Now you have me confused. I thought the total we were discussing was the split total.
Let's start over, what's the other total you are asking about? Peace, Kevin Hoctor No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com Sent from my iPhone On Jan 18, 2009, at 8:08 AM, ciara belle <[email protected]> wrote: > > sorry i just dont get it - -what is the purpose of the total? I > understand the split total (this one makes perfect sense to me).. but > i dont see the point of the other total... since it doesnt seem to > total anything. (at least when there is a split involved..) > ciara > > On Jan 17, 7:54 am, Kevin Hoctor <[email protected]> wrote: >> The split total is the total of the transaction (what appears on your >> statement) but is entered first. The split children amounts are split >> from the total instead of the other way around. >> >> Peace, >> >> Kevin Hoctor >> No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.com >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jan 17, 2009, at 6:33 AM, ciara belle <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> sorry no-- i don't get it - if the total doesn't represent splits.. >>> and doesn't represent the entire amount.. than what's the point of >>> it? I would love to see the detail above change depending on the >>> split chosen - if for no other reason than there is not enough real >>> estate on the screen to show the entire split line (especially on a >>> 15" macbook). - there doesn't seem to be a way to manually resize >>> that side of the screen either. >>> i still don't understand what the total is supposed to represent - >>> since it neither represents the total of all splits, nor the total >>> of >>> one split... so what is it Total of? the standard definition of >>> total >>> is a sum of amounts or numbers... what does it sum? >>> ciara >> >>> On Jan 16, 10:09 am, Kevin Hoctor <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:01 AM, ciara belle wrote: >> >>>>> if that is the case than changing to the next line down in the >>>>> list of >>>>> splits should change the 'total' box? -- however it does not... >>>>> selecting the various items in the split transaction list does not >>>>> change any item above... and it seems to pick one at random to >>>>> show >>>>> (for example right now on one transaction its showing the 3rd >>>>> split... >>>>> and will not show any other when i select) >> >>>> No, the total will never change unless you change it. Splits were >>>> designed to make quick entry of a split transaction: >> >>>> 1. Create a transaction for $200 and assign to Groceries bucket >>>> 2. Decide to make it a split, click Create Split >>>> 3. Change the first amount to $150 (because that actually what >>>> was >>>> spent on groceries) >>>> 4. Set the next line bucket to Education and change the amount to >>>> $30 (what we spent on supplies) >>>> 5. The remaining line is now at $20, which is our cash back so we >>>> check the "cash only" checkbox >> >>>> The idea was to avoid as much math as possible and just allow you >>>> to >>>> enter the amount you spent on each successive bucket and let >>>> MoneyWell >>>> set the new line to the remainder. It's rare that I wouldn't know >>>> the >>>> total but would only know the breakdowns and want to put those in >>>> to >>>> add up to a total. I hope this makes sense. >> >>>> Peace, >> >>>> Kevin Hoctor >>>> [email protected] >>>> No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.comhttp:// >>>> kevinhoctor.blogspot.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
