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Common Information in the Voucher Creation Screen

Type of Voucher: All screens at the top left of voucher box display the Type of Voucher’ you are entering like, Purchase, Payment etc. You can change this type by pressing the relevant key. 
Voucher Number: The entire voucher displays the number of the voucher. You can set these numbers manually or let the Tally generate it automatically. 
Date of Voucher: The top right of the voucher box displays the date of voucher and the day of the week; this date indicates the current date on which you are entering the voucher. The same date appears as the current date at the Gateway of Tally. You can change date by pressing <F2> Key.
Particular: In accounting vouchers this column contains the information about the ledgers you debit or credit. When To or Cr is displayed, specify the ledger to credit. When By or Dr is displayed, specify the ledger to debit. 
Debit/Credit: This column takes value of transactions therefore, specify the amount of the transaction here. If you debit a ledger, the amount goes into the debit column and if you credit a ledger, the amount goes into the credit column. At the bottom of these columns, the totals of the debit and credit amount appears.
Note: The voucher entry is completed only when the total in the two columns matches.
Narration: Under each debit or credit entry, there is a provision for narration. In this column, you can mention the details of the entry. At the end of the voucher, there is a common narration for the whole voucher. The option for writing narration, for each entry will be present only if you had set the option ‘Use narration for each entry’ in the accounting vouchers section of the voucher configuration menu ‘Yes’.
The following screen will display for voucher entry:

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(Figure 3.2)

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