Spb Finance 2.8 User Manual
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1. y Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual BU Software Development for a Mobile World Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Copyright Notice 2008 Spb Software House All rights reserved Information in this manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Spb Software House All company and product names mentioned in the manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Page 1 of 23 L Spb p Sortware House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Table of Contents Table OF CONTENTS uices torus as s Exc uN ERU EISaEFAREEURRCESE NEMMKIPE FR RIIMI I MMEE EMEN EE ENMNUM E Ux rRERD UFMEEEES 2 allarme E 3 DOM Wale Fes BS caper tecse tan ace tsieitaben cei soU E 3 I FS Cea AIO pet E CC 4 SYLEN RECOU IO E ear a secs Mas EEES E E UM PEDI ML DERI RING MEER Va 4 PINS UNC Eoo E E E E E T A TE T T T A 4 PSO IS O p iera A E O E EE E EEN a 5 TS CCW EE N E E E A E T I 5 Connguring SPD Final B sissano aa ER 6 SOF INaNCe OPON S eana E a I TT 6 OPERNE ENNY ODIOS scccasuuaenaschanmaccccadauatsuunasaneudamacadtiendbatouatacanenenececnamtpatavecencaa eacconcatuaieees 8 Using SO PIANC Oiri E E A 9 PCCOUIMES WCW E E E A A A E E E EE E E E E A E edaeeateae 9 NEW ACCOUNT WIZAPO EE 9 ROO TET a E A E A aoe se eoeeeanceaen pee cacee 10 aside EE E A A E E E O E E E E E E O 11 UPI OES WCW io cen E E T E A S E EE EEE E E E A T AT 14 New B2. In this dialog TAE et Tx E e Select an existing category to be shown in the new budget To quickly create a new category tap New in ae eubesrenon Se eo Bud dst calculation e f you want the subcategories of the selected category to be taken into account by the budget mark the corresponding check box Choose category For vour budget Gifts Received e ap Next At the next step you can provide the following details e Set budget limits for here you can specify the budget duration which is the time period the budget is planned for This can be a repeating period of time Every Month Every Quarter the current period of time Current Month Current Quarter Current Year Page 14 of 23 Spb Softwa re House gbile Worl J Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual or a set of equal time intervals Months Quarters e Amount After you specified the time interval intervals you should provide the amount of money you plan or allow yourself to use in this period of time The amount of money you specified will be re calculated if you select another time period e f you specified a set of equal time intervals e g Quarters you can provide different money amounts for each time interval e Tap Finish Note For Spb Finance Money Edition Budgets created in Spb Finance are not transferred to Money during synchronization Reports View Reports view provides an overview of your spending and income patterns in
3. Fil Tod Font field value is taken from the corresponding memorized transaction when creating a new transaction If not selected then the Memo field is not used Warn if no Category f selected when you create a new transaction and do not mention the category you will get a warning message Show all currencies If selected then when you create a new transaction you will be able to select a currency from the list of all currencies existing in your program Otherwise you will be shown only currencies assigned to your accounts with the ability to tap more to view all currencies Use soft keys style menu Enable or disable the soft keys style menu Save transfer rate Enable if you want Spb Finance to memorize your transfer rates each time you make one Page 7 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Spb Finance Entry Options ie Spb Finance Entry qz Yy ok To begin tap OPTIONS at the top of Spb Finance Entry screen Options The options screen includes two tabs which you can use to l Close Spb Finance Entry after adj ust your settings transaction entering Close calc when equals button e General n this tab you may adjust the general pressed program options o Close Spb Finance Entry after transaction entering Enable to allow the program to close itself automatically after entering a transaction o Close calc when equals button pressed Enable to automatically close the calculator
4. The Menu soft key gives you access to view lists of your categories and classes tools options update account balance and set or KEE 0 00 change the password needed to access your financial data Ending Balance 0 00 The Tools menu allows you to open the calculator backup or Accounts Register Budgets Reports _ restore your file export or import your financial data archive New a Menu your old data clear the database search and filter New Account wizard es The new account wizard lets you set up accounts for Cash bank credit card asset and liability These accounts will be stored in one convenient place so you can easily watch over Choose the type of account to create all of your finances The New Account wizard is activated ash when you tap New in the Accounts view Bank Credit Card e The first step will be to specify the account type C Asset Select one of following accounts Cash Bank Credit Liability Card Asset or Liability then tap Next e Specify the name of the account e g My cash Euros Provide a short description optional then tap Next e Specify the currency assigned to this account You may select one of the existing currencies or create a new one by tapping New then tap Next to proceed e Here in the last step you need to specify the initial amount of money the opening balance in the account on the corresponding date provide this date below By default the cu
