Am I correct to assume that when you say 2 accounts you mean 2 actual accounts and not 2 buckets, correct? If so just add the total amount from both accounts and enter that number to your Salary bucket on inital cash flow.
Let me know if I am misunderstanding. Mike On Jan 9, 3:00 pm, "Mr. Danno Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to you, Mike, for the quick and helpful answers. > > I find I can do as you describe with one account (I can set the > initial cash flow date, and then use the drop-down menu to allot the > initial balance to the Salary bucket). So far so good. > > But I have second account. I expected to be able to do the same thing > and have the amount from that second account added to the the Salary > bucket. > > What's happening instead, is the amount in the Salary bucket CHANGES > to the new amount I just entered. > > I'm just trying to figure out how to get the intial amounts from BOTH > accounts to both shoow up in the Salary bucket. > > (I believe I actually have a pretty good understanding of the day-to- > day operations; I'm trying to make the move from mVelopes, which is > similar in philosophy [I think], but nowhere near as Mac-friendly. I > just need to get over this hurdle of getting started! I'm no computer > dummy, but I feel like this could really use a nice hand-holding first- > sreen pathway--do this, now do this, and now finally, you're free to > do what you like!) > > Thanks again, > > ds > > On Jan 9, 2009, at 2:46 PM, mikemc wrote: > > > > > Hey ds, > > > I'll try and field this one too. (others chime in if I'm incorrect). > > What I ended up doing is going to my Checking Account's website (BOA) > > and getting my starting balance amount as of 1/1/2009. For Example, > > say my starting balance as of 1/1/2009 was $250, when I set my initial > > cash flow start date of 1/1/2009 I selected my main income bucket from > > the drop down ("Salary") and entered in $250. After doing this the > > $250 should show up next to your Salary Bucket and should be > > recognized when Allocating. Or you can simply click-n-drag your > > Salary bucket to an Expense bucket to allocate money between the two. > > > It is tough to wrap your head around at first (at least for me b/c I > > was used to Quicken), but once the lightbulb went off I find it easier > > to manage my money and keep a budget. > > > Hope this helps, > > Mike > > > On Jan 9, 2:36 pm, "Mr. Danno Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Two new accounts set up. > > >> How do I get the amount shown in the account to move into the > >> "salary" > >> bucket, so that I can disperse it to the spending buckets? > > >> Thanks for any help! > > >> ds --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
