The only payments that fit into Credit Card as a category are the annual fee on a 'premium' card, and interest chargees incurred when carrying an amount beyond the payment due date. Most card transactions are payments for items in one or more of the categories listed. One shortcoming in the original was the classification of "Credit Card" as an expense category, which it is not. A pop-up menu is used here for consistency. It is useful, though, to choose a single format and use it consistently.Ĭolumn C is for a brief description for each transaction.-where did the money go, or where did the money come from.Ĭolumn D is used to list the category of each expenditure. The all-number format used in the '09 version is not mandatory. The content of column B is the date for each transaction. Number entries are always payment by cheque, and, as these are different for every cheque, must be typed into the cell after deleting the pop-up menu from that cell (following the steps noted in column B). Notes in column B refer to the entry methods for the payment method of each transaction. Notes on the table diagram tell what type of data is entered in each column, nd what entry method is used. Data entry, other than the opening balance amunt in F1, begins in row 3.Īll data on the table, with the exception of the values in column F are entered values, entered either directly from the keyboard or chosen from a pop-up menu in the cell. Here's an image of my revised Register table, with notes on the contents of each column. The original template had two tables, The larger one is a register of checks and other spending from a checking account.
Here are some reconstuction notes on the '09 template. The same template evolved into the Personal Budget template in later versions. Numbers '09 offered a Checkbook Register in it's Templates Chooser.