5. change the AutoInstalme 3 375 58 124 42 Auto Insurans 0 00 500 00 From and To dates or select one of the standard time periods auta Farking 150 00 e g Last Year Last Quarter Current Month etc by tapping Auto Parts sas 0 00 the icon in the top right corner As you change the time Tec UE period the budget money amounts shown in this view will be Bank Servie Bankes Transe re calculated zd 19 600 12 24 294 26 Mew E Menu e Actual Money already spent received during the fixed time period for every budget in this view e Remain Money yet to be used received during the specified time period Red negative numbers in the Remain field signify that you are either above the limit for expense categories or below the not yet received money level for income categories e Balance the bottom line The sums of money amounts in both columns e Budgets marked with an asterisk are associated with categories that have subcategories e To create a new budget tap New in the menu The new budget wizard will guide you through the creation process Hint you may create more than one budget for each category e To delete or edit a budget tap and hold on it and select from its context menu New Budget Wizard The New Budget dialog allows you to create and configure a new budget for better management of your finances This dialog can be opened from the Budgets tab by selecting New from the menu
6. problems with synchronization Spb Finance and MS Money perhaps the following method will help to solve it e Disconnect your device e Backup MNY file e Delete Spb Finance fdat file from device either Spb Finance program folder or in My Documents e Connect your device back e When asked choose Combine Page 22 of 23 Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Spb J Sortware House The first synchronization may take quite some time and when it is over you will be able to synchronize your data seamlessly in both directions Contacting Technical Support Please take advantage of one of the Spb Software House free technical support options Choose the appropriate category for your question and submit it to our support team at http www spbsoftwarehouse com products finance support html Ask your technical question or post your feature request in the forum to get a quicker reply directly from the developer team or the user s community Solutions to your problems are available 24 hours a day at no cost on the Spb Club website You must first register as a member before using Spb Club web support http www spbclub com forum Please include the following information to help us isolate the problem 1 The type of the device that you are using 2 he software name and version number Select Menu About to view the software name and version number example Spb Finance version 2 8 Build 2369 Any error messages that accompan
7. 5 versions If you use Spb Finance Quick Edition you can synchronize your financial data with Intuit Quicken By default Spb Finance Quick Edition synchronizes with Quicken every time you put your Pocket PC in the cradle However you can change this from Spb Finance Quick Edition options Open the Options dialog either from ActiveSync go to Sync Options tab select Spb Finance Quick Edition entry and tap Settings or from the Start Menu The Options dialog will be opened automatically during the first synchronization Password Protected Money File Your Money data file may be protected with a password or an MSN Passport When synchronization starts you will be prompted to enter the password or login name and password There is a Save password check box to avoid entering the password every time Use the Password button on the Options page to manage your password settings Page 21 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Technical Support This chapter contains technical support information It includes all the information you need to assist you About the Trial Version The trial version of Spb Finance includes all of the features available in the registered version The trial version expires within 15 days after the first installation You can use the trial version only to check how Spb Finance works In order to keep using the software you need to purchase the license There is no need to re install the Spb Fi
8. Microsoft Money or Intuit Quicken data file on your desktop PC Now you can enter transactions and update your transactions from anywhere anytime and synchronize your data when you get to your home or hotel Money Data Synchronization Options X Note JM Spb Finance Money Synchronization i f Synchronize the accounts transactions categories etc in Spb Please backup your data file before the first Finance on your mobile device with Micrasoft Money on this synchronization CORNE IT1S STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO BACKUP YOUR e Always select Combine option in MONEY DATA FILE BEFORE THE FIRST SYNCHRONIZATION ActiveSync when asked Money file to sync with e Start synchronizing only having data in EE one side either PPC or desktop but not both OF Cancel Advanced Synchronization with Microsoft Money 2002 2007 versions You can browse for a Money data file you want to synchronize Usually this file is called My Money mny and stored in My Documents folder Advanced Options allow users to choose when to synchronization This option defines how often Spb Finance Money Edition will look for data changes In the Filter options you can set which particular accounts will be synchronized with the desktop You may open the Spb Finance Money Edition Options dialog from ActiveSync The Options dialog will be opened automatically during the first synchronization Synchronization with I ntuit Quicken 2002 200
9. QIF files you may sort them by Name Folder Date Size Type and Location Select a file you want to import and tap its name I mport or export a OFX QFX file You can import or export OFX QFX files Open Financial Exchange OFX QFX is a unified specification for the electronic exchange of financial data between financial institutions businesses and consumers via the Internet I mport from Money to Pocket PC file If you want to import financial data from Microsoft Money to your Pocket PC Spb Finance select Menu gt Tools gt Import gt Money for PPC Spb Finance will search for financial data created by Microsoft Money for Pocket PC application if it exists on your device Then Page 20 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Spb Finance will import this data Microsoft Money does not support this feature in the latest versions Tip Spb Finance synchronization is more convenient for updating your data with Intuit Quicken or Microsoft Money Nevertheless you may find the import export procedure useful for other purposes such as using QIF QFX files in other applications saving your data etc Synchronization Spb Finance allows you to synchronize your Intuit Quicken or Microsoft Money files to your device update your accounts create accounts and budgets and provides detailed reports Any entries that are made within Spb Finance on your Windows Mobile device will be synchronized back to your
