The Budget Distribution function lets you itemize the distribution of check transaction amount across several budget categories. Up to 99 different budgets can be used in the distribution, although a check transaction can be unbudgeted (not belonging to any budget). The AMOUNT BUDGETABLE is the transaction's amount. The AMOUNT UNBUDGETED is the budgetable amount minus all the distributed amounts. You can edit the budgeted amount by clicking on the distribution, changing its value in the amount field, and pressing RETURN to update the distribution list. If, at any time, the total expenses distributed to a budget become greater than the defined limit (as defined in the "Expense Limit" input field of the Budget requester), a notice will remind you that you have exceeded your limit. ---------------------------------------------------- The following list describes the functions available in the Budget Distribution Requester. The order of these functions corresponds to the order they appear in the requester's menu bar. You can select any function using either the keyboard (shown as "Keyboard:") or mouse ("Mouse:"). Distribution Menu Okay Accept the current budget distributions for the current check transaction. Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA Y Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button Add Define a new budget distribution. A maximum of 99 budget distributions can be defined for any check transaction. The Budget Requester is displayed for you to select a budget. Once a budget has been selected, the amount input field of the Budget Distribution Requester will be activated for you to enter the amount to distribute to this selected budget. The amount budgetable (shown as the AMOUNT BUDGETABLE) is equal to the payment amount of the check. The distributed amount is limited to a minimum of $0.01 and a maximum of the amount unbudgeted (shown as the AMOUNT UNBUDGETED); a distribution of $0.00 or less is not allowed. After a valid amount is entered, the distribution is entered into the distribution list in alphabetical order. The amount undistributed is updated. If the entered amount causes the selected budget to become overbudgeted--the total distributions to this budget during the analysis period exceed the defined expense limit, the program will notify this fact. Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA A Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button Delete Remove the highlighted budget distribution from the current distribution list. A distribution list entry must be highlighted for this function to work. Once deleted, the amount unbudgeted (shows as the AMOUNT UNBUDGETED) will be updated. Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA D Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button Clear Remove all the budget distributions from the current distribution list, effectively unbudgeting the current check transaction. The amount unbudgeted (shown as the AMOUNT UNBUDGETED) will be reset to the amount budgetable (shown as the AMOUNT BUDGETABLE). Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA E Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button Cancel Terminate the current editing session of the budget distribution list. Changes made to the list will be preserved, unlike other Cancel functions which restore the previous values. Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA N Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button ---------------------------------------------------- The following list describes the input field which holds the amount of the budget distribution. The input format of this field is also given (shown as "FORMAT:"). Distributed amount The dollar value to attach to the selected budget distribution. FORMAT: nnn,nnn.nn (commas not mandatory) an amount between 0.01 and AMOUNT UNBUDGETED -- END OF BUDGET DISTRIBUTION HELP --