info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/08/84)
From: Edward.Tecot@CMU-CS-H I have a copy of the 'Limited Edition', which basically keeps the amount of data that can be stored to a less than usefull limit. This is to coerce you into buying the real thing. I like the program. It basically allows you to keep a personal general ledger of all your accounts; expenses; income; etc. In addition, you can prepare reports and make charts. If you have a need for this sort of program, D&S is a good one. _emt
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/19/84)
From: cracraft@sri-tsca This is a very slick program. I think it could help a lot of computer people organize their finances and feel more comfortable with the monetary aspect of their life. Its user interface is much more complicated than most Macintosh programs I have seen. This may be a drawback for naive users. The best way to get acquainted is with the chapter "First Time Tutorial." If you choose to use this program, you'll know where your money goes, be able to graph your net worth year-by-year, and generally get a fix on why all your income vanishes. Be sure to keep an extra copy of your data diskette somewhere else in case of disaster. Stuart
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/26/84)
From: Stephen C. Hill <STEVEH@MIT-MC> Has anyone gotten and solved this following problem? I had entered my paycheck data for the first week in January, but later discovered that it should have been 26 Dec 83, so changed the date. The program has thought ever since that I have a high-water date of 26 December, even after I deleted that data. That skews all of my budget information, since it thinks that I have actually got information for 12 months, when (at the moment) I just have 11. It is only annoying, but still, it IS dishearteining to have the damn thing keep telling me that my pay is thousands of dollars under budget.
info-mac@uw-beaver (info-mac) (11/29/84)
From: Fischer@HI-MULTICS.ARPA I, too, have suffered the same problem with this program and have been unable to solve it, although I haven't called the manufacturer on it either. Another glitch I've run into involves having accidentally (I don't know how I did this) erased the standard "composite accounts" which are used in building pie charts. I can't restore them as the program still insists that they already exist. It seems to be a problem with the data file and not the program since I got my backup disk recently and the file still exhibits the missing composites problem. Further, I don't see a way to ever get rid of this problem (without redoing the entire year's data!) since each succeeding year's data apparently builds upon the first. I need to call Monogram on these items because in general I am very pleased with the program and wish to continue to manage my personal money matters with it. Tom Fischer