11.Press ENTER to store the SPLIT transaction details and proceed with completing the rest of the transaction.
☞∙ If the total amount given in the AMOUNT field of the Money Tracking transaction is not equal to the sum of the split amounts (ie. some split amount details have not been entered), the outstanding amount will be added automatically to the next available Split field, but with no category given. A warning message will advise you of this, and suggest that you check the Split information.
∙The Split function supports up to 10 amount/ categories. If there is an amount outstanding when less than ten split entries have already been made, the outstanding amount is added to the last entry automatically and a warning message is displayed advising the user to check the entry.
∙If there is an unassigned amount outstanding when ten entries have already been made, a warning message appears and the user is forced to resolve the discrepancy before the transaction can be stored.
∙The UNASSIGNED field is displayed only during Edit mode. If you view an existing transaction containing a SPLIT field in View mode and access the Split information, no value for UNASSIGNED will appear.
Automatic transfers
One of Money Tracking’s most powerful and useful features is the Transfer facility. Sometimes, you may wish to transfer funds from one of your accounts to another. This single transaction actually involves one account being debited, and another account being credited by the same amount.
For example, if you pay your monthly credit card bill by check, this involves a debit from your checking account for the payment amount, and a corresponding credit to your credit card account. Using the transfer facility, the Money Tracking application can automatically credit your credit card account when you create the transaction in the checking account. This not only saves you extra work, but also ensures that the amount of the two corresponding transactions are identical, thus eliminating troublesome discrepancies which could later interfere with successful account balancing and reconciliation.
Account transfers always consist of a source account transaction, which is created by the user, and a matching transaction for a destination account.
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