10. basic reports that are easy to understand You can see how much you spent on transportations last month or how much you paid to the mechanic You can also clone a number of reports and Save them customized and named gt Spb Finance Cx am x gt Spb Finance T Tx a nk 4 Net Worth Transaction Report v Wet worth changes aver time n lu e E my Account Balances From 1 1 08 To 1 31 08 Ls 44 Accounts and their balances lay ine REn nm 1 31 08 Bank R50 00 Profit amp Loss ebit Bank Charge E Monthly profit and loss a EN RE41 84 2 Spending by Category ebi Bills Cellular Spending For each category Bed crtiss R400 00 2 Spending by Class isi Presents amp D Spending For each class Een R3 375 58 Auta Instalm T Spending by Payee Spending For each payee Newsagent R12 50 m Income amp Expense Leisure Baaks Income and expense by category Newsagent R12 80 Transaction Report Leisure Books Filtered transaction list E Newsagent R12 50 Leisure Books Newsagent R12 80 E Leisure Books Budgets Reports Total R5 555 39 s i in l Motorcard WHAM g collection B3 Investments B ife B3 Journey card overall view Reports view includes the following e Reports Net Worth See how your assets stack up against your liabilities e Reports Account Balances See your account balance history for a chosen period of time e Reports Profit amp Loss See the
11. d sort order from the drop down menu Note For Spb Finance Money Edition transactions created in your Spb Finance application and yet not synchronized with Money are shown in bold e Go to the View submenu in the main menu to switch between One Line short and Two Lines detailed modes of the Register view o n short view you see only the date amount and one additional field of the transaction You can also select which additional field of the transaction to display Ref Payee Category Class and Memo from the Show Field submenu o In detailed view you can see the date check number payee name amount category class and cleared status of the transaction all at once The short mode saves the screen area and allows displaying more transactions on the screen e To get more detailed information on any transaction tap it and the Edit Transaction dialog will appear This dialog can also be called by making a tap and hold on a desired transaction and selecting Edit from the context menu e To delete a transaction tap and hold on it and select Delete from the context menu Note For Spb Finance Money Edition you can only delete transactions created within Spb Finance application and not been synchronized with Money Tip e To quickly copy or move a transaction from one account to another tap and hold on it and select the desired context menu item You can also see the Find Similar By context menu item By using this menu it
12. dialog when the equal s button is tapped o Save password Enable this option to save BENE T m your password so you will not need to enter it each time you open the program This option will be active if you had already set a password for Spb Finance application Cancel Tip Enabling the general options makes entering your financial data on the go more l practical e Skin In this tab you can find a list of available skins DNE Finance a for Spb Finance Entry main screen on your device Select one and tap ok to apply E Pragram FilesiSpb FinanceYdeFaultid Skin sFes 2005 Program Filesyspb Fin 200512005_ Skin sfes Tools E Cancel Page 8 of 23 Spb y Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Using Spb Finance Spb Finance has easy to use functions and tools This chapter contains all the information you will need to be able to use all of the Spb Finance powerful features Accounts View Spb Finance URL ME X The first time you run Spb Finance you are presented with the accounts display The tabs along the bottom allow you to view your accounts register budgets and reports From the upper left and right corners in the account view you can select the account type and sort it by name type or balance You can also sort you account items ascending or descending Tap Mew to create new account Creating new items can be done by tapping the New soft key at the bottom of any of the program views
13. dit transaction dialog Select the occurring day te Spb Finance week month or year from the drop down list Select lt Edit pattern gt to open the pattern wizard where you can em wu BEN customize the starting date ending date and how many bis times to occur Q Day of every l 1 th When you see a red colored scheduled transaction this DENS Imo means that there is at least one generated transaction not The yet been entered into the registry view Tap and hold on such of every month s a red scheduled transaction and select one of the following actions e Enter All all the suspended generated transactions will be entered into the register view e Enter Next the next generated transaction after the e J Nest previously entered one will be entered i ES Cancel e Skip Next the next generated transaction after the previously entered one will be skipped Tip When a scheduled transaction is generated you will receive notification This is customized when setting the scheduled reminding options If yes then you will see a reminder note which you can either reject or open the scheduled transaction view of Spb Finance and enter or skip the newly generated transactions Page 18 of 23 Spb Software House Software Development fa a A i ri 1 li i f Es j F uu m ONE ay bue World Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Today Plug In 5 Start er Yy Mz nm The Today plug in provide
