Lacerte® organizer and engagement letter print settings for Gather
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Use these guidelines to configure your Lacerte® organizer and engagement letter print settings for a successful upload to Gather. For information on how to prepare batch Gather requests, refer to Upload Batch Gather requests.
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Follow these guidelines to ensure a successful upload.
- Condensed organizers are not currently supported.
- Use theFile (PDF)option inPrint Settingsto print to PDF.
- Don’t include any additional headers or footers.
- Don’t customize the questionnaire. Use theQuestionnaire Def.setting.
- Don’t include engagement letters. Print them to a separate PDF.
Print engagement letters
To create a separate PDF for your engagement letters, print an organizer with all other pages suppressed.
Selecting clients for the engagement letters
- Go to .
- Go toPrint Paper Organizerand selectComplete Organizers.
- Select clients from theAvailable Clientslist, thenAdd. The selected clients appear in theSelected Clientslist.
Configure organizer settings for engagement letters
- SelectOrganizer Settings....
- UseSelect Allto select all the organizer pages.
- SelectSuppress.
- SelectOk.
Configure complete organizer settings for engagement letters
- SelectPrint.
- Change the following document options:
- SelectSlip Sheet Type, thenSuppress.
- SelectClient Letter, thenSuppress.
- SelectEngagement Letter, thenSingle Window Default.
- SelectQuestionnaire, thenSuppress.
- SelectOk.
Print settings for engagement letters
- Clear thePrintercheckbox.
- Mark theFile (PDF)checkbox.
- (Optional) If a PDF window with instructions from Lacerte appears, selectOk.
- SelectOK.
- (Optional) If printing to a batch, change the file name to match the formatEngagement Letter_<Client ID>.
- electSave.
Print organizers
Configure the default questionnaire for organizers
- Go to .
- SelectQuestionnairein the left pane to expand it.
- SelectQuestionnaire Def..
Selecting clients for the organizers
- Go toPrint Paper Organizerand selectComplete Organizers.
- Select clients from theAvailable Clientslist, thenAdd. The selected clients appear in theSelected Clientslist.
Configure organizer settings
- SelectOrganizer Settings....
- Select theClient Informationpage and set its action toForce.
- SelectOk.
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You may include or exclude other pages as needed, but Gather must recognize at least 1 standard organizer page for a successful upload.
Configure complete organizer settings
- SelectPrint.
- Change the following document options:
- ForAddress Slip Sheets, selectTo client.
- ForSlip Sheet Type, selectSingle Window Portrait.
- ForClient Letter, selectSingle Window Default.
- ForEngagement Letter, selectSuppress.
- ForTitle Page, selectSuppress.
- ForQuestionnaire, selectQuestionnaire Def.
- Set the organizer print options as follows:
- Mark the following checkboxes:Hide Social Security Numbers,Hide Bank Account Numbers,Print page number,Display prior year amounts,Print client name, andPrint client number.
- Clear the following checkboxes:Print appointmentandPrint with codes.
- SelectOk.
Print settings for organizers
- Clear thePrintercheckbox.
- Mark theFile (PDF)checkbox.
- (Optional) If a PDF window with instructions from Lacerte appears, selectOk.
- SelectOK.
- (Optional) If printing to a batch, change the file name to match the formatOrganizer Forms-<Client ID>.
- SelectSave.