The fact that data exist does not mean Money has learned the relationship
between existing and downloaded transactions. It really works pretty well,
though.

Look in options regarding autocomplete in the register, and days to search
in online settings. Also, go to Payee Rules Manager in Payees. Review the
'Excluded payee names' and Preferred payee matches lists. If you clean them
up a little, it may improve considerably.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL



<neal.wilkinson[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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Chris Cowles wrote:
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I've been entering data for almost a year so I'm guessing it should
have enough to go on. There must be something that switches it off
somewhere, I just can't find it.

Downloaded transactions will match to existing transactions and adopt their
categories. You may have to manually match and edit the first few, until it
recognizes the association. Money will also attempt to associate an unknown
payee with a category based on hocus-pocus. Sometimes it works, sometimes
it doesn't. I'm guessing it's based on SIC codes in the vendor number, but
I'm just making a guess.

This doesn't work 100% of the time. It works well enough for me. Sometimes
the downloaded descriptions are ambiguous to the point that Money can't
consistently determine which to match to. There are ways to configure that
in the payees setup area.

Try the trial version before spending money.
http://www.microsoft.com/money/freetrial_info.mspx. Even if you do spend
money, you may get your money back if not satisfied, depending where you
bought it. Microsoft does that but you can buy Money cheaper elsewhere,
like at Sam's.

Don't bother with "Essentials".
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL



<neal.wilkinson[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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I posted about this before and didn't get a resolution. Before I buy a
new financial package can anyone tell me if you personally can enter a
transaction manually in Money 2006 and when the transaction downloads
from the bank it not only moves it to the register but also adds the
category. Everything everyone has told me to look at in reference to
this was already set the way they asked me to change it.At this point
I'd like to know if this works for anyone or is this just a feature
that should have been in Money but wasn't included.

Thanks.