1. Open the journal in which you want to create journal lines.

   Example

   Click General ledger> Journals> General journal.

2. Press CTRL+N to create a new line.

3. Select a journal in the Namefield.

4. Enter information in other fields as appropriate.

   Note
   Some fields in the journal contain default values that are assigned to the journal from the Journal names form, and these fields are not usually edited.

5. Click Lines. In the first line on the Overviewtab of the Journal voucherform, enter values in the relevant fields. Some of the fields may be filled in automatically with values from fields in the Journalform.

   Note
   Some journals are more limited, such as the Invoice registerform, and not all of the fields that are listed in the example are available.

   Example

   Create a journal in the General journalform. Click Lines, and create lines in the Journal voucherform for each of the vouchers that you want to enter in the journal. Make entries in the following fields:

   • Account type

   • Account

   • Transaction text(This is optional, but eases the entry of lines in the journal because your cursor automatically goes to the appropriate Debitor Creditfield.)

   • Debitor Credit, as appropriate.

   • Offset account type.

   • Offset account– You can use two or more lines if you want to specify more than one offset account for the same voucher.

6. Press the DOWN ARROW key to create a new line, and then enter information about the next voucher.

7. After you enter all the voucher lines, click Validate, and then click Validate(or Validate voucher only). This validates that all the lines (or the selected lines) are ready for posting.

   Note
   You can also validate all the lines in the journal in the Journalform.

The lines are now ready for you to post in the Journal voucherform or in the Journalform.