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Replace bill lines with reader suggestions safely

Decide whether to keep existing work before accepting new extraction results.

Updated 2026-11-11

Reading a bill can produce suggested source lines while your editor already contains lines. The review screen preserves that distinction and asks before replacement. Inspect the suggestions and the existing entries before choosing Replace with suggested lines or Keep current lines.

Replacement affects descriptions, amounts and ledger selections in the line editor. If you already corrected account mappings or split a charge deliberately, those choices need to be reviewed again after replacement. Do not assume that a second extraction preserves every manual decision.

After applying suggestions, compare every source line with the resulting editor. Check for omitted charges, repeated lines and incomplete descriptions. Reconcile the total of the lines to the source subtotal before reviewing tax and the final total.

If the existing lines are already correct, keep them and use the reader output only as comparison evidence. The final confirmation concerns the actual lines you save, not the fact that a reader returned results. Save the reviewed draft once its retained contents match the source and your intended accounting preparation.

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