Release notes for CaseWare® Financials CAD – September 2009
a) If any errors are displayed during installation please call CaseWare® Technical Support in your country.
b) During installation, the master CaseWare® Financials files are updated automatically. Launch the Financials master file from CaseWare® Working Papers. Open the document VR – Version information on the document manager. Verify that the version number on the master file is shown as 8.00.135.
c) Please refer to the Financials Update documents for changes to the requirements and detailed instructions on updating the master firm file and each client file.
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Following are the enhancements and modifications made between version 7.50.132 and version 8.00.135:
· Created new options in the Styles and Formatting dialog to format
o This column only
· Added option to highlight multiple paragraphs and indent them all at once.
· Added support for new note number types added by CaseView.
· Created new option to quickly resize a table to one of three format sizes – default, medium or small format. The tables resize by 10% and one font point size for each option.
· Enhanced navigation when navigation from the financial statements to the financial statement options document to open at the same area as the cursor is in the financial statements.
· Changed the bookmark tags to recognize any changes to the statement area names.
· Revised statement area headings so they do not appear as skipped text.
· Added option to display the cell number of the cell in a tooltip to assist in creating customized calculations using existing cells.
· Added option to show/hide any rows or columns that are skipped where the row or column is set to skip either manually or as a result of no data.
· Added option to show or hide the map number/line source column.
· Expanded the reorder dialog to include the ability to sort the Table of Contents area.
· Expanded diagnostics to include warnings when:
o Any column of balance sheet data is not balanced.
o Linked notes/statements and schedules do not agree exactly to the mapped account amount.
· Option added to prompt user to create a milestone on file closing.
· Allowed firm to set user defined cells in the firm libraries.
· Ensure template takes advantage of all new CaseWare and CaseView features. Of particular interest to template users new CaseView features include:
o Document Map - a navigational tool which allows tagged paragraphs to be sequentially listed with an alternate intuitive title rather than the existing paragraph tag.
o Printing and Print Preview - added an option to the print dialog to scale pages such that wide tables will fit on one page. This is useful for unreleased print jobs where it is not necessary to waste time and paper printing the full size table.
· Updated the online help in many areas.
· Updated training material and guides to cover all new enhancements.