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Creating and Editing Paragraphs

CCH Accounts Production
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Maintenance

    Creating a new master paragraph

    File > Maintenance > Accounts > Paragraphs

    You can add new paragraphs to the list of standard paragraphs used in the Statutory Database, to do so select the correct Entity  and unpublished Master Pack. Master Packs 

    • Click into the row ‘Click here to add a new Paragraph’
    • Keep the headings consistent, adding the name of your firm at the end, e.g. Directors' Report - Political donations - ABC Ltd
    • Tab across and select from the drop-down list under the Parent Node, the parent node is where the paragraph will appear in the list in the statutory database, e.g. Directors' report.
    • Enter so that the new paragraph drops into the grid.  The software will assign a Paragraphid.
    • Find the newparagraph in the list and enter the required text below at the bottom of the window.
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    Editing an existing paragraph

    To edit a paragraph, find the paragraph you wish to edit and overwrite/edit.  Extra care must be taken when amending any existing CCH paragraphs because these may be overwritten on subsequent updates.

    Search options

    There are a few ways to organize and search within this screen.  

    Sorting by column header

    To sort by column header, click on the column header, click again depending on whether you wish to have the column ascending or descending.

    Search box on ribbon

    Edit section
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    The search box on the ribbon will search the Name column, it requires the start of the name to be entered, it will not search on the second word for example, enter Strategic, not Report.

    Filter on the ribbon

    From the ribbon click on the Filter button.   This will give the option to add filter criteria

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    Choose the field, the criteria, e.g. Name + contains 

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    This is a very useful way to find paragraphs quickly.

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