Looking for a free adding program...

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I would like to be able to enter a cash amount, and then another,
and another...to a program that will keep a balance of the total,
and then be able to save it as say "tools". I'd like to later be able
to open it and add more to it. I'd also like to be able to open a
new one and call it maybe "materials", and be able to enter a
cash amount, and then another, etc...and later re-open it and
add more to it... It seems like there should be a number of free
downloadable programs that will do a simple thing like that, but
so far I haven't been able to find any. Are there any?

Thanks for any help!
David
 
I would like to be able to enter a cash amount, and then another,
and another...to a program that will keep a balance of the total,
and then be able to save it as say "tools". I'd like to later be able
to open it and add more to it. I'd also like to be able to open a
new one and call it maybe "materials", and be able to enter a
cash amount, and then another, etc...and later re-open it and
add more to it... It seems like there should be a number of free
downloadable programs that will do a simple thing like that, but
so far I haven't been able to find any. Are there any?

Thanks for any help!
David
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Did your computer come with Microsoft Office? If so, you
should have a program called Excel. It's geared to do exactly
what you want. You can create a single spreadsheet and
have each of your lists (tools, etc) as separate pages on this
spreadsheet.

If your computer doesn't have Excel, lots of free alternatives
are out there, e.g. search Google for "Open Office".
 
I would like to be able to enter a cash amount, and then another,
and another...to a program that will keep a balance of the total,
and then be able to save it as say "tools". I'd like to later be able
to open it and add more to it. I'd also like to be able to open a
new one and call it maybe "materials", and be able to enter a
cash amount, and then another, etc...and later re-open it and
add more to it... It seems like there should be a number of free
downloadable programs that will do a simple thing like that, but
so far I haven't been able to find any. Are there any?

Thanks for any help!
David
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How about Open Office's spreadsheet program? (I assume they have one to
compete with MS Excel.)
 
Did your computer come with Microsoft Office? If so, you
should have a program called Excel. It's geared to do exactly
what you want. You can create a single spreadsheet and
have each of your lists (tools, etