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The privacy filer / scrambling function has so far only been briefly mention on the first page of the tour guide. I added some screenshots + text to the tips and tricks page. As a bonus I also added ALT text to the existing images.
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Undo/Redo
If you ever make a mistake, pressing will undo, and pressing will redo. Using the desktop app, this is an undo system that you can always rely on; any change can be undone and the UI will walk back in time. If you're using the web app, this is only good for the current session of the website. If you refresh, or close the browser tab, undo history is lost.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Firstly, a few global shortcuts for the Electron App that is still in development. Please be aware that these global shortcuts do not work in the web app:
- will show the budget
- will show reports
- will show all accounts
BUT here is one that WILL work in the web app as well:
- (O not zero) this will close the file and list other available files to open
Budget
- while editing a budget amount will move to the next category.
- will move to the previous category.
Transaction Editing
- When editing, and will move down and up. If a dropdown is open and you've typed a new value, this will instead save the value and close the dropdown.
- When editing, and will move left and right
- When adding a new transaction, will add it regardless of where you are editing. Pressing in either the Payment or Deposit columns will add it as well.
Transaction Management
- Show only selected transactions.
- Delete selected transactions.
- Set account for selected transactions.
- set payee for selected transactions.
- Set notes for selected transactions.
- Set category for selected transactions.
- Toggle cleared for current transaction.
The following require a transaction to have been selected first:
- / Move to the next transaction down.
- / Move to the next transaction up.
- Toggle selection of current transaction.
- Add all transactions between current transaction and most recently selected transaction.
View Multiple Months at Once
In the top left of the budget, you will see this control:
This sets the maximum amount of months to render at once, and defaults to 1. If you want to view multiple months on the same page, click the boxes to increase the number.
:::note This only controls the maximum number of months. If the app is too small to render all of them it will only render the months that fit on the screen. :::
Scramble and Hide Data
Actual Budget has a built-in privacy filter which help you hide your data from prying eyes.
To do this: click on the eye icon in the top right corner of the app.
This will scramble all of your data, including payees, categories, and transactions.
This is useful if you want to create a screenshot of your data without showing your actual data. This is useful when you need to show your budget to someone else, like other Actual users in our Discord.
:::note This only hide data - no data is lost or encrypted. :::
To unhide the data, click on the eye icon again. This will show the data in its original form.
Show Running Balance
A "running balance" is the balance of the account after every transaction over time. This is very useful for reconciling accounts with banks because you can see the balance at a specific date and use it to compare it with your bank. Note that the "Show running balance" option and column is only available when the list of transactions is sorted by date in descending order.
To enable this:
- Click on an account
- Click on the 3 dots to show the actions menu
- Select "Show running balance"
A new column should appear which shows the balance of the account after each transaction:
