Chapter 2. Getting the Figures to Match

In this chapter:

  • Learn how to balance your accounts by hand

  • Explore the features available in financial software that would be most useful to you

  • Explore options for using your computer to reconcile accounts semi- or fully automatically

  • Discover how to trouble shoot when an account doesn't balance

  • Learn how to back up financial data on your computer

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