The Copy line control duplicates a line in an editable journal draft. It can help when several allocations share an account or description, but the copied amount is still part of the journal total. Review the new row immediately so a convenience action does not become a duplicate adjustment.
Find the line you want to reuse and select its Copy line control. Check the copied account, description and debit or credit amount. Change the fields that differ for the new allocation before moving to another part of the form.
If you are dividing an existing amount across two lines, reduce the original amount as appropriate. Copying a 100.00 debit and entering another 100.00 debit increases total debits by 100.00; it does not automatically split the original value. Use your source calculation to determine the intended amounts.
Copying is unavailable while the form is busy, when book settings are stale or when the 100-line limit has been reached. Save only after the complete entry balances and the line descriptions make each part distinguishable to a later reader.
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