200th Journal Line

Q.  How do I continue once I've reached the 200th line item in a General Journal Enty?

A.  There is currently a two hundred (200) line edit limit within the Journal entry window.You may overcome this limit by saving then editing the same journal entry as displayed below.

To overcome 200 line limit:

IN GENERAL JOURNAL ENTRY SCREEN, TYPE IN THE FIRST 199 ACCOUNTS:

LOOK AT THE REMAINING BALANCE:

TYPE THIS AMOUNT INTO SUSPENSE ACCOUNT:

 

NOTE THAT THE REMAINING BALANCE FIELD IS NOW 0.00

SAVE THE ENTRY.  EDIT THE ENTRY.

HIGHLIGHT THE SUSPENSE LINE.

DEPRESS THE DELETE LINE BUTTON.

TYPE IN THE SUSPENSE ACCOUNT NUMBER.

0000000-00-00, at the prompt.

APPROVE THE REMOVAL WHEN THE CONFIRM MESSAGE DISPLAYS BY DEPRESSING THE YES BUTTON.

THE OUT OF BALANCE CONDITION WILL RETURN.

 

Continue typing in the opening entry.