Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account). If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas. :)

Thanks for your help!!

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting in cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account). If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas. :)

Thanks for your help!!

Hmmm...this seems to work but I did tweak the formula so it would subtract E3
from F3. Otherwise, it was giving me a negative number. However, I'd like
it to not show a running balance down the column if there aren't transactions
listed in the other columns (A through F). Can you help me add the "ISBLANK"
function to this formula? Otherwise, it works great! Thank you.

"Elkar" wrote:

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting in cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account). If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas. :)

Thanks for your help!!

Hi

Try
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7
and
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C")

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Treesy" wrote in message
...
Hmmm...this seems to work but I did tweak the formula so it would
subtract E3
from F3. Otherwise, it was giving me a negative number. However, I'd
like
it to not show a running balance down the column if there aren't
transactions
listed in the other columns (A through F). Can you help me add the
"ISBLANK"
function to this formula? Otherwise, it works great! Thank you.

"Elkar" wrote:

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting in
cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in
cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow
you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your
formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to
add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my
account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the
balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can
the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then
it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no
calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected
balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual
balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account).
If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas.
:)

Thanks for your help!!

Doesn't like the formula. Gives an error. Can't figure out why. The cell
references are correct.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

Try
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7
and
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C")

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Treesy" wrote in message
...
Hmmm...this seems to work but I did tweak the formula so it would
subtract E3
from F3. Otherwise, it was giving me a negative number. However, I'd
like
it to not show a running balance down the column if there aren't
transactions
listed in the other columns (A through F). Can you help me add the
"ISBLANK"
function to this formula? Otherwise, it works great! Thank you.

"Elkar" wrote:

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting in
cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in
cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow
you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your
formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to
add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my
account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the
balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can
the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then
it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no
calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected
balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual
balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account).
If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas.
:)

Thanks for your help!!

Maybe..

=IF(COUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7)
and
=IF(COUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C"))



Treesy wrote:

Doesn't like the formula. Gives an error. Can't figure out why. The cell
references are correct.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

Try
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7
and
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C")

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Treesy" wrote in message
...
Hmmm...this seems to work but I did tweak the formula so it would
subtract E3
from F3. Otherwise, it was giving me a negative number. However, I'd
like
it to not show a running balance down the column if there aren't
transactions
listed in the other columns (A through F). Can you help me add the
"ISBLANK"
function to this formula? Otherwise, it works great! Thank you.

"Elkar" wrote:

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting in
cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in
cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow
you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your
formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to
add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my
account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the
balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can
the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then
it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no
calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected
balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual
balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account).
If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas.
:)

Thanks for your help!!




--

Dave Peterson

Not following the thread, but the syntax is incorrect in the last two formulas
Roger posted.

Try these............

=IF(COUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7)

=IF(COUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C"))


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 11:42:00 -0800, Treesy
wrote:

Doesn't like the formula. Gives an error. Can't figure out why. The cell
references are correct.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

Try
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7
and
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C")

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Treesy" wrote in message
...
Hmmm...this seems to work but I did tweak the formula so it would
subtract E3
from F3. Otherwise, it was giving me a negative number. However, I'd
like
it to not show a running balance down the column if there aren't
transactions
listed in the other columns (A through F). Can you help me add the
"ISBLANK"
function to this formula? Otherwise, it works great! Thank you.

"Elkar" wrote:

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting in
cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in
cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow
you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your
formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to
add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my
account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the
balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can
the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then
it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no
calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected
balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual
balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account).
If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas.
:)

Thanks for your help!!

Hi
Sorry about that. I don't know how I managed to miss out the parentheses
for the IF formula, but I did.
Dave and Gord corrected it for you and all should now be working.

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Treesy" wrote in message
...
Doesn't like the formula. Gives an error. Can't figure out why. The
cell
references are correct.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

Try
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7
and
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C")

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Treesy" wrote in message
...
Hmmm...this seems to work but I did tweak the formula so it would
subtract E3
from F3. Otherwise, it was giving me a negative number. However,
I'd
like
it to not show a running balance down the column if there aren't
transactions
listed in the other columns (A through F). Can you help me add the
"ISBLANK"
function to this formula? Otherwise, it works great! Thank you.

"Elkar" wrote:

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting
in
cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in
cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the
cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow
you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your
formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to
add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my
account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the
balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D.
Can
the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D,
then
it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does
no
calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected
balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an
actual
balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account).
If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to
ideas.
:)

Thanks for your help!!

This formula didn't work and I'm not sure why. It is giving me an error but
the cell references are correct. The offset formula that Elkar provided is
working so I'm wondering if there is a way we can simpy incorporate the
ISBLANK function into the formula?

Thanks for the help.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

Try
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+F7-E7
and
=IFCOUNT(E7:F7)<1,"",G6+(F7-E7)*(D7="C")

--
Regards

Roger Govier


"Treesy" wrote in message
...
Hmmm...this seems to work but I did tweak the formula so it would
subtract E3
from F3. Otherwise, it was giving me a negative number. However, I'd
like
it to not show a running balance down the column if there aren't
transactions
listed in the other columns (A through F). Can you help me add the
"ISBLANK"
function to this formula? Otherwise, it works great! Thank you.

"Elkar" wrote:

For your "Projected" amount (column G) use this formula, starting in
cell G3
and copy down.

=E3-F3+OFFSET(G3,-1,0)

For your "Actual" amount (column H) use this formula, starting in
cell H3
and copy down.

=OFFSET(H3,-1,0)+IF(D3="C",E3-F3,0)

If your amounts start on a different row than 3, then adjust the cell
references accordingly. The use of the OFFSET function will allow
you to
insert and delete rows later as needed without messing up your
formulas.

HTH,
Elkar


"Treesy" wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to
add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my
account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the
balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can
the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then
it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no
calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected
balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual
balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account).
If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas.
:)

Thanks for your help!!

Try this in G7:

=IF(D7="C",IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7),G6)

and copy down as necessary.

I'm not sure why you are checking for E7 and F7 being blank and
returning a blank if they are - wouldn't you want G6 returned in this
case?

Hope this helps.

Pete

Treesy wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account). If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas. :)

Thanks for your help!!

Thanks for the suggestion, I will try it. As far as the formula I'm using,
it from a template I downloaded from the Microsoft site. I think what it is
doing is preventing a running total going down my column, which I like. If
I've entered a transaction, then go ahead and do the total. Otherwise, I'd
rather not have a long column of my last calculation?

But thanks again for the formula, I'll give it a go. :)

"Pete_UK" wrote:

Try this in G7:

=IF(D7="C",IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7),G6)

and copy down as necessary.

I'm not sure why you are checking for E7 and F7 being blank and
returning a blank if they are - wouldn't you want G6 returned in this
case?

Hope this helps.

Pete

Treesy wrote:

Hi there. I have my checkbook register in Excel and I'd like to add a column
that shows "actual balance", based on items that have cleared my account.
Currently, column G has the following formula to calcuate the balance:
=IF(AND(ISBLANK(E7),ISBLANK(F7)),"",G6-E7+F7)

When an item clears my account, I put a capital C in column D. Can the
above formula be altered so that if there is a C in column D, then it goes
ahead and performs the calculation. If there is no C, it does no calculation
and simply repeats the value in the cell above?

Ultimately, I'd like to have 2 columns, one would be a projected balance
(assuming everything clears my account) and one would be an actual balance
(to compare against the balance showing on my checking account). If anyone
can think of a different way to accomplish this, I'm open to ideas. :)

Thanks for your help!!