• To Add an Item to the List, tap New.

• To Rename an Item, select the item you want to rename and tap the Rename button. Enter the new name.

• To Remove an Item from the List, select the item, and tap Delete.

Note: Payees are based on the currently selected category so the list will only show items for the current a category.

Note: To enter sub-categories and sub-sub-categories you must separate them by a colon (:). (IE: Utilities:Gas or Utilities:Electric)

Category Splits

The category pop-up has a choice called <—Splits—>:

Splits allow entry of up to 255 categories with varying amounts for a single transaction. Enter negative amounts if you want to take out taxes from a deposit for you salary.


• Adjust - sets the transaction’s overall Amount to the Splits Total’s amount.

• Clear - removes all of the splits entered for this transaction.

• Category/Transfer popup - click the popup to choose between category or transfer. Selecting category opens a category picker. Selecting transfer opens an account picker.

• Memo/class - opens the memo screen which also allows the setting of the class for the individual split item.

• Exchange rate - opens the exchange rate worksheet to set the exchange rate for an individual split item.

• +/- sign - toggles the amount from negative to positive. Negatives amounts take away money from the account. Positive amounts add money to the account.

Note: If there is a Remainder after you have entered all of the amounts you either need to add the remainder on the last line or you should Adjust the total for the transaction.

Preferences

The PocketMoney Preferences screen is accessed from the Options menu :

It includes the following items:

• Home Currency - defines the default currency that all new accounts use. It also is the currency format used to calculate the Total Worth. Tap the Home Currency amount to change the default currency.

• Multiple currencies - specifies use of multiple currencies. Check the check box to allow the use of multiple currencies.

• Auto-add categories & payees - determines the behavior of the pop-ups automatically. Check the check box to add any new category or payee to the pop-up lists.

• Hide Register Scrollbar - hiding the scrollbar can speed up the transaction display in the register view. Use the up and down scroll arrow buttons to scroll the data in the register view.

• Color banding in register - turn on color use in register and account list screen. Set the color of the rows with the Set Row Color in the Options menu.

Note: Color banding causes the screen to draw slowly on some devices. Uncheck Color Banding to speed these devices up.

• Recur X days in advance - enter the number of days in ahead of the scheduled repeating transaction time to add the repeating transaction to the register. This allows you to see what bills are upcoming.

• Password - enter 1 to 4 digits for a password. To remove the password erase it. PocketMoney will ask for a password whenever it is launched.

• Disable password on power on - some applications conflict with PocketMoney’s password feature. Checking this option avoids the conflict by preventing PocketMoney from displaying the password screen after a power on.


Account Info

The Account Prefs screen allows you to supply detailed information about particular accounts and set default values and behavior for those accounts.

Prefix - is the symbol that appears before the amount.

Suffix - is the symbol that appears after the amount.

Decimal Places - specifies the number of decimal places in the currency. For example Japanese Yen have zero decimal places.

Rate - is the amount of this currency that is equal to 1 unit of the Base Currency. Base Currency is set in Prefs.

• Total Worth -determines whether this account’s balance is added to the Total Worth calculation in the Account List screen. Check the check box to include this account in the Total Worth calculation.

• Notes - allows space for miscellaneous information for the account.

Creating a New Account
From the Account List screen tap . This opens a new Account Info screen for you to name and enter the details for the new account.


Deleting a Account
Tap to delete all information for the displayed account. PocketMoney asks you to confirm the deletion.

Note: Deleting the account deletes all transactions associated with that account.

On Screen Reports

The Tools menu provides access to PocketMoney’s reports. The Tools menu is accessible from the Register screen.

Filtered Balance Report

The Filtered Balance report sums up all transactions based on the current filter setting. This feature allows you to get a balance for a current set of data. For example, if you set the custom filter category to Food, Filtered Balance gives the total that you have spent on food in all of your accounts. Refer to “Custom Filters” for further information.


Category Expenses

Category Expenses displays the amount of money spent broken down by category. You can define the scope of the report by setting the filter. Refer to “Custom Filters” for further information.

Payee Expenses

Payee Expenses displays the amount of money spent broken down by payee. You can define the scope of the report by setting the filter. Refer to “Custom Filters” for further information.

Account Expenses

Account Expenses displays the amount of money spent broken down by account. You can define the scope of the report by setting the filter. Refer to “Custom Filters” for further information.

Custom Filters

Filters are a powerful way to display and report on subsets of transactions. PocketMoney dynamically updates the views of the data represented by the currently selected filter every time the screen is redrawn.

Pick which items you would like displayed:

• Trans (action) - allows selection of Deposit, Withdrawal,Transfer, All Transactions, and Repeating Transaction to include in the filter. Tap the Transaction and select the transaction classification.

• Account - allows selection of particular account to include in the filter. Tap the Account and select the account.

• Class - allows selection of particular class to include in the filter. Tap the Class and select the Class.

• Category - allows selection of particular category to include in the filter. Tap the Category select tap the category. The filter matches any category that starts with what is entered. If “Utilities” is entered then “Utilities:Phone” and “Utlities:Electric” are displayed.

• To/From - allows selection of particular payee or source to include in the filter. Tap the To/From and select or write the item.

• ID# - allows selection of particular ID# type to include in the filter. Entering “ATM#” will show all entries that begin with “ATM#”. Tap the ID# and select or enter the item.

• (Dates) From - allows selection of a start date to include in the filter. Tap the From to bring up the Date Editor.

• (Dates ) To - allows selection of ending date to include in the filter. Tap the To to bring up the Date Editor.

Two special cases for Date To and Date From are:

Today: If selected PocketMoney will replace “Today” with the current date whenever the filter is evaluated.

1st of Month : If selected PocketMoney will replace “1st of Month” with the first day of the current month. For example, if today is May 12, 2000 then PocketMoney will use May 1, 2000.


• Cleared - allows selection of cleared/uncleared status to include in the filter. Tap the Cleared and select the cleared status setting (Yes/No/Doesn’t matter).

• Recent - checking this will show only items that have changed since the last upload.

Several buttons at the bottom of the filter screen determine the disposition of the filter conditions:

• Tap Set to set the filter as defined in the Filter screen.

• Tap Cancel to close the Filter Conditions screen and leave the filter unchanged.

• Tap Save to save the filter conditions with a name that you choose. That name now appears in the Custom Filter pop-up when you select the “Select Custom Filter...” option in the View menu.

• Tap Remove... to delete a previously saved filter.


Note: If you change a transaction value that does not conform to the current filter, the transaction will not appear in the Register Screen when you close the Data Entry Slip.

3. Enter the balance from your bank or credit card statement on the input line. Remember that liability accounts such as credit cards and loans have a negative balance, and you should enter a negative amount on the input line to reconcile these types of accounts.

4. Tap Cleared. Cleared reconciles the account based upon cleared transactions only.

Note: The All Transactions choice allows reconciling of accounts that include cleared and uncleared transactions. This is useful for reconciling your Pocket/Cash accounts.

5. Tap Reconcile.

6. PocketMoney calculates how much must be posted to the account to reconcile it and prompts you to post x dollars to the account to reconcile it. Tap OK to create a reconciliation transaction.