List of the Different Types of Cells
The following table contains a detailed list of the different types of cells which may be found in the forms. The colours below reflect Personal Taxprep’s default settings. The colours may vary if they have been customized.
Appearance |
Type of cell |
Definition |
---|---|---|
Black text on white background
|
Input cell |
Cell in which a value can be entered. |
Black text on background the same colour as the form
|
Protected cell |
Cell in which no direct input or override is possible. |
Black text on grey background
|
Overrideable cell |
Calculated or posted cells in which the content can be replaced by direct input. |
Black text on pink background
|
Overridden cell |
Calculated or posted cell in which the content has been replaced by direct input. |
Blue arrow pointing right
|
Posted cell |
Cell whose content comes from another form. The source form can be accessed by double-clicking the amount or pressing F9. |
Blue text on white background
|
Rolled forward cell |
Cell whose content comes from the roll forward of a prior year client file, or from a file prepared by a competitor's program. |
Black text on yellow background
|
Cell with data entered last year |
Cell in which data was entered last year and in which no value has been entered or rolled forward in the current year. |
Black text on green background
|
Cell with data downloaded from the CRA |
Cell in which data has been downloaded from the CRA using the TaxprepConnect download function. |
Black text on green background
|
Cell with data downloaded from RQ |
Cell in which data has been downloaded from Revenu Québec using the TaxprepConnect download function. |
Black text on purple background
|
Cell with data downloaded and then modified |
Cell in which data was first downloaded from the CRA |
Paper clip in the upper left corner
|
Annotated cell |
Cell to which a note or schedule has been attached. |
Red triangle in the upper right corner
|
Cell with diagnostic |
Cell for which a diagnostic has been issued. |
Blue triangle in the lower right corner
|
Cell with tax link |
Cell with a help link to a tax reference source. |
Red indicator in the upper right corner
|
Cell with review mark |
Cell that has been marked as the result of a review. Five types of review marks exist. |
Ellipsis points on the right-hand side
|
Items search cell |
Cell for which there is a search tool allowing you to filter and find items in a list. For example, this type of cell is used in Forms T1134A (Jump Code: 1134A and T1134B (Jump Code: 1134B). |
Blue arrow in the lower left corner
|
Québec, if different cell |
Cell from a federal form with a corresponding Québec cell. |
Red arrow in the lower left corner
|
Québec, if different cell (overridden amount) |
Cell from a federal form with a corresponding Québec cell that has been overridden. |