Bob: How to Prepare Checkbook File to Use in Microsoft Money
  
PSS ID Number: Q139521
Article last modified on 03-06-1996
 

 
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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Bob versions 1.0, 1.0a
 - Microsoft Money versions 4.0 for Windows 95
 - Microsoft Money versions 3.0, 3.0a
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SUMMARY
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The following article tells how to convert the information you have been
storing in your Bob Checkbook to use in Microsoft Money.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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To prepare your Checkbook data file so that it can be opened in Microsoft
Money, do the following:
 
1. In Bob, open your Checkbook.
 
2. When asked by Lexi "What Do You Want To Do", click the Other
   Options squishy.
 
3. Click the Use A Different File, Change This One, Or Make A Backup
   squishy.
 
4. Click the Prepare This File To Use In Microsoft Money squishy.
 
5. By default, Checkbook creates a file called Msmoney0.mny and
   puts it in the Chkbook sub-folder of the MSBob folder on your
   hard drive.
 
   If you want to change the file name or location, you
   can edit the Prepare File for Microsoft Money information:
 
   a. You can change the file name by typing a new name in the File
      Name box. If you change the file name make sure that you use
      the format of a filename with up to eight characters and an
      extension of .mny.
 
   b. Change the drive location for the new Money file by selecting
      the desired drive from the Drives pulldown list. If you want
      to take this file to a different computer, you would want to
      select a floppy drive.
 
   c. Select the Directory location to place the file in by clicking
      on the drive folder icon in the directory box, and then clicking
      on the desired designation.
 
NOTE: If you have already installed Microsoft Money, it is highly
recommended that you place the new file directly in the Money folder. This
is usually in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money folder for Money 4.0, or
in the C:\Msmoney folder for Money version 3.0 or earlier.
 
The new Microsoft Money data file is in Money 3.0 format. This file can be
opened directly by Microsoft Money version 3.0. Microsoft Money 4.0
upgrades this file to version
4.0 before opening it.
 
KBCategory: Kbusage
KBSubcategory: B_Checkbook
 
Additional reference words: 1.00 1.00a kids w_bob, KBHowto check book check-
book conversions
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Keywords          : B_Checkbook 
Platform          : WINDOWS
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