Thanks. I'll give that a try.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Whistler wrote:

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If you wish to start fresh and declare an account balanced, you can
mark all entries balanced. Select to show only unreconciled
transactions. Sort by date, and go to the oldest transaction.
Hold down Cntl+Shift+M and let auto-repeat work thru the
transactions until none are left showing. Then balance making the
starting and ending balance match the known balance. Choose the
balance date to be the day after your last transaction. This is
not the normal procedure. It starts you with an amnesty for former
balancing.

Thereafter, follow the normal procedure. Look at the balancing
movie clip from your Money disk.

During the normal procedure, you are presented with the list of
transactions that are not reconciled. In the left column will be
the starting, and ending balances you entered as you started
balancing. There will also be a difference amount. As you click
on the C column for a transaction reflected on the statement, that
space in the C column will change to a C. If you mark an
transaction cleared that has not actually been reflected on the
statement, you can click the C column again to toggle the cleared
status. The difference should move toward zero. As you continue,
you should eventually get the difference to zero. If you can not,
you can click next. Money will offer some choices.

I setup a new account, gave it a name and entered it after I had been using
the program. How would I correct this?
Speaking of after the fact: I decided to use the "Balance" function after
receiving a statement in the mail today. This is the first time I've used
it. The numbers don't match up, but I know the ending balance is correct.
how do I get the program to just accept it? I used Postpone in the hopes
that next month it wouldn't do that again.
Thanks all. for the help.

<deanmbrunk1[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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How did you initially enter in the beginning balance (amount owed)?
Through the wizard/account setup or directly into the account?

If you entered them in directly into the account, perhaps you entered
in a 'payment' as opposed to a charge, giving you the positive balance
and being in the black...

This may be a debit/credit thing...


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No I input as a positive number. As previously stated it show as owing in
Debt Planner. Shows in black under Account List (I thought it would show in
Red). It is listed as a liability. By all accounts everything is OK,
except it makes it look like I have more $$ than I do (I owe more than I
own).
"Cal Learner" <NoMailTnx[at]please.com> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Whistler wrote:

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For a credit card account, the balance numbers are in terms of what
you owe. You probably put in a negative number as the starting
balance. Just make that number positive if you owe money.

Hello,
I am new to Money. Purchased software in 2001 but never used. I have
my assets listed in account register working fine, bills, fine. Now I am
entering my debts. I have an account that I've entered that shows in my
total account balance and is ADDED, not subtracted from my Total Account
Balance as expected. The account shows in my Debt Planner as a liability
and shows that I owe. Is this a bug, or something that I do not understand
about financial accounting?