14. e functionality for keeping your Pocket PC and desktop PC financial data in sync automatically Spb Finance Money and Quick Editions Common information If you are planning to use your Pocket PC for entering your transactions on the go and browsing reports while doing the most of the finance management on a desktop PC you Should consider Spb Finance Quick Edition or Money Edition With these versions of Spb Finance you would be able to seamlessly synchronize all your financial data on Pocket PC Page 4 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual with desktop financial programs Quicken or Microsoft Money and vice versa The synchronization is done via ActiveSync just like Contacts or Calendar Appointments Note You may have to reinstall or to change the installed Spb Finance edition if you have problems with Synchronization because of damaged files or any other reason In this case it s important to backup your finance data then restore it to be able to synch your previous data Registration You will be able to use Spb Finance until the end of the trial version period of 15 days from the first installation If you have not registered Spb Finance within this timeframe you will need to do so to continue using it To obtain the serial number you need to purchase an Spb Finance software license You will receive your serial number by e mail Uninstalling To remove the product from your Pocket PC 1 Go to Start
15. e the details The split information is stored in memorized transactions You can lock memorized transactions If you lock a memorized transaction then any time you enter a new transaction and provide the locked memorized transaction payee name all the transaction data fields will be automatically filled with data kept in this memorized transaction not those of a previously created transaction with this payee name In conclusion a locked memorized transaction is never re written You cannot add a new n Spb Finance Payees ABSA Bank Account Adjustment Account Adjustment see Mema ACTS Christian Church Adidas shop Al s Gourmet Chicken Allan Gray Anat Falafel Baby decor Bank Bay centre hardware Baywatch Bihati Solutions Bird s Nest Blacksteer Bonjour Boulder s shopping centre gt Spb Finance ay Ty m ok Memorized Transactions 1 068 00 n 40 85 Account 0 00 1 time ai Transport 4irF 7111 General Grace ACTS Presents amp Do Adidas s Presents amp Do Al s Gau Foad Junkfao Allan Gray Investments Anat Fal Food JunkFoo Bank Bank Charge Bav cen Hausehold ar Baywatch Bills Rent FMan Bihati 5 Wages amp Sala Bird s Nest Vacatian Ladg Blacksteer Food Junkfoo Bonjour Food Basic Fo 120 00 439 00 22 95 1 320 00 35 95 50 00 31 10 750 00 25 368 31 200 00 39 85 memorized transaction to th
16. em you will be able to list all transactions with the same attribute category class payee amount date or color Page 10 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual e From the View submenu you can also configure the Register view to show the changed balance of your account by each recorded transaction Running balance mode In this view the Ending Balance for the currently selected account or all accounts if selected calculated after all recorded transactions has been taken into account Note For Spb Finance Quick Edition transactions already synchronized with desktop Quicken cannot be deleted or modified on your Pocket PC New Transaction Spb Finance sorts your transactions into spending areas based on how you ve categorized them in the past You can always reassign transactions to suit your personal preferences To add a new transaction tap New soft key when you are in Register view The new transaction dialog is the same as the edit transaction dialog This dialog box contains all the information of a chosen transaction Note For Spb Finance Money Edition this information is read only for transactions synchronized with Money and available for editing only for those created in Spb Finance and not yet synchronized with Money General gt lt Spb Finance vx fx A o Add a transaction by typing it in o Account Select an account that this EE ch transaction belongs to You can select a
17. ency rates for example for chart building Note When currency rate is being changed by user its previous value is remembered All transactions that were entered before this change will be calculated using currency history Import export Spb Finance provides import export capabilities You can import any QIF Money for PPC and OFX QFX file to Spb Finance and export your Spb Finance data such as QIF CSV Excel OFX QFX to be used on your desktop PC or other PDA To do so go to Tools menu and select Import or Export command respectively IAE 73 750 ee ee ae When you import a file e All transactions from the imported file will be added to nemeti cj afer a the list of transactions Choose destination file v Documents spb Finance of Choose items to be exported e All categories from the imported file that were not found in the application will be added e All classes from the imported file that were not found in the application will be added e All memorized transactions from the imported file that were not found in the application will be added e All accounts from the imported file that were not found in the application will be added I mport from a QIF file If you want to import a QIF file to your Spb Finance select Menu gt Tools gt Import gt QI F You will be asked to search through the Pocket PC a QIF file files Specify a folder in which to look for the file files Once you have the list of
18. es The class view can be opened by selecting Menu gt View gt Classes from the menu of any main tab of the program Accounts Register Budgets or Reports Page 16 of 23 Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Note For Spb Finance Money Edition classes created in Spb Finance application and not yet synchronized with Money are in bold format and can be edited Payees View A payee is the second participant of any transaction You either pay money to or receive it from the payee Payee can stand for a bank that transfers pension to your grandmother a restaurant that receives money for your lunch or an exchange office etc The payee view can be opened by selecting Menu gt View gt Payees from the menu of any main tab of the program Accounts Register Budgets or Reports Memorized Transaction View The memorized transaction view can be opened by selecting Menu gt View gt Memorized Transactions from the menu of any main tab of the program Accounts Register Budgets or Reports The memorized transaction view represents the list of the last added transactions for each payee Memorized transactions save time in entering data for new transactions When you create a new transaction and use a payee that has already been specified in one of the previous entries all the data saved in the memorized transaction entry will be used automatically for this new transaction You either accept the data as it is or chang
