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Layout Designer

Layout Designer overview

You can use the Layout Designer to create custom layouts or edit preformatted layouts for the following checks and forms in Accounting CS.
  • 1095 Forms
  • 1099 Forms
  • Accounts Payable Checks
  • Accounts Receivable Forms
    • Billing Invoices
    • Invoices
    • Statements
  • Deposit Slips
  • Payroll Checks
  • Vendor Checks
  • W-2 Forms
Select
File
 then
Layout Designer
 to open the Layout Designer screen.

Main elements

The Layout Designer includes standard and formatting toolbars plus the Layout list frame, the design grid, and the Design Tools frame. Colors are used in the designer to represent different areas in the work area of the form.
Color
Description
Yellow
Repeating region
Green
Check region
Blue
Header and footer region

Toolbars

The Layout Designer toolbars in Accounting CS provide convenient formatting tools at your fingertips.
The following are the available toolbars:
  • Standard
  • Formatting
  • Region
  • Drawing
  • Action

Design Tools frame

You can format text and add variables in a layout within the design grid, as well as customize layout properties.

Variables

This section includes a tree-view list of a wide variety of variables that you can insert into the selected layout. Each variable is replaced by the current client's data when you print or preview the document.

Text

This section provides many of the same text formatting tools that are included on the Formatting toolbar of the Layout Designer, as well as a
More text options
 link that opens the Text window that includes additional tools.

Properties

You can use the Properties section of the Design Tools frame to adjust the size and position of the selected element in the design grid. Also, based on the element that is selected in the design grid, different options are available to customize the layout.
For example, when you select a variable, you can choose an appropriate period that's associated with that variable from the
Period
 field. And when you paste a region that is repeated (yellow) in the layout workspace, you can choose to designate that region as a continuation of a repeating region that already exists in the layout.

Drawings and regions

You can use the Drawings and Regions section of the Design Tools frame to drag and drop drawing elements and regions into the design workspace, and use the Formatting section to define line color/pattern/weight, fill color/pattern, and fill pattern color.

Other features

Red triangles
 in cells and/or rows indicate that a conditional expression has been applied the specific row or column in the report.
To view a conditional expression in the design grid, select the cell or row that contains the expression and select
Format
 then
Conditional Expression
.

This article applies to:

  • Product: Accounting CS
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