| ★ APPLICATIONS ★ COMPTA, BOURSE, BUDGET ★ MONEY MANAGER ★ |
MONEY MANAGER (Popular Computing Weekly) | MONEY MANAGER (Amstrad Action) | MONEY MANAGER: So hält man die Finanzen in Ordnung (Aktueller Software Markt) |
Cash in hand Money management is something I have little experience of - as far as I'm concerned, the folding green stuff just goes in one port and out another. So I approached this program with some trepidation. Was I going to be buried in forecasts and fringe benefits, and baffled by budgets? In a word, no. What I found on loading was a clearly laid out, easy to understand program perfect for a tyro like me - a tyro with an Amstrad CPC 464, that is. The program is menu driven, with 15 options to choose from. You can add, edit or delete entries; sort them by date, type or account number; print out monthly or annual statements, presented as pie or bar charts; and save all your data to tape. Each entry is basically one transaction, and includes date, account number, cheque number, and class -whether rates, electricity, household expenditure, or other. Another facility allows you to indicate who made a particular payment - the idea, no doubt, is that blame for overspending can be laid at the appropriate door. The screen display is excellent, although I suspect that anything on the Amstrad would look good. All the displays seem to be well laid out and easy to read. In a nutshell. Money Manager does what it sets out to do, and seems to do it effectively. Quite whether there is much of an advantage over more traditional aids to mathematical excellence - pencil and paper, for example, or an abacus - I don't know, but if you have a burning desire to harness the power of your micro to the financial chores, then £14.95 seems a fair price to pay. Hedley Price |
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