On Nov 13, 2008, at 2:22 AM, Alan Schmitt wrote: > So I played a little with it, and here are some thoughts and > questions. > > I did a "Reconcile" a long time ago, when I started using MoneyWell > in April, and I remember doing it from April 1st to April 24th or > 25th. > > When I tried reconciling this week-end, the initial period proposed > was from April 25th to April 25th. I changed the last date to > correspond to the current date, and started reconciling. This is > where I hit the two main problems: > - the starting balance was 0, and not the ending balance of the > previous statement > - I could not access the previous statement (the dropped down menu > with all statements only had the current entry) > Alan,
Instead of changing the ending date, you should have clicked the + button to add a new statement to the list. This would have automatically populated the starting balance for the new range. > So to guess the starting balance, what I did was display the first > transaction (on April 25th, there wasn't any previous transaction > displayed), look at the reconciled total at the bottom, add the > transaction amount to that total and I had the ending balance. But > it's quite tricky to get at. > > So my suggestions would be: > - populate the starting balance with the ending balance from the > previous statement (for people who don't use paper statements and > thus don't have the previous ending balance written anywhere) > - give access to the previous statements > These both would have worked if you would have added a new statement instead of editing the currently selected one. > (I also tried to start over, by doing a big reconcile starting from > when April 1st, but even when I change the starting date to April > 1st, I only see transactions starting from April 25th.) > > So my questions are: > - am I doing something wrong, or did I hit a bug? > - how could I "start over" the reconciling process (so that I can > see all my transactions in Reconcile view and do a big Reconcile > from the beginning to now)? To start over, use the - button next to the statement pop up selector and remove all the existing statements except one. Now change the date range and starting and ending balances to match known amounts from your bank statement. Then just check off the transactions that match your statement and make changes as necessary until that statement balances. You can also look at our video tutorials for me help. Peace, Kevin Hoctor No Thirst Software LLC [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nothirst.com http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com Check out our MoneyWell video tutorials: http://nothirst.com/moneywell/tutorials/ Join our user forum to learn about new releases: http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
