Customize Form Display
Personal Taxprep allows you to customize the form display in two ways: by changing the zoom of the form display area and by modifying the colours that are used in the form display.
To change the zoom, proceed as follows:
- On the status bar, click the Zoom slider.
- Slide to the percentage zoom setting that you want.
This change applies to all forms.
The colours used for the following items may be modified:
- The background colour for the form: by default, Personal Taxprep uses four colours: one colour for the taxpayer's forms, a second colour for the spouse’s forms, a third colour for the dependant's forms, and a fourth for the forms used to manage preparer profile templates and rate table templates.
- Input cells colour: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in black and the background of the cell in white.
- Overridden cells colour: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in black and the background of the cell in pink.
- Cells with possible override colour: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in black and the background of the cell in grey.
- Rolled forward cells colour: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in blue and the background of the cell in white.
- Cells with data entered last year: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in black and the background in yellow.
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Cells with data downloaded from the CRA: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in black and the background of the cell in green.
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Cells with data downloaded from RQ: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in black and the background of the cell in green.
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Cells with data downloaded and then modified: by default, Personal Taxprep displays the value in black and the background of the cell in purple.
To customize the colours of one or more of the above items, proceed as follows:
- On the Tools menu, click Options and Settings.
- Under Options, click Colours.
- Click the tab for the form type (taxpayer, spouse, dependant or templates) with the colours you want to modify.
- In the Item list, click the item to be modified.
- In the Backgroundbox, click the colour
that you want to use for the background.
In the Text box, click the colour that you want to use to display text or cell values.
Click Reset All to restore Personal Taxprep's default colours. - Click OK.