Ctrl+1: Opens the Format Cells menu Ctrl+Shift+&: Places a border around a cell or group of highlighted cells Ctrl+Shift+-: Removes the border Ctrl+Shift+$: Turns a cell or highlighted row or column into a dollars-and-cents format Windows logo key+E: Opens Windows Explorer
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Test-Driving the Codification
UPDATE: FASB Delays Codification Launch to July In January, FASB released the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC or codification). The codification simplifies the classification of accounting standards by restructuring all authoritative U.S. GAAP for nongovernmental entities into one online database under a common referencing system. The codification is a first
Create a Shortcut For Easy Access to System Restore
I’ve been told that any time I make a major change in my computer—such as installing new software or new hardware— I should create a new System Restore point. But that function is buried under many layers, and so, when I’m busy, more often than not I fail to follow
XBRL: Who Are the Early Adopters?
View the PowerPoint presentation narrated by JofA Senior Editor Matthew Lamoreaux. XBRL is evolving everywhere, but unevenly, driven by various stakeholders such as governments, stock exchanges, banks and other industry sectors. While the SEC has been finalizing its proposed rule requiring public companies and mutual funds to file their financial reports
Highlights
The AICPA’s Professional Ethics Executive Committee (PEEC) issued an exposure draft, Interpretation 101-17, Networks and Network Firms, under Rule 101, Independence, of the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. Along with new or revised definitions for network, network firm and firm, the ED proposes that when CPA firms form
A Discreet Alternative to Keeping Shortcuts Displayed on the Desktop
I think the most effective way, and it’s my favorite, is to put the shortcut right in the Start menu so all you have to do to access the shortcut is click on the Start menu. The procedure takes a few seconds. Start by placing a shortcut to the target
A Quick Way to Access All the Tabs in an Excel Workbook
To generate the list, place your cursor at the left side of the bottom of the worksheet screen, in the area of the black arrows, and right-click.
Help Me Find My “Lost” Cursor
Under the Visibility heading, place a check next to Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key. When you engage that function, you’ll see an animated shrinking bull’s-eye aimed at the cursor; it can’t be missed. There are other things you can do, too, to make the cursor
On the Record: A Clear Advantage
“When the investor wins, so does the public company, fund, or other filer who simultaneously benefits from greater transparency and trust in our markets. By tapping the power of interactive data…markets can become fairer and more efficient while investors can possess far better quality data than was ever possible before.”
Protect Your Wireless Network—And Your Business
It’s hard to stop hackers from gaining access to something as ethereal as an electronic signal. That’s why it has always been challenging to secure a wireless network. If yours isn’t secure, your business and its data are at great risk. Hackers may be able to monitor which sites you
XBRL
The SEC unveiled the successor to the agency’s 1980s-era EDGAR database, which will give investors far faster and easier access to key financial information about public companies and mutual funds, according to an SEC news release. The new system is called IDEA, short for Interactive Data Electronic Applications. Based on
Price Tags on Technology: No Simple Solutions
In today’s increasingly technology-driven economy, CPA/ABVs face an arduous task in putting a price on technology-based intellectual property. Even with examples like Google’s search engine, Apple’s iPod, or Microsoft’s Windows platform, where established markets exist and discrete revenue streams can be tied to a specific technology, determining value apart from
XP’s Windows Explorer Can Provide a File Preview Like Vista’s
Here’s what it looks like in Vista—with the file listing on the left and the preview on the right: And here is what the preview function looks like in XP:
Shortcuts
Alt+F4 (in a program): Closes the window Alt+F4 (from the desktop): Opens the Windows Shutdown/ Restart dialog box Alt+Spacebar: In the active window, this brings up the corner dialog box Alt+Esc: Cycles between open windows in the order they were opened Shift+Delete: Permanently deletes an item (rather than sending it
Shade Alternating Rows of a Spreadsheet
Bonus: If you subsequently add or delete columns within that range, the color pattern will automatically adjust to the size you select. And if you replace the word ROW in the formula with COLUMN, the color scheme will be installed for every other column instead of every other row. In
Smart Stops on the Web
CONTINUING EDUCATION THE CPA TOOLBOX www.cpemarket.com This Smart Stop is part of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy’s www.nasbatools.com, which offers “tools for accountancy compliance.” CPAs can search CPE course providers, the National Registry of CPE Sponsor courses and quality assurance service courses, plus
Execs Facing Discovery Challenges
A Deloitte online poll found that two out of five executives felt data volumes in their organizations are becoming unmanageable. Almost 20% of executives said their companies are not ready to handle complex discovery requests. Their greatest concerns about document discovery included: Expensive vendor or in-house costs to go through
Introducing the New journalofaccountancy.com
FIND IT FASTThe new www.journalofaccountancy.com provides access to more than 10 years of JofA archives through a new full-text search feature, easily accessible from anywhere on the Web site—just look in the upper-right corner of every page. And by performing a single search, you’ll get results not only from the
The Firm of the Future
To a large extent, your company is being managed right now by a small coterie of long-departed theorists and practitioners who invented the rules and conventions of “modern” management back in the early years of the 20th century. Management is out of date. Like the combustion engine, it’s a technology
Stop Excel From Displaying the Copyright Symbol (©) When You Want (c)
Let’s get back to solving your problem. In Excel 2003, access AutoCorrect by clicking on Tools, AutoCorrect Options (see screenshot below). Under the Replace text as you type heading, cursor down to (c). When you click on it, it instantly moves under Replace, bringing © along with it. You can
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