Specifications

Computer Tutorial 3 Lesson 6  1
LESSON 6
Designing and printing financial statements
Topic outline
6.1 Printing a financial statement
6.2 Modifying a financial statement
6.3 Modifying a specification file
6.4 Creating a specification file
6.5 Self-testing questions
Overview
The most important outputs from any computerized general ledger are the financial
statements. Accpac has extensive capabilities in this area. This lesson will cover how
financial statements are designed and printed in Accpac.
Learning objectives
 Describe how Accpac generates and prints financial statements.
 Generate and print a balance sheet using the options provided.
 Modify an existing Accpac financial statement.
 Customize, generate, and print a financial statement using the options provided.
 Download Accpac information into Excel.
Starting up
If you are continuing from Lesson 5, close all windows and return to the company desktop of
Sample Company Ltd., then proceed directly to Topic 6.1. 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 6.1
Printing a financial statement
Accpac comes with six financial statement formats: three balance sheet and three income
statement formats. The default location for these Excel files is C:\Program Files\AccpacCGA\
GL56A\ENG. You can use these as is or modify them to suit your needs. In Exercise 6.1, you
print the Balance Sheet for Sample Company Ltd. using the options provided. However, the
quikball.xls file located in the above path may not work properly with the Accpac data. For
this reason, another version of the quikball.xls file is provided with the data download, as
described in the Introduction to Computer Tutorial 3.