newbie question

[Derek Atkins]

"Jason Tesser" <JTesser at nbbc.edu> writes:

> I have read through the how to and the documentation but I am still not getting on thing.  I set up all
> my assets, liabilities, expenses etc..  I have credit cards under liabilities and different monthly
> expenses under expenses.  I want to be able to see what my expenses are on a month to month basis.
> So for example I can see that this month so far I have spent $1,000 in the following areas.  Do I 
> have to keep a different file for each month.  That is a pain because I would have to reenter all
> balances etc.. What is the best way to do this? 

Use the reports.  Enter all your transactions into one data file and
then use the reports to give you a month-by-month picture of what
you're doing.

-derek
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