Money 98: Changing Par Value of Bond Affects Account Transactions (182466)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Money 98
  • Microsoft Money 98 Deluxe Edition
  • Microsoft Money 98 Financial Suite
This article was previously published under Q182466

SYMPTOMS

If you purchase a bond and then change its par value, the purchase transaction changes from a payment to a deposit. This change affects both reconciled and unreconciled transactions.

NOTE: This problem only occurs if you change the par value of a bond after it has been purchased. Subsequent purchases (after the par value change) are entered correctly.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

It is recommended that you do not change the par value of an existing bond. That is why you are prompted with following dialog box when you attempt to do so.

Changing the par value for '<name of bond>' will change the Total for every transaction with this bond, even reconciled ones. You should only do this if you made an error when setting up the bond. Are you sure you want to do this?

WORKAROUND

To manually change the deposit transactions back into payments, follow these steps:
  1. Double-click Accounts on the navigation bar. This takes you into the Account Manager.
  2. Double-click the account that contained the money used to pay for the bond. This is usually the Associated Cash Account or a Checking Account.
  3. In the Account Register, scroll to one of the transactions that needs to be changed, and double-click the transaction.
  4. In the Buy Investment dialog box, click OK.
    This corrects the transaction, moving the funds from the Deposit field back into the Payment field where they belong.
Repeat steps 2-4 for all remaining transaction that need to be corrected.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/5/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbMoneyInvest kbpending KB182466
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