TRANSACTIONS:

You should record all spending,
withdrawals, deposits, charges,
payments, interest payments, and
everything which affects the balance of
any Fund or Account. The means of
recording these is by using Transactions
from the menu of BUDGET MANAGER.
Anything which subtracts from both a Fund
and an Account is a Spending/ Debit
Transaction. Anything which adds to a
Fund and an Account is a Deposit. You
can also transfer between Funds or
Accounts (the latter would be for credit
card bills, or cash withdrawals from
checking).

For any transaction, select the affected
Fund(s) and/or Account(s) from the dialog
box, enter the amount (it should always be
positive, except for Adjustments, which
should be avoided). You may also enter a
short note. The date is important--
transactions are sorted by date. When
everything is correct, select OK or press
return (when the OK button is outlined).

Transactions can be deleted by clicking
the right mouse button while the cursor is
on top of the listing (use View with any of
the transaction listings). No deletions or
new transactions are permitted for records
of old months (created by New Month) or if
a Fund or Account which has been deleted
is involved.

Transactions can be marked or unmarked
by clicking the left mouse button. This is
true even for files in old months, and is
intended to help when balancing checking
account and credit card statements. A
mark means that the transaction has
cleared the bank or card company.
