Thanks, the first suggestion for unhiding didn't work (I had already tried that) but fortunately the second suggestion worked!

As for creating a new department with a blank code, I am forced to give an account to 'close to'. If I leave it on my retained earnings account, will it recognize that it is a balance sheet account and NOT close it to retained earnings?? If I could restructure my chart of accounts to work around the problem I would; however I have inherited this COA and I have very limited room to reconfigure the chart to eliminate the problems that are arising as a result.

Thanks - Sue