Bud,
One of the ways to get to the docs is from the start menu, press
control-escape. Up arrow to programs. When you enter that, go to
Money Talks, and use the right arrow to open the pull down menu, then
arrow down to money talks documentation. I avoid using the book
reader program to read the MT docs this way, mostly because I haven't
figure out all the command for the book reader program. But that's a
different story.
Each heading in the mt docs discusses a certain aspect. For instance
here's an example:
Quote:
New Account: Ctrl+N
New Account
To create a new account, select New from the File menu or use the New
Account command.
End quote.
So when you actually are in the MT program, press ctrl plus N to
create a new account.
Quote:
Account Properties: Alt+Enter
Account Properties Dialog
Each account you create contains certain characteristics known as the
account's properties.
These characteristics include information specific to that account.
Most properties
are optional, but they may help you keep track of information for that
account.
When you create a new account, Money Talks displays the Account
Properties dialog.
End quote.
So if you want to change the values in the account properties dialog
at a later time, press alt plus enter.
Then the documents talk about each of the account properties, for
instance, the first one is Starting Balance, then minimum balance,
then account number, followed by Institution, etc.
Regarding entering a new transaction in an account, we have:
Quote:
New Transaction: Ctrl+T
New Transaction Command
To manually add a transaction to your account, select New from the
Transaction menu
or press Ctrl+T. You generally add new transactions when you write a
check, make
a purchase with your bank card, or when you document an automatic
payment that gets
deducted from your account.
When you select the New Transaction command, Money Talks shows the
Transaction dialog.
Since you generally have more debit transactions than credit
transactions, the program
assumes you want to make a debit transaction and places your cursor in
the Payee
field ready for you to type the name of the person or company to which
you are paying.
If the transaction you wish to record is a credit rather than a debit,
simply press
Shift+Tab to move back to the Transaction Type control and select Credit.
End quote.
This boils down to the fact that Money Talks defaults to a debit
transaction, in which you are sending money out of your account. If
you are doing a credit, shift tab back to the debit/credit button,
down arrow to credit and tab forward to where you were. Now you are
ready to write the name of an outfit paying you money.
Then the documents talk about the various aspects of making a new
transaction, starting with the Credit/Debit buttons. There is
specific info about the payee/payer field, date field, item field, etc.
Hope this is of some help. Feel free to write with any questions.
You will be working with the program in no time, be assured.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bud Keith" <bud@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 8:43 AM
Subject: [moneytalks] Re: money talks documentation
i feel especially stupid. i consider a heavy duty computer user, and
i can't figure how to get started. i open the program from the
desktop, and can't figure how to do anything. tabbing only gets me
dings. on Wednesday 12/27/2006 08:47 AM, LARRY SKUTCHAN said:
That is the real user manual. We are, however, concerned that you find
the manual unclear. Is there something in particular that requires
better explanation, or is the whole manual out of wack?
>>> steveziel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, December 27, 2006 7:43:27 AM
>>>
Bud,
Each heading in the manual explains the use of a specific command or
concept. If after reading a given section, feel free to ask questions
here
on the list. Someone is sure to give you more assistance.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bud Keith" <bud@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <moneytalks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:18 PM
Subject: [moneytalks] money talks documentation
>i just purchased money talks, and find the furnished documentation to
be
>very unclear. is there a real user manual?
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