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The cursor being at the bottom of the page, on the Insert tab, click the Pages button, then click Page Break to insert a page break and move to the next page.

 

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(You might as well do a Save file.)