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- To select an item from the menu, press and hold down the
- ALT key and then press the first letter of the menu item
- you wish to select from.
-
- TRANSACTIONS : ╔═════════════════╗
- ║Checking Account ║
- ║Savings Account ║
- ║MasterCard ║
- ╟─────────────────╢
- ║Reconcile Account║
- ╚═════════════════╝
-
- The Transactions Window, displays all available Bank
- Accounts (cash accounts are treated the same as bank
- accounts) and Credit Cards. From any Bank Account or
- Credit Card, funds can be transferred TO another
- account or FROM another account. To get more help on
- transactions, select SPECIFIC TOPIC during a
- transaction entry.
-
- To Reconcile an account (Balance your Check Book etc.),
- select to the RECONCILE ACCOUNT item in the Window.
- After which, you will be asked to select the Bank
- Account or Credit Card account you wish to reconcile.
-
-
- REPORTS : ╔══════════════════╗
- ║Transaction List ║
- ║Income & Expenses ║
- ║Personal Net Worth║
- ║Account Balances ║
- ║Tax Items ║
- ║Payment Reminders ║
- ║Loan Amortization ║
- ╚══════════════════╝
-
- 1) Transaction List is a listing of all the
- transactions for the selected month.
-
- 2) Income and Expenses will report all expenses and
- income made for the given month and all expenses and
- income made for the given year.
-
- 3) Personal Net Worth is a report of all assets minus
- liabilities. Assets include all bank accounts plus all
- other assets. Liabilities include all credit cards plus
- all other liabilities.
-
- 4) Account Balances is a monthly and year to date
- summary of all accounts which have been created on your
- Data File.
-
- 5) Tax items report is a listing of all tax related
- transactions occurring for the year to date. Taxed
- items are marked when making transactions by placing a
- 'T' in the Tax column.
-
- 6) Payment Reminders allows you to set up all bills
- which need to be paid on a timely basis. Each bill will
- be marked with a 'Paid' next to it as it is being paid
- during that month. When PCBUDGET runs, it first look at
- the Payment Reminders to see which bills are needing to
- be paid.
-
- 7) Loan Amortization allows you to display a schedule
- of payments (principle and interest) for a loan of any
- amount and any time period.
-
-
- BUDGETS : ╔═════════════════╗
- ║Cost Budgets. . .║
- ║Profit Budget ║
- ║Cash Budget ║
- ╚═════════════════╝
-
- 1) Cost Budgets allow you to view and/or modify the
- monthly budgeted amounts for any given account. You
- may also view the actual cash flows for the given
- account and compare it to the budgeted amount.
-
- 2) Profit Budget will display the actual vs. budgeted
- income and expenses for any given month.
-
- 3) Cash Budget allows you to select the bank account
- (cash account) where your cash flows originate from.
- From there it also asks you which account(s) are the
- sources of cash inflows (such as salary). Cash Budget
- will then show you a schedule of all expected cash
- inflows and outflows for the following four months.
-
-
- CREATE : ╔═════════════╗
- ║Bank Accounts║
- ║Credit Cards ║
- ║Liabilities ║
- ║Assets ║
- ║Expenses ║
- ║Income ║
- ╟─────────────╢
- ║Create File ║
- ╚═════════════╝
-
- Before accounts can be created, a data file must be set
- up. The data file normally will exist on a floppy disk,
- but can also exist on your hard disk (if you have one).
- When a data file is created, 3 accounts are
- automatically created. These accounts are,
-
- Checking Account
- Misc Income
- Misc Expense
-
- After you have created a Data File, choose the ALT-
- R(eports) and select ACCOUNT BALANCES. You will get a
- listing of these accounts. Then, select ALT-C(reate),
- and begin creating all desired accounts. As accounts
- are created, they will begin to appear in the ACCOUNT
- BALANCES screen.
-
-
- UTILITIES : ╔═════════════════╗
- ║Select File. . . ║
- ║File Transfer ║
- ║File Backup ║
- ║Name & Address ║
- ║Screen Colors ║
- ║Bar Graphs ║
- ║Print ║
- ╚═════════════════╝
-
- 'Select file' allows you to change the data file path
- specifier. Whenever a new data file is created, the
- path specifier is recorded and displayed in this
- window. At any time, a different data file can be
- viewed by selecting it.
-
- 'File Transfer' allows you to transfer data file
- balances to a new data file. This is usually only used
- with a new year. All balances for bank accounts,
- assets, liabilities, and credit cards will be the same
- as the December balances. Income and Expense balances
- are reset to 0.
-
- 'File Backup' allows you to backup your data disk. This
- is very advisable. It is not uncommon for a floppy disk
- to go bad. It is best to backup your data file at the
- end of each session.
-
- 'Name & Address' records you as the user of the program
- and puts your name on reports.
-
- 'Screen Colors' allow you to change the colors
- displaying on the screen (if you have a color monitor).
-
- 'Bar Graphs' allow your PCBUDGET data files to be
- displayed graphically with Bar Graphs.
-
- 'Print' will print the current screen.
-
- QUIT :
- Quit PCBUDGET
-
- VIEW :
- Type ALT-V to change the current VIEWing month. The
- current viewing month is displayed at the top right
- corner of the screen. When PCBUDGET displays a month
- different from the current month (entered at the
- beginning of your session) the 'month' will flash.
- PCBUDGET does not allow transactions to be made in a
- month which has not yet occurred. For example, if the
- date entered was 4-1-1990, then PCBUDGET will not allow
- a transaction to occur in May, June, July, etc. . .
- Transactions can, however, still be added or edited in
- the previous months.
-
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-
- Whenever a window appears with arrows in the top and
- bottom right corners, it means there is more
- information available in the window. Pressing the
- PgUp/PgDn key will scroll the contents of the window.
- If you have a mouse, place the cursor on top of these
- arrows, and left click for the same results.
-
- The information window (the main window behind this
- one) also has arrows in the top and bottom right
- corners. When information is displayed, the same
- scrolling effect results.
-
- The 'Esc' key will always exit you from the current
- activity, erase a window, or return to the previous
- activity. When you are being asked a question, the
- 'Esc' key will generate a negative response. With a
- mouse, a right click is the same as pressing the 'Esc'
- key.
-
- The 'F9' function key, is always used to RECORD,
- EXECUTE, or SELECT any type of record keeping activity.
-
-
- EDITING AN ACCOUNT
-
- To edit an account, select the ACCOUNT BALANCES under
- the ALT-R(eports) menu, then press F1:EDIT. Select the
- item you wish to modify or delete, by using the arrow
- keys, then use the F9:SELECT key and make the changes
- you need.
-
- EDITING A TRANSACTION
-
- To edit a transaction, select the TRANSACTION LIST
- under the ALT-R(eports) menu or select an account under
- the ALT-T(ransactions), then press F1:EDIT. Select the
- item you wish to modify or delete, by using the arrow
- keys, then use the F9:SELECT key and make the changes
- you need.