Ohio State University Extension Bulletin

Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken® 2002

Bulletin 897-02


Data Entry

Example 9: Recalling a Memorized Transaction - Percentages

You write a check for $100.00 to American Electric Power for an electric bill. You previously memorized this transaction.

Num: Click on Num field, Click Next Check Num.
Date: Click the Date field. Use the calendar or +/- keys to set proper date.
Payee: Click on the Payee field. Click on the down arrow in the Payee field. Click American Electric Power. The PERCENTAGE SPLIT window appears, Type 100.00,

Click OK.

**Note** To check if the transaction has been recorded correctly, Click on any field in this transaction, Click Split, you will see that this transaction has been split in the following manner:

Utilities: Electric/Gen Farm$75.00
Utilities: Hutilities/Home$25.00

The Kilowatt hours in the Memo fields will need to be adjusted with each bill. Click in the Memo field on line 1 and Type 1200 Kilowatt hours, Click in the Memo field on line 2 and Type 400 Kilowatt hours. Click OK.

Record: Click Enter.

In Example 8 you memorized this transaction with a split of 75% farm use and 25% home use. Therefore, when you recall a memorized transaction memorized as a percentage, Quicken will automatically split future transactions with the same percentages.


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