Thanks for replying - that's really helpful.
If I switch to using the Bank Statement Report (which is better than it was before), I can't get a list of the 'outstanding bank transactions' or 'outstanding checks' which are shown at the top on the right hand side (in my example above these are shown as zero....but will not always be). This is why I had always advised our offices to print the 'test report' before posting it. Now the test report doesn't look good to auditors (the balance not being zero is confusing), and the alternative doesn't show the outstanding items, again as needed by auditors.
Is there a way to feedback to Microsoft that this is not how a Bank Reconciliation should be shown? This is causing quite some serious headaches for our offices around the world!