19. he transaction You either pay money to or receive money from the payee Payee can be a bank that transfers a pension to your grandmother a restaurant that receives money for your lunch or an exchange office etc e Payment Deposit Tap W to select and then enter the amount of payment or deposit in the field Next to it you can select the currency of your payment e Category The category of the transaction which can be selected from the drop down list Otherwise tap New to create a new category that will be added to the list If you split a transaction then you will see split instead of a category name e Class The class this transaction belongs to Classes are an alternative way to classify transactions Select a previously created class or add a new one by tapping New Memo Here you can enter any additional information about a transaction in this field e g My first Car e Highlight color The color you select here will be the color of this transaction background in the list Schedule In this tab you may customize the schedule details of the JE Finance currently edited transaction New Transaction e Schedule this transaction Select this check box if you want this transaction to repeat for a specified Occurs period of time If you select this check box then you should also customize the following parameters mJ Enter automatically l3 Remind me e Occurs Specify the period of time between two generated transact
20. history of your monthly profit and loss for a chosen period of time e Reports Spending by Category See how much you spent in specific categories e Reports Spending by Class See the amount of your money spent allotted by classes for a chosen period of time e Reports Spending by Payee See how much you spent in specific to individual payees Page 15 of 23 Spb p 3ortware House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual e Reports Income amp Expense See the amount of your income and expense allotted by months e Reports Transaction Report See all of your transactions for a certain account accounts for a certain period of time You can narrow down this list by using customized filters e g you can ask for a list of transactions of a certain category only which makes this report different from the Register View You can view most reports as a table a bar chart or a pie chart To change the view for a chart in the right tap View and then select the view you want The context menu of each report consists of e View select to view the corresponding report e Customize select to configure the report settings such as accounts categories classes payees These settings are applicable to this report only e New report you can use this menu item to create a copy of a desired report Later you can reconfigure it e Rename select to provide the new name and description for the report applicable only for user created repor
21. into Spb Finance on the spot and forget about them Spb Finance will remember them for you Entering a transaction is a two click business since Spb Finance has a built in auto completion feature You can also use Spb Finance as a stand alone application or as a Pocket PC companion for Microsoft Money and Intuit Quicken Do you use Microsoft Money or Quicken at your desktop Spb Finance has special features for synchronization with these products Software Features Powerful Register View The register view contains a detailed list of the transactions for each account For each transaction you can see its date payee reference category cleared status and amount and switch between full and brief views Advanced reports Spb Finance can create 8 different reports from income and expenses to net worth and Account balances There are many ways to generate reports with the information in your account You can also create reports with pie charts bar graphs or a table Advanced Today Plug In Spb Finance Today plug in adds a section to your Today screen with the information you want about accounts budgets or scheduled payments Budgets With budgets you can watch over all of your monthly expenses or only what you spend in a few categories such as clothing or dining out Spb Finance Entry With Spb Finance Entry you will be able to enter a new transaction quickly without even using a stylus A new transaction can be done by two three fi
22. ions This can be either a predefined value e g every Thursday or you can select Edit pattern to set more accurate data e Enter automatically f you enabled this option the subsequently generated transactions will be added without prompting you EI e Remind me If you enabled this option then any time Es E a new generated transaction appears you will receive a notification and will be able to accept or reject it Split You can split the transaction payment into several logical parts For example you are editing a transaction that describes buying a car You may want to provide more detailed Page 12 of 23 Spb Soroware House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual information about where your money went You may specify such details as car price insurance registration and fueling payments Thus you can split a big transaction into several A Investment Inc 12 500 00 n small ones To split a transaction tap Split soft key e Split fields Here you can see the split fields of your transaction Enter as many split fields as you want For each one you may provide the field category and or subcategory in our example this can be Auto Insurance and the part of the payment for this Split Total 12 500 00 i Remainder 0 00 category You can scroll the list of split fields by Transaction Tata 12 500 08 tapping the scroll arrows To add a new split field just tap on a free row e Category Description C
