ProSystem fx Engagement 6.5 User Guide - Support

ProSystem fx ®Engagement UserGuideJune 2010

Page 4 and 5: ContentsUsing the File Room 1Using
Page 6 and 7: IntroductionChapter 1IntroductionOv
Page 8 and 9: Account GroupingsYou can assign tri
Page 10 and 11: An office server that does not have
Page 12 and 13: Engagement Today ViewThe Engagement
Page 14 and 15: Trial Balance SnapshotThe Trial Bal
Page 16 and 17: Publishing WorkpapersMany of your P
Page 18 and 19: Notations Used in the Documentation
Page 20 and 21: ToolbarIconCommand Description Menu
Page 22 and 23: ToolbarIconCommand Description Menu
Page 24 and 25: Customizing the Engagement Interfac
Page 26 and 27: InstallationChapter 2InstallationOv
Page 28 and 29: SystemRequirementsRecommendedMinimu
Page 30 and 31: Workpaper Management ModuleSystemRe
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Page 34 and 35: Networking Best PracticesFor in-dep
Page 36 and 37: If you use the Standard or Enterpri
Page 38 and 39: 12. Select the module or modules to
Page 40 and 41: Notes:When upgrading, you do not ne
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Page 44 and 45: Install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 o
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Page 48 and 49: Edit ProSystem fx Practice projects
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You can schedule an import from Act
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Click the New Staff Group button on
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Note: Modifications to the rights o
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9. In the Online research or other
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Viewing Profile InformationTo view
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To disable a profile, do the follow
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2. Select a team from the drop-down
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Internet DownloadTo download your E
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Right-click the staff member that h
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You may want only your firm's admin
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5. If the secondary office server h
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Scheduling Admin SynchronizationAdm
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To view synchronization history, do
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Setting Admin Synch Options1. Selec
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To only start the task if the compu
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To disable or enable the synchroniz
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To delete the secondary office serv
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Editing an Active Binder TypeTo edi
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Creating a New Binder StatusTo crea
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1. Select one of the following to a
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the client(s) and clicking the Unas
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Unarchiving a BinderIf you need to
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The binder(s) in the original centr
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3. Specify the ProSystem fx Practic
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3. Choose the location to log in to
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To delete a bin, do the following:1
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Failed Disk Space Usage Check. In t
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Workpaper ManagementChapter 4Workpa
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. If you leave the Home office serv
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Each profile has its own binder rec
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2. Make any necessary changes to th
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3. The following options are availa
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Tickmarks location. Displays the lo
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Entering and Changing Firm Properti
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Using the File R oomChapter 5Using
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module on the main office server. S
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The Engagement Today PanesThe follo
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3. Select the Profile tab.4. Enter
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6. Type the information for the con
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C reating and Using B indersChapter
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3. Select the client folder where t
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7. Select one of the following meth
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Year-end date. Enter the year-end d
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To set options for Knowledge Coach
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6. Select a group in the Group for
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9. The following options can be sel
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7. The Knowledge Coach tab displays
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Year-end date. Displays the year-en
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column. If you have already signed
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Deleting BindersImportant: If you d
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Locked. If the workpaper is locked,
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This view divides the notes and dis
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Workpaper Note. The note icon indic
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2nd Reviewed By. When a workpaper i
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When a Knowledge Coach workpaper wi
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The Shortcut Bar displays by defaul
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Sign off Status. Displays the numbe
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Adding Workpaper TabsTo add a new t
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Only the workpapers for which you a
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The Live Editor column displays the
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9. Click the plus sign to expand th
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Select the binder in the local file
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6. Click Next. If you are the Curre
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Creating a Binder PackageThe follow
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2. Use the Look in field to select
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Signing Off on a BinderOnce staff m
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6. The last page of the wizard disp
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Data Retention OptionsSelect one of
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6. The period dates and sequence in
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9. Click Next. The Roll Forward Bin
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Linking and Editing ClientsYou can
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Entering Time TransactionsAccess th
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Creating Trial BalancesThis section
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Account groupings can be selected b
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Expenses. Displays the total value
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Account Groupings, TB Edit Mode, an
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To close all open trial balances an
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Restoring Deleted Trial BalancesWhe
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You can add prior period columns an
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The Abbrev column, as it appears in
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quickly determine net income for th
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3. Select the Engagement trial bala
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2. Select ProSystem fx Trial Balanc
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Account and Ratio ClassificationsPr
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Set up the necessary columns (such
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Convert all groupings and map one.
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Invalid account(s). Displayed in re
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8. From the Current period balance
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2. Select Creative Solutions Accoun
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Preparing the Client, Binder, and T
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to. You can either select an existi
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7. The chart of accounts informatio
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7. The chart of accounts informatio
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Adding, Modifying, or Deleting Tria
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Chart of Accounts WindowThe second
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Opening the Account Groupings Windo
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2005, YYYY Individual Form 1040-Pro
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AccClass DefinitionCL Current Liabi
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Create Group from Subgroup icon in
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Assigning Accounts to Account Group
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You can create a Proposed Journal E
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7. You can select how each journal
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Changing Journal Entry TypesYou can
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When you create the report, you add
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For these examples, you should assu
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Changing a Trial Balance ReportYou
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Note: In the classified report, tot
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To modify a consolidated trial bala
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If Schedule M-3 is selected, up to
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Description. Represents the descrip
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14. Click OK to consolidate the sub
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Setting Up Write Up Trial Balance C
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8. Click the New button to start en
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To create the G/L YTD Report, do th
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Dynalink OverviewWhen you configure
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7. If you want to select binders to
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If the selected trial balance is a
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12. The Save as default for this tr
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11. You can do any of the following
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3. In the Tax software field, selec
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5. In the Quiklink option section,
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1. Open the tax return in Tax Prepa
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The trial balance is taken over by
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6. The template is listed on the Gr
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3. Select Import Engagement Trial B
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Managing WorkpapersChapter 8Managin
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9. In the Tab Location field, selec
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Adding ProSystem fx Knowledge Coach
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2. Do one of the following to open
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The manual workpaper allows you to
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Adding a ProSystem fx Tax PDF FileY
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Adding a Scanned Document as a Work
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11. Click Finish to open the Summar
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15. If you select Next, the Create
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If you did not enter your user name
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Click Print to print the summary re
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When you open a Key Performance Ind
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Changing Workpaper PropertiesYou ca
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5. For ProSystem fx Knowledge Tools
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Important: If you open a workpaper
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Refreshing Workpapers and ReportsEa
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2. The Save in field defaults to th
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3. Right-click and select Send To/M
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Printing a Single Workpaper to PDFY
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Sign off summary report. Prints the
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You can create these links using ei
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3. Do one of the following to open
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Pasting Trial Balance Amounts into
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automatically refreshed before they
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4. The top section of the dialog di
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switch between workpapers. In Excel
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Workpaper and Workpaper Tab NotesPr
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If you right-click the horizontal s
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Signing Off Workpapers1. Select the
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The following status information di
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To assign or unassign a workpaper,
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tickmarks can be characters availab
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5. Click the fx button on the Excel
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These commands are listed in the fo
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Command Description Toolbar Icon Me
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4. Select one of the following radi
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If you add the workpaper from the t
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Date FunctionsDate functions enable
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To insert a ProSystem fx Engagement
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=AORAND(Lower Bound, Upper Bound)Pa
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=PDIFF(Cell1,Cell2,Target %Diff)Par
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Using WordChapter 10Using WordOverv
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Command Description Toolbar Icon Me
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2. Click Engagement/Insert CCH Foot
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When you freeze Engagement links wi
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Category Function DescriptionBinder
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period, select the period from the

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