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• A text file formatted according to the Text File Specifications.  This includesOption A User Guide Option A files, and third-party software files or manually- created files validated by Option C.
• A Microsoft Excel .xls file created from one of the Excel workbooks provided by the Service Bureau.  This includes Option B and Option D files and our "Excel-compatible" spreadsheets.

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Report Folder Report Folder

Report Folder (also known as Data Directory): The default folder for storing report files that you save and the identity.txt file containing the information entered on the Registration form.  The folder name is PRLyyyy (where “yyyy” is the report year, for ex. PRL2014) and it is created by the PRL Reporting Software Options A, B, and C.  A separate report folder is created for each report year.  You may store your files in another location, but the identity.txt is always saved in the report folder.  We strongly recommend saving to the current report folder, which is the default location used by our software.

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