Controlling Overall Financial Statement Format

All formatting of financial statements is controlled by the Financial Statement Designer's formatting commands. For more information on controlling tab size, tab headings, font size and style, refer to the online help and the printed documentation for Excel.

The Financial Statement Designer has format styles

The most efficient method for formatting the area and the text within a cell is to create a style that includes various attributes (such as bold text, dollar format, right alignment, etc.), and apply the style to spreadsheet cells.

A style includes the number format, border, font, pattern, number alignment, and cell protection settings. By using styles, you can set these elements in one step, rather than using a group of commands to format each cell.