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Computer Tutorial 3 Lesson 5  1
LESSON 5
Printing reports and making adjusting entries
Topic outline
5.1 G/L reports
5.2 Printing a transactions listing
5.3 Printing a trial balance
5.4 Adjusting entries
5.5 Making an adjustment to a prior period
5.6 Self-testing questions
Overview
After you have entered and posted transactions in Accpac, you will need to report on the
results. Accpac provides extensive built-in reports to accomplish this task. In this lesson, you
print certain important reports and make adjusting entries.
Learning objectives
 Print various financial reports with Accpac.
 Print a trial balance.
 Make adjusting entries at month end.
 Print an adjusted trial balance.
 Use two different methods to process an adjustment to a prior period.
Starting up
If you are continuing from Lesson 4, close all windows and return to the company desktop of
Sample Company Ltd., then proceed directly to Topic 5.1. Otherwise:
1. Start Sage Accpac ERP CGA 5.6A.
2. In the Open Company dialog box, select Sample Company Ltd. and click OK. The
company desktop is displayed.
TOPIC 5.1
G/L reports
Accpac enables you to produce a range of reports for use in financial management. In this
lesson, the term reports refers to all icons accessed by clicking the G/L Reports link on the
left navigation pane.
Here you will find two types of reports: Audit and Setup. The third type, Financial, refers to
the Financial Statements, accessed through the Financial Reporter link, and is the topic of the
next lesson.
Audit reports include:
 Trial Balance: prints the balance in the accounts
 Transactions Listing: prints the transaction details, net changes, and current balances for
the accounts
 Source Journals: prints posted transaction details for the source code you specify