Microsoft KB Archive/128821

How To Change an Account’s Opening Balance in Checkbook

PSS ID Number: Q128821 Article last modified on 05-12-1995

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= SUMMARY =

Bob Checkbook allows you to change an account’s opening balance if, for example, you chose to leave the balance blank, or if you entered the wrong amount during setup.

= MORE INFORMATION =

To change an account’s opening balance, use the following steps in Bob Checkbook:

Name> squishy.
 * 1) When Lexi asks you what you want to do, choose the Other Options squishy.
 * 2) Choose the Work With The List Of Accounts, Categories, Or Payees squishy.
 * 3) Select the Account List squishy.
 * 4) Select the account you want to edit by clicking on it once with your mouse.
 * 5) Select the Review Opening Balance or Other Details of <Your Account
 * 1) Edit the Opening Balance. When the opening balance is correct, double- click the Green Check Mark button.

When you set up a new account in Bob Checkbook, Lexi asks you for the ending balance from your last bank statement. This becomes your account’s opening balance. If you do not have your bank statement handy, you may leave this blank. The new account will have an opening balance of zero. Later, you can update the opening balance with the information from your statement.

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