Bank Genie - Pro Edition
Software for managing your Bank Accounts and Credit Card Accounts
Index to User Guide

Introduction

Introduction

• The initial screen when you start Bank Genie Pro
• Read the introduction
   

Section 1

Setting up and Personalising Bank Genie

• The Main Menu and starting programs
• The TreeView Program Selection Menu
• Treeview Favourites
• Treeview Favourites and the Show Program Names Option
• Renaming Programs in the TreeView
• About Resizing and Repositioning screens
• About Window Shading
• About Program Versions
• Users
• Preferences
   

Section 2

Working with your Bank Accounts

• Bank Accounts
• Protecting data in a Bank Account against accidental changes
• Bank Groups
   

Section 3

Working with your Categories

• 3.1 Categories
• 3.2 Category Groups
   

Section 4

Working with Transactions

• Adding, editing and deleting transactions
• Viewing your transactions
• Reconciling your Bank Statements
• About transfers
• About Invoices
   

Section 5

Standing Orders and Direct Debits

• Standing Orders and Direct Debits
   

Section 6

Importing from on-line downloads from your Bank
The Import from On-line downloads Program - BS412

Section 7

Analysing your transactions

7.1 The Transaction Analyser program
Manipulate your data in a multitude of ways and output the result to Print, Text file or Excel

• About the Transaction analyser program
• Selecting Banks, Categories and Tags for analysis
• Using the array of Quick Date Navigation buttons
  About the Tax Year buttons (the <TYR and TYR> buttons)
  About the Financial Year buttons (the <YR and YR> buttons)
  About the Financial Quarter buttons (the <Q and Q> buttons)
  About the Month buttons (the <Mo and Mo> buttons)
  About the Pay period buttons (the <P and P> buttons)
  Tips for using the Equal Increment buttons (the < and > buttons)
   

7.2 Net Worth
This section explains how to obtain an overall figure for your accounts in whichever currency you select (if you have multi currency accounts) and for any date you select.

• The Net Worth program
• Calculation methods used by the Net Worth Program

Section 8

Tax

Section 9

Password Protection, Security Profiles and Passwords
No login is required when you start Bank Genie after installation.
By default, Password Protection is NOT active.
The vast majority of users do NOT activate Password Protection since they use Bank Genie for their own personal use, and no one else has access to their computer.
If you wish to a) secure your data or b) allow other users to share your data with restrictions, then you need to set Password Protection ON.

This section explains how to set up Password Protection, Security Profiles and how to assign permissions to Security Profiles to control access to individual Bank Accounts.
 

• Activating Password Protection
• Working with Security Profiles
• Changing your password
• Setting permissions for Security Profiles
   

Section 10

Creating Backups

Section 11

Multiple Databases (datasets)
Bank Genie allows you to work with more than one database.
This section explains the options - how to create them and how to use them.

• About Multiple Databases
• Opening another database
• Opening a backup
• How to create a new empty database
   

Section 12

Restoring a database

Section 13

Database maintenance

• Packing your database
   

Section 14

Importing data from another source
If you have been using another product for Managing your Money you may wish to import that data to Bank Genie.
This section explains how.

• Importing data from QIF files
   

Section 15

Where is everything?
Program files and Data files are stored in different folders.
This section discusses where and how to find them

Section 16

Product Support
Program updates and more
 

FAQ

FAQ (Frequently asked questions)

• FAQ Page 1