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- From: MPT@cup.portal.com (Michal P Todorovic)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Home budgeting program requested!
- Message-ID: <72372@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 92 18:48:30 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <bchiu.725232812@crash.cts.com>
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- >Hello,
- >
- > I have an Amiga 3000. However, I am still doing my home budgeting on the
- >paper: For each money in/out I put down it's date, it's type of spending or
- >incoming (such as school, insurance, home, etc.), the among. I would like to
- >use a program that'll do all of the above, show spending of each different
- >category, show the total amount of money left, and be able to print them out.
-
- You can use either a spreadsheet or a database to perform those operations,
- plus you'll have a general purpose tool to use for other stuff later on. If
- you do go the spreadsheet/database option, you will have to spend some time
- setting things up, but then you'll have templates that you can use over and
- over again.
-
- Which spreadsheet or database should you use? I'm biased, I wrote ProCalc,
- Advantage and parts of Gold Disk Office. So if you asked me, I'd recommend
- them :)
-
- > It'll also be nice if the program can do simple graphs. An important thing
- >to me is that it is workbench 2.0 compatible and maybe open it's own screen
- >too. Please suggest to me some programs that can do these.
-
- Oh, if you want charts, then go with the spreadsheet. Databases (that I
- know of) aren't known for their charting abilities.
-
- >Thanks, and happy new year.
-
- Happy Holidays and New Year to you too!
-
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