Texas Instruments Avigo, User Manual

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Chapter 9: Facts, Figures, and Finance - Tracking Your Expenses 9-3
Introduction
This chapter tells you how to use Avigo’s Expense
application to record, categorize, compute, and report
expenses.
Expense lets you:
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Define up to eight categories of expenses, such as
Business, Personal, Household, Family, Vacation, etc.
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Define up to eight custom fields for the expense
form.
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Sum expenses by category, payment method, and
date.
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Generate an expense report and export it to a file for
printing or electronic distribution from your PC.
Adding Expense Entries
1. Tap the expense icon at the bottom of the Avigo
screen to display the Expense screen.
2. Open the Primary list box and choose or create an
Expense category for the new Expense entry.
Note: The first time you view the category list, a
default category called unfiled will be displayed. If
you want to change the name of this category or
create new categories, see
Adding and Editing
Categories in Chapter 2: Quick Start Short Cuts .
You can define up to eight categories of expenses. Common uses of Expense
categories include:
¦
Assigning one for each trip or expense account you may have.
¦
Separating personal expenses from business expenses
3. Tap
4
to add a new Expense entry. The New Expense screen will be
displayed.
4. Confirm or change the date of the Expense .
5. Enter the amount of the Expense .
6. Tap on the
ð
to display the list after Type .
7. Select an Expense type.
Note: You may edit items associated with this default list field if desired. (See
Adding and Editing Custom Fields in Chapter 2: Quick Start Short Cuts. )