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Free Accounting Lists
Companies List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Sales Tax Code List
Units of Measure List
Customer Classes List
Terms List
Tax Jurisdictions List
Ship Via List
Countries List
State/Provinces List
Customers List
Vendors List
Payees List
Contacts List
Free Accounting Company
Companies List
Journal Entries List
Chart of Accounts
Master Transaction Ledger
All Contacts
Customers
Vendors
Payees
States / Provinces
Countries
Items List
Inventory Control Journal
Purchase Orders List
Sales Orders List
Receipts List
Invoices List
Return Receipts List
Debit Memos List
Return Invoices List
Credit Memos List
Bills List
Post Entries
Fiscal Periods
Free Accounting Items
New Item
New Build Assemblies
Items List
Units of Measure
Build Assemblies List
Physical Adjustment
Inventory Control Journal
Free Accounting Banking
Bank Reconciliation
Check Register
Deposit Funds
Print Checks
Receive Payments
Write Check
Free Accounting Vendors
New Vendor
Vendors List
Purchase Orders List
Receipts List
Return Receipts List
Debit Memos List
Bills List
Write Check
Pay Bill
Payments and Charges History
A/P Aging Summary
Create Purchase Order
Create Receipt
Create Return Receipt
Create Debit Memo
Create Bill
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Customers
New Customer
Customers List
Sales Orders List
Invoices List
Return Invoices List
Credit Memos List
Receive Payments
Invoice Reconciliation
Payments and Charges History
A/R Aging Summary
Create Sales Order
Create Invoice
Create Return Invoice
Create Credit Memo
Record Opening Balance
Free Accounting Reports
Reports export to different file formats
Vendors and Payables
Customers and Receivables
Sales
Banking
Payees
Company and Financial
Lists
Accountant and Taxes
Documents
Items
Modify Reports
Memorized Reports
Memorized Report List
Report Finder
Free Accounting Options
Change the interface settings
Turn the banners on / off
Enable split in the 'Receive Payment' window
Set masks
Allow / restrict items zero quantity on documents
Set default Unit of Measure
Select a domain for Amazon search results
Reports options
Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
Conception
Get Started
Lesson 1. Company Information in Free Accounting
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 3. Create an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 5. Create Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills in Free Accounting
Lesson 8. Create a Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order in Free Accounting
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge in Free Accounting
Lesson 13. Customer Return Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor Return Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Debit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 17. View Reports in Free Accounting
Lesson 18. Bank Reconciliation in Free Accounting
Lesson 19. Trial Balance in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Support
Free Accounting Glossary
Troubleshooting
Free Accounting Modify Report
Note: This feature is available only to registered users.

You can change the templates of some reports in the Free Accounting application.

To modify a report, open it and select Reports / Modify Report on the main menu or just click the Modify reports button button on the Free Accounting Button Bar. The Modify Report window will appear.

Display tab.
Select the columns you want to be displayed on the report. By default, all the columns are visible. If you do not need some of the columns on the report, clear the corresponding check boxes.

Modify reports Display tab

To change the name of the column, highlight the necessary one and click the Edit column name button button. The Change column name window will appear. Type the necessary text into the Column name field. Click the OK button.

Change column name

Header/Footer tab.
Use this tab to change the header or footer of the report. You can change the Report Title on this tab. To do this, just type in a new title into the field near the Report Title check box. In addition, select the necessary information to be displayed on the report from the Show Header Information list.

Modify reports Header/Footer tab

Fonts/Numbers tab.
You can change the font of the report template on the Fonts/Numbers tab. Select the necessary value from the Change Font For list, and click the Change Font button button. In the open window, change the font of the report requisite, and click OK. You can preview the style of the given requisite at the right part of the Modify Report window.

Modify reports Font/Number Tab

Maps tab.
Save all the changes made to the current report on the Maps tab. If you just click the OK button, the changes you made will be displayed on the current report, and will exist for the time you are working with this report. If you navigate to another report, all the changes on the current report will be missed.

Modify Reports Maps tab

To save your changes for the current report, use the following steps:

  1. Click the Create Custom button.
  2. The "Custom Map was created successfully" message will appear. Click OK.
  3. The Use Custom radio-button will be selected.
  4. To return to the default view of the report, select the Use Default radio-button.
See also:
Free Accounting Reports
Free Accounting Reports Toolbar

Free Accounting Software