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@9@Fields stored in the Transaction Table:@0@       
                                                    
@9@Date@0@ 	The date the transaction                
occurred.  Stored in a compressed format to         
save memory and disk space.  This field is          
required for every transaction.  Dates can be       
entered in any of the following formats:            
@8@American format@0@:  mm/dd/ccyy, mm/dd/yy        
mmddccyy, mmddyy  @8@European format@0@:            
dd/mm/ccyy, dd/mm/yy ddmmccyy, ddmmyy               
@8@International format@0@:  ccyy/mm/dd,            
yy/mm/dd ccyymmdd, yymmdd  Use @2@Configure34.hlp  
Set Preferences...@0@ to set American or            
European date format preferences, in addition       
to the slash character you prefer (some people      
prefer a dash).  Regardless of the setting you      
choose, you can always enter the date in            
International format.  When entering a date,        
you can leave out the year (or century) and         
MEGA-Check 2 will default to the current            
system year.  The + and - keys can be used to       
add or subtract 1 day from the date displayed       
on that field.  If no date (or an invalid           
date) is typed, the + or - keys will put in         
the current date.                                   
                                                    
@9@Classification@0@ 	Every transaction in          
MEGA-Check 2 can be "classified," by using one      
or more classification codes in this field.         
They are generally one character, but a             
description of each one can be stored in the        
@1@Classification Table@0@, and can be              
selected by clicking the right mouse button         
while the cursor is on the                          
@1@Classification@0@ field.  Though                 
transactions can be classified by any               
criteria, one common use of this field is to        
classify each transaction as a tax deductible       
item (or not) by the presence of a letter code      
(perhaps a "T").                                    
                                                    
@9@Cleared@0@ 	This field is used to tell           
when a check has cleared the bank, making the       
automation of checkbook balancing possible.         
This field will accept any characters.  The         
@1@Classification@0@ field @8@could@0@ be used      
to do this, but this field is provided for          
more elegance.                                      
                                                    
@9@Memo(+)@0@ 	This field is expandable by          
pressing @1@Control+E@0@.  You may type up to       
8 lines of 65 characters each to describe a         
transaction.  Any of the last seven lines can       
be used for purposes other than description         
(like "Payment Method" for a small business)        
by adjusting the field labels (see The Memo         
Panel, Adjusting Field Labels).                     
                                                    
@9@Account@0@ 	There are eight account fields       
on the Main Screen which can be used to             
describe how funds were transferred in a            
particular transaction.  To indicate that           
money was transferred @1@to@0@ (debit) a            
particular account, it should be left               
justified.  To indicate the account @1@from@0@      
which funds were transferred (credit), the          
account name must be indented one space.            
@8@Every@0@ transaction @8@must@0@ have a           
@1@from@0@ and a @1@to@0@.  All account             
information is stored in the Account Table and      
is maintained using the @2@Account Selector@0@2.hlp
(see "Maintaining your Accounts, The                
Account Selector").  All accounts entered here      
must exist in the Account Table, but selection      
is easy with MEGA-Check 2's built-in                
@4@Auto-Complete@0@ function, as well as the        
Account Selector.                                   
                                                    
@9@Ledger Amount@0@ 	For each account in            
which funds were transferred to and from, a         
ledger amount must be entered, indicating           
@8@how much@0@ was transferred.  The sum of         
the amounts transferred @1@from@0@ @8@must@0@       
equal the sum of the amounts transferred            
@1@to@0@.                                           
                                                    
@9@Check #@0@ 	This field will default to the       
next highest check #, but if this transaction       
doesn't involve a check, it isn't necessary to      
blank it out.  MEGA-Check 2 will look at the        
@1@Check Amount@0@ field to determine if the        
check # field should be saved (it will only be      
saved if something was entered in the @1@Check      
Amount@0@ field).                                   
                                                    
@9@To@0@ 	This field tells answers the "who"        
about each transaction.  Whatever is typed in       
this field is referenced by name to an entry        
in the @4@Associate Table@0@, which keeps name      
and address information about each party that       
has a regular involvement in your financial         
operations.  Like the Account and                   
Classification fields, this field supports          
@2@Auto Complete@0@ and has its ownfldconv.hlp     
@2@Associate Selector@0@.  Like the Memo16.hlp     
field, it can be expanded, where the name &         
address information can be entered.  However,       
once the name is stored once with the address       
information, it is not necessary to enter it        
every time.  MEGA-Check 2 will automatically        
know the address just from the name, unless         
you want to override the address for one            
transaction, which is allowed.                      
                                                    
@9@Check Amount@0@ 	This field, obviously,          
tells how much the amount of the check              
involved in this transaction was for.  @8@At        
least one@0@ of the Ledger Amounts must equal       
the amount entered here (since at least one of      
the accounts affected by this transaction           
would be your checking account).                    
                                                    
@9@Related topics@0@:                               
                                                    
  @2@Editing transactions, The Entry Panel@0@1.hlp 
                                                    
