You enter transactions in a Money Account register just like in a check
register. When you do this, you can categorize the expenses. These
categories track back to the budget categories. Have you entered any
transactions? Created any accounts?

You might want to look at the help videos and in the Sample data file.

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I set up a monthly budget. Now I want to enter expenses in various items such
as groceries or gifts, etc to show my actual expenses for each category,
allowing me to keep track of when I am getting close to my budgeted amount
for that item. But I can't figure out how to do this. I'm sure the process is
simple, but I am presently stumped.