23. is list because such entries are created automatically when you create a new transaction Page 17 of 23 Spb y Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Scheduled Transaction View The scheduled transaction view can be opened by selecting Menu gt View gt Scheduled Transactions from the menu of any main tab of the program Accounts Register Budgets or Reports TET ET This view contains all scheduled transactions Scheduled NM transactions are created for recurring items like your monthly bills You can create templates for transactions that will ally Dater automatically recur For example if you have a repeating ETN R145 00 a transaction e g every month you receive your salary Metropolitan Life R389 74 i i i i Insurance RAJ Instead of adding this transaction every week you create a Ere TEN new scheduled transaction where you provide all the t Auto Tracking standard transaction data such as account payee and uoo NS e payment etc and then specify the actions of this transaction iui P R1 760 00 that is set it to create a new income transaction every Se ETT month i Investments Old Mutual R250 00 l i Investments To create and configure a new scheduled transaction tap nempe R400 00 New soft key After configuring the new transaction go to the i E Schedule tab and schedule this transaction ali You can schedule any existed transaction from the Schedule tab in the e
24. lass Amount Fill in these fields by tapping them and providing the corresponding data Adjust B e Split Total The current sum of split fields payments e Remainder Unaccounted part of the total amount This is the difference between the Split Total and the Transaction Total which can be a negative number e Transaction Total The value you provided as the transaction payment amount e Adjust Tap this soft key to adjust the amount of payment between the split sum and the transaction sum o Subtract from first The reminder will be subtracted from the very first split o Distribute The reminder will be subtracted from all existing splits equal amount from each o Update sum The total payment will be increased by the remainder Note In any of these cases the total payment becomes equal to the sum of all split field payments and the remainder becomes equal to O e Cancel Tap this soft key to stop splitting and quit the dialog Page 13 of 23 Spb y Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual r Spb Finance a MP PE pared TIE rom T T T The Budgets view displays all your budgets Budgets allow Actual Remain you to plan your expenses You may allocate a certain money cue ne m mes amount for a certain period of time ee E EA eee NEUE i l i AutoCar waw 0 00 150 00 You may specify the time period for which the information on auto Fuel D 00 2 000 00 every budget is shown To do so you can either
25. menu gt Settings 2 Open System and tap on Remove Programs 3 Select Spb Finance from the list and tap on the Remove button 4 Choose Yes to confirm removing To remove the product from your Desktop PC 1 Click Start gt Control Panel 2 Double click on Add or Remove Programs 3 Select the program name then click Change Remove and follow the uninstall wizard to remove the program Page 5 of 23 Spb y Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Configuring Spb Finance After Spb Finance is installed on your Pocket PC it is ready to use You can now customize the settings and behavior s Spb Finance Options To begin go to the main menu and select the Options menu item The Options screen includes the following tabs which you can use to adjust your settings e File Here you can configure the program file fe Spb Finance tk Tx AE ok options ms o Choose data file location Provide the folder cheese data fle location where your data will be stored on your device o Enable auto backup Enable or disable the a ma l auto data backup feature When you backup E e your finance data all accounts transactions memorized transactions scheduled transactions categories and subcategories classes budgets currencies currency rates and report settings will be saved in this file Choose the backup file location below The auto backup will occur each day at the time Today Fonts Customize
26. nance in order to use the full version To obtain the serial number you need to purchase Spb Finance software license You will receive your serial number by e mail For more information please visit our web site at http www spbsoftwarehouse com products finance support html Before Contacting Technical Support Please read this section before contacting Technical Support it includes most common important issues users might face e Consult the online help installed with your program From any of Spb Finance screens select Help menu item from the Start menu e Refer to the Frequently Asked Questions FAQs in the Support section of the Spb Software House Web site The FAQs may have information and helpful hints that are more current than the User Manual http www spbsoftwarehouse com products finance faq html Reports Q Reports are not working such as spending by category spending by payee or spending by class It shows no data corresponds to the current settings A First you need to define the parameters of your report Go to Menu Customize and select accounts categories and payees that you wish to include in your report Check none in category classes and payee if not used Report includes transaction if it fits all pages in customizations e g if Class is not specified for a transaction then none should be checked in customization to allow that transaction to be included in report Synchronization If you face
