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Configuring Region and Language Settings for VAT Functionality

To use the VAT functionality in e-automate, you need to adjust your e-automate language setting and your PC's regional and language settings. Your e-automate language setting determines the terminology e-automate uses in the software interface (e.g., displaying VAT authorities instead of Tax authorities in Lists and Codes) and—in some cases—the fields displayed on a particular window (e.g., showing/hiding the VAT group field on the Miscellaneous tab of the Vendor window). Your PC's Windows Region and Language settings determine the currency format and foreign language support, respectively, in which the system prints the VAT reports.

Updating Windows Region and Language SettingsUpdating Windows Region and Language Settings

You need to update the Windows Region and Language settings on the server and each client PC to properly support VAT functionality. The following procedure is based on Windows 10. To change the Region and Language settings on a PC to properly support VAT functionality, do the following:

In the Windows Type here to search field, enter Control Panel to locate the Control Panel app.

Click the Control Panel app to open the Control Panel window.

Click the Region link to open the Region window.

On the Formats tab, in the Format field, use the drop-down menu icon to select the appropriate language (e.g., for the UK, select English (United Kingdom)). The system displays the default date and time formats for this region. Make no change to use the default settings for the Format you selected, or update these settings as appropriate.

Note: This system uses this selection to support the language in which you want to print the report, but it does not generate the report in this language. You must select in e-automate the language in which you want to print the report. See the "Updating Your e-automate Language Setting" section of this topic.

Click [OK] to save changes and to close the Region and Language window.

Updating Your e-automate Language SettingUpdating Your e-automate Language Setting

To update your language setting in e-automate, do the following:

Press and hold CTRL + SHIFT + F7 to have the system display a Language menu option under the File menu.

From the main menu, click File > Language and select the appropriate language (e.g., en-GB for English - Great Britain).