• Selecting a Transaction Edit Report
• Saving a Transaction Edit Report
• Formatting and Printing a Transaction Edit Report

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Selecting a Transaction Edit Report

Transaction Edit Reports generated for HMDA files submitted under your FHA Connection user ID are listed on the HMDA Transaction Edit Report page. The report identifiers, i.e., names, are divided into three sections:

Click on a report to view and/or save it. See Saving a Transaction Edit Report.

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Saving a Transaction Edit Report

Note: The following are general instructions written for users with Netscape Navigator Ver. 3.0 (or above), or Microsoft Internet Explorer Ver. 4.0 (or above), and Microsoft Word Ver. 95 (or above).

1. With the Transaction Edit Report displayed, click the File option in your browser toolbar.

2. From the File pull-down menu, click Save As.
3. Select the folder in which you want the report saved.
4. If you want to save the report with a name other than the system-generated report, e.g., H00999.8227700005.txt, type a new name for the report in the File name field.
   Note: It is important to remember the name you designate for the report and the folder in which you save the report so you can navigate to the file when opening it in Microsoft Word.
   
5. Click Save. The report is saved to the designated location. See Formatting and Printing a Transaction Edit Report.

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Formatting and Printing a Transaction Edit Report

Note: The following are general instructions for users with Microsoft Word Ver. 95 (or above) and include steps for:

• Opening the Transaction Edit Report File in Microsoft Word
• Changing the Page Setup
• Changing the Font Settings
• Saving and Printing the Reformatted File

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Opening the Transaction Edit Report File in Microsoft Word

1. Open Microsoft Word.
2. In the Main Menu bar, click File.
3. Select Open from the File pull-down menu.
4. Locate the file that you saved in steps 1 - 6, above. (See Saving a Transaction Edit Report)
5. Highlight the filename and click Open. The Transaction Edit Report file opens in Microsoft Word. See Changing the Page Setup.

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Changing the Page Setup

1. With the file open in Microsoft Word, click File in the Main Menu bar.
2. Select Page Setup from the File pull-down menu.
3. Set the top, bottom, left, and right Margins to .01
4. Set the paper Orientation to Landscape.
5. Click OK. A Message displays stating "One or more margins are set outside the printable area of the page. Choose the Fix button to increase the appropriate margins".
6. Click Fix. The message box closes.
7. Click OK. The document margins are set to accommodate the contents of the current Transaction Edit Report file. See Changing the Font Settings.

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Changing the Font Settings

1. With the file open in Microsoft Word, click Edit in the Main Menu bar.
2. Select Select All from the Edit pull-down menu. All text in the Transaction Edit Report file is highlighted.
3. In the Main Menu bar, click Format.
4. Select Font from the Format pull-down menu.
5. Set the Font to Courier New.
6. Set the Font style to Regular.
7. Set the Size to 8.
8. Click OK. The Transaction Edit Report is reformatted for viewing and printing. See Saving and Printing the Reformatted File.

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Saving and Printing the Reformatted File

1. With the file open in Microsoft Word, click File in the Main Menu bar.
2. Select Save As from the File pull-down menu.

3. Select the appropriate Word version from the Save as type drop-down list.

4. Click OK. The newly formatted file is saved as a Microsoft Word (.doc) file.

5. Select Print from the File pull-down menu.
6. Specify a page or page range to print.
7. Click OK. The specified pages are cued for printing.

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