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    The statement of cash flows presentation uses duration contexts to express the period for the report. However, line items on this table will often represent concepts at a particular moment in time, such as “Cash at beginning of period”. Concepts tha...
  2. How do I change the precision of facts on a presentation?

    A common mistake occurs when the Default Precision and View/Edit Monetary Facts In fields are left as their default values when creating new presentations during the Add Presentation or Presentation Wizard process. Unfortunately, you cannot simp...
  3. How do I copy my GoFiler settings from one computer to another?

    How to move your software settings to a new computer.
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    The Reporting Owner Library and the CIK Library are two separate libraries within the application. When the Reporting Owner Library is opened for the first time, it will contain no entries, even if the CIK Library has data within it. To quic...
  5. How do I set default project settings?

    You can create a file that contains the default values that will be used for the Project Properties each time a new project file is created in the application using either the New  function or the Project Wizard . To do this, follow the steps be...
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    GoFiler uses default templates based on the form type selected in the Project Wizard . GoFiler contains three default templates (for Forms 3, 4 and 5) that can be used as examples when creating your own templates. To add additional templates for ot...
  7. How can I tell what my XBRL report will look like once filed?

    The SEC provides a free viewer so you can privately preview your XBRL reports prior to filing them. This previewer renders reports in a similar manner to the SEC Interactive Data Viewer, which is used to render XBRL reports that have been filed live...
  8. Troubleshooting: How to Recover Your Software Registration

    Because you can unregister your software, there are limited cases where you will be unable to recover your registration of your software key. Before upgrading a computer, you can simply unregister the software to move your installation to the new m...
  9. How do I deploy the Novaworks Login Assistant to my entire organization using Firefox?

    How to deploy the Novaworks Login Assistant to an organization that uses Firefox
  10. Where can I find the correct state or country code for an entry in my filing?

    How to enter state and country codes into an EDGAR submission.