In microsoft.public.money, loopyloop wrote:

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To adjust the account opening balance, go to the account details
(right-click the account from the account list).

The balancing opening/starting balance is something else. The
balancing opening balance it asks for is a calculation of
the opening account balance plus or minus any reconciled
transactions. If you were already balanced for the previous month,
the Starting Balance that the balancing process presents should not
need to be changed. Try not to change it. If that number differs
from the opening balance that your statement reports, you can either
try to reconcile the earlier times, or you can change the balance
and let Money enter an adjustment in the register.

The terminology may differ with different versions. The balancing
process for newer versions of Money refers to the Starting Balance,
and not the opening balance. So be clear.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:

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Cal,

I deleted the duplicate check, but its not clear how I shpuld correct the
opening balance. Th adjust account balance feature does not seem to work and
the balance the account feature seems confusing.. Once I deleted the
transaction, my balances do not match the real balance from the bank

In microsoft.public.money, loopyloop wrote:

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Delete or Void the duplicate check entry, and also delete (or adjust
if it is not $20) the Starting Balance Adjustment adjusting
transaction that Money added during the balancing process.

After an on line update on my checking account, my opening balance in money
is 20.00 more than the same date from my bank statement. This was correct
before the update. However, both my account balance and adjusted balance are
correct. I noticed after the update that I have 2 entries for the same check
and same dollar amount. The duplicate checks are for 20.00. The second check
hepls to make up for the opening balance difference so that my adjusted
balanace and balance are correct. Any ideas on how to correct this?