27. ngertips Moreover you can map this program to any hardware button to open it by one button press To make usage more pleasant Spb Finance Entry has a skinnable interface Multicurrency Support Spb Finance supports multiple currencies You can use as many currencies as you like and set a home currency to be applied to all currency rates reports and graphs Synchronization with Microsoft Money amp I ntuit Quicken Spb Finance allows you to synchronize your Intuit Quicken 2003 2006 or Microsoft Money files to your Windows Mobile device You can configure your synchronization process to exchange and update your account information The synchronization is done via ActiveSync just like Contacts or Calendar Appointments Page 3 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Installation The installation of Spb Finance is a very simple process and takes less than five minutes to complete The following installation guide will help you System Requirements Make sure your system meets the following minimum requirements before installation Pocket PC Windows Mobile 2003 Windows Mobile 5 Windows Mobile 6 Professional or Classic Desktop PC Windows 98 2000 XP for Spb Finance Money or Quick Edition Mobile Installing After you have downloaded the Spb Finance distribution file you should install it to your device For a successful installation you will need a Pocket PC device attached to your Window
28. ny Ref 1 11 08 existing account from the drop down list Payee o Clr This field marks the unreconciled Payment reconciled and cleared transactions Category Class Unreconciled empty The transaction has not cleared the bank or been reconciled Cleared c Money have been debited from or credited to your bank account but you have not completed reconciling your account for this time period When you balance your account you mark transactions as Cleared as you match them to your bank statement When you finish reconciling all Cleared items are marked as Reconciled Split Fa Cancel Reconciled R The transaction in your Spb Finance account matches one on your bank statement and your account has been balanced e Ref Usually this field contains the check number otherwise it can contain any other information you like You can select one of the predefined values of the Ref field from the drop down menu o lt blank gt provide a custom value Page 11 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual o ATM Debit Print Just the reserved words valuable for Microsoft Money o Next check This parameter is like a transaction counter for an account When you add a new transaction and set the Ref value as Next check then this number increases by one e Date The date when this transaction took place or is going to take place in future e Payee The second participant of t
29. red transactions To change EN 4 the data in any of these fields just tap on it You will be shown a small window where you provide the new data 1 2ahc 3def 4ghi 5jkl 6mno Spb Finance Entry p am x VE A Waterfront You can adjust Spb Finance Entry options by tapping OPTI ONS which is placed under the task bar Tip l Zpurs Il gtuv Il Ow xVz Map this program to any hardware button to quickly open mm T cancer it for transactions entry on the go Note This tool works only with existing accounts To enter any new data such as new accounts categories classes or payees go to the Spb Finance application Password Protection If you wish to keep your data secure set a password using Tools gt Password command When a password is set your data file will be encrypted by AES algorithm Rijndael and this password will be required every time Spb Finance is started Page 19 of 23 Spb Software House Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Currencies To work with currencies open View gt Currencies You can use as many currencies as you like and set a home currency to be applied to all currency rates budgets and balances You can also customize any report to be shown using any entered currency Spb Finance does not update the currencies online but memorizes the currency rate history that you had provided The currencies are always automatically recalculated in accordance with the curr
30. rrent date are set as the date of account opening then tap Finish Page 9 of 23 Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual Spb Finance Register View Investments Your most important information at a glance in the register 21108 Old Mutual view Information such as how much you have in your am iem account what your transaction was for or who it was to Card Monthly bills which transactions have cleared and categorizing each item 2 1 08 Den T based on your preferences The account register view also 1 1 08 Old Mutual 250 00 contains a list of the transactions for each account To view EE E the account register tap the name of the account you want to Card Monthly bile 27 640 00 11 08 Investec 1 750 00 work with from the account view Card Monthly bile 36 320 00 12 1 07 Old Mutual 250 00 e Select account To switch from one account to Card Monthly bills 24 560 00 12 1 07 Allan Gray 1 320 00 another tap the down arrow next to the account name Card iMonthly bills 94 210 00 7 top left menu and select another account Select All Ending Balance R101 220 00 accounts to view the list of all transactions on the Register Budgets Reports device EE e Sort by You can sort the transaction by date payee Cleared status money amount or category in ascending or descending order To sort the accounts in the list tap the down arrow next to the sort by type name and select the required type an
31. s desktop PC You will also need Microsoft ActiveSync software in order to install Spb Finance to your device Note Microsoft ActiveSync works only with Windows XP SP2 or earlier If you have Windows Vista your synchronization settings will be managed through the Windows Mobile Device Center Windows Mobile Device Center is available through the Windows Mobile Device Center page When you run the software installer on your desktop PC it will ask you to accept the license agreement and will start the installation program You will be prompted for the location where you want the software to be installed You will also be prompted to choose the desired edition of Spb Finance e Spb Finance Standard Edition e Spb Finance Money Edition compatible with Microsoft Money 2002 2007 versions e Spb Finance Quick Edition compatible with Quicken 2002 2005 versions Spb Finance Standard Edition Spb Finance Standard Edition is a powerful stand alone Pocket PC solution for personal finance management With Spb Finance Standard Edition you can do all the common tasks you would expect from a modern finance management program being capable of creating editing and deleting transactions creating and browsing detailed reports transferring funds between accounts managing budgets and much more While Spb Finance Standard Edition can export and import transactions in QIF format that is recognized by most financial applications on the market it does not provid
32. s you with a glance of your financial L Mabuni 6 19 PM February 04 7008 m Accounts Scheduled Budgets m 4 29 06 Fountain cour R3 500 00 data under three tabs The plug in allows you to have fast access to the Spb Finance application For example if you have a certain account on your Today screen tapping on it 2 8 08 Newsagent R12 80 will open the register view for that account You can enable peine EU Spb Finance Today plug in from the Today tab in the program a O pus option 2 29 R4D0 DO 3 1 08 Old Mutual R250 00 Ti p 3 jon ioc IR1 320 00 Spb Finance Today plug in is compatible with Spb Pocket pies OIC ba Plus and can be represented on a separate tab which 3 1 08 Metropalitan R389 74 allows you to save your screen real estate ponen iL 0 Note Contacts Due to security issues Spb Finance Today plug in was removed from Start gt Settings gt Today dialog Thus an unauthorized user would not be able to turn on this Today plug in and see your important finance data Spb Finance Entry Spb Finance Entry makes the entry of recurring transactions easily done since the interface uses large buttons which allow you to use your fingers to enter transactions When the Traffic Department program is launched you are shown the program dialog which has 6 transaction details to customize Payee Amount F Bilis c Category Class Account and Date Initially these data fields odacom contain data from previously ente
33. ts e Delete select to delete the previously created report copy you cannot delete the Original program reports Tip The best place to begin working with reports is your profit and loss report The monthly profit and loss report can provide insight into cyclical expenses like holiday spending and help you see how you spend money in any given month Categories View Your transactions can be divided by different categories such IET as food auto gas and salary This essentially improves your transactions handling Categories may have subcategories as lly SSS well The application comes with a predefined list of Gifts Received Income n categories You can add other categories or edit those Investment Income Income E TE l Dividends existing To do so open the category list Menu gt View gt ils Categories Leave pay Income Other income Income Tap on New soft key to create a new category To edit a sal e TAE category just tap on it Pensions amp Annuities Social Security Benefits Tax Refund Income Classes View Unemployment Compensation Income Wages amp Salary Income Classes are an alternative way to classify transactions They AN do not correlate with categories but allow you to combine Gross Pay different transactions by other reasons that categories Class _Leave Per b samples My first trip to France Jessica s transactions John s transactions etc Unlike categories there are no subclasses for class
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35. ular accounts to be displayed tap the Details button and select the accounts in a separate dialog Scheduled Transactions Select to display your scheduled transactions on the Today screen To specify what particular schedule transactions to be displayed tap the Details button and select scheduled transactions in a separate dialog Budgets Select to display your budgets on the Today screen To specify the showing settings tap the Details button and provide the details in a dialog that appears Set your preferred font style and size Use this font in lists Select the font face and size for the lists used in the program Use ClearType Select to apply Clear Type to the text font See the sample text in the field below Customize Here you can customize the general program settings Scheduling time Select the time for your Spb Finance 3 Tye ME lok recurring transaction and auto backup file to be pins processed At this time you will be notified if mn you have any bills to pay If a bill does not O ERN need to be paid this period you can click Skip This Occurrence and it will update the due E iba dd date to the next payment date L show all currencies Use memorized transactions Enable if you oS ieee mE want Spb Finance to memorize your transactions so you do not need to fill the same information over and over for the same transaction _ Save transfer rate Set Memo field f selected then the Memo
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37. you specify in scheduling time option Tip It s recommended that you create an additional copy of your backup file to an alternate storage media like your desktop hard drive or removable media like ZIP disks or writable CDs Just in case something happens to your Device Keep your additional backup file in a secure location to help protect against unauthorized access to your data by others e Today Adjust your today plug in options I Popp rend ok o Enable Today You can enable or disable Spb Options 0 00 Finance today plug in on your Today screen EEA The Today plug in show the balance of any Display number of your accounts scheduled transactions an ts B ing th Scheduled ansactions and budgets By adding the Spb ju ei Finance information to your Today screen you also have fast access to your data Budgets Details Note Due to security issues Spb Finance Today plug in was removed from Start gt Settings gt Today dialog Thus an unauthorized user would not be able to turn on this Today plug in and see your important finance data File Today Fonts Customize ay o Appearance Tap on this button to customize the appearance of Spb Finance Today plug in This option works only if the Today plug in had been enabled Page 6 of 23 Spb Finance 2 8 User Manual O Fonts Spb Software House Accounts Select to display account balances on the Today screen To specify what partic
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