In microsoft.public.money, Stan wrote:

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First, I would go to the Advanced register, where I have my
transactions visible. Assuming you are not going to enter all of the
transactions from the beginning of that account, you will either
want to put in the starting balance that corresponds to what you had
at the time where the listed transactions started, or add a
transaction that pre-dates the other transactions with that value. I
would tend for the compensating transaction.


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Sometime you do, but not in this case. If the transactions are
there, the balance computed by Money should match the bank balance
once you have entered the initial balance information. Compare with
your paper statement or web statement to figure the appropriate
value.


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I have used QBooks and Quicken for years, but have never used any automatic
or downloaded information until now. Due to a hard drive crash I figured I
would try something new for my personal financial stuff. (nothing ventured,
nothing gained) Money Deluxe 2006 sucessfully downloaded almost all my
accounts and their balances. My questions are:

My adjusted balance is way off my actual bank balance. I know about the
cleared check stuff, but is additional information downloaded during the
monthly statement cycle? Or do I need to back up and enter the last few
weeks of deposits and withdrawls so I balance on my computer, and mark them
as cleared manually? I guess what I am asking is: Do I need to initially set
up Money as I would initially set up an account with non-downloaded
information, and get everything in balance before I turn everything over to
being automatically updated?

I also have one account (out of four) that did not download a balance from
the bank. It picked up all the other information - account numbers, ect.,
but no recent transactions or balances.

Do I need to tell my bank that I now want online statements?

Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Stan