On May 28, 4:03 pm, "Glenn B." <[email protected]> wrote: > How about using the Dashboard's calculator? It lays transparently over > the current application(MoneyWell). It's what I've done so far and the > good thing is you can still see your transaction while using the > calculator.
Good suggestion for basic calculations, but the dashboard calculator does not allow simple sales tax codes (as far as I know). For instance, I may have a receipt for 20 items which fit into 3 different buckets (e.g., Groceries, Household Supplies, Pet Care) and thus require a split transaction entry. While most of the items are not taxed, some of the items are taxed at 5% (GST in Ontario), some are taxed at 8% (PST), and some have both taxes applied (13%). On the fly, I need to be able to use assigned keys during the calculations to automatically apply the appropriate tax(es) to items or totals. Quicken has always handled this well with its inline calculator (one of the few things I used to like about it). I currently use Calq (freeware) which is made exactly for this purpose. While working in MoneyWell, I can quickly open Calq (which still allows you to completely see what you are doing in MoneyWell) and start performing a pseudo-inline calculation - by pressing "p" or "g" or "b" (b for both). These configureable key presses quickly perform the necessary tax adjustments. When I have a total to enter into a portion of a split transaction, I simply press command-C (copy) and Calq disappears, leaving the MoneyWell field that I started with selected so I can paste into it. I know this may sound complicated, but it is really rather simple - even elegant. If anyone needs something like this, try it out. The only thing that I can see that would improve on this would be the MoneyWell inline calculator with the configurable tax codes - Kevin has indicated that these are being looked at down the road. For now, I am fine, and a very happy user of MoneyWell! I bought a license soon after my initial post. David --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
