OMG! There has to be an easier way!

[momof3b1g]

Ok i mys be an idiot. I'm trying to do a spreadsheet with no luck. I'm having trouble getting it to add for me. My son got my income added. But i can't get the bills added. URG! I swear i'm going back to pen and paper.

Even budgettracker seems confusing.

[PoorGrammyinBK7]

Ok i mys be an idiot. I'm trying to do a spreadsheet with no luck. I'm having trouble getting it to add for me. My son got my income added. But i can't get the bills added. URG! I swear i'm going back to pen and paper.

Even budgettracker seems confusing.

Yeah - good old pencil, paper and the human brain.

[momof3b1g]

I'm trying budgettracker, not sure about it yet.

[jennordhavn]

Are you using Excel?

If you are, just put the mouse on the cel you want the total in. Then put in a formula for it to add the column. For example: =SUM(B1:B30). It will then add all the figures entered in cels B1 through B30.

Hope that helps.

[Never_Again]

Or...

Click in the cell where you want the total of a column placed, and click on the "autosum" button at the top. It looks like the greek letter sigma. It will fill in the formula, wrapping the summed column in an outline. Verify it is correct, and hit enter.

Paper and pen is fine also!

[Over our heads]

I still use mostly paper and calculator.
DH can do it all on the computer and make it add and subtract for him.

My bill payer sheet is simple

Creditors paydate next paydate

Bill name amount
this to
column pay
I
write in
the due
dates

DH is salary so paychecks are the same amount every pay period.
All the bills are pretty much due at the same time every month, so I just put that amount into the pay period column closest to the due date. I then use my calculator, and after paying bills and food/gas, what is left over pays for rx's. It only took a couple of months and I now have it to where the rx's don't run out, and the money to pay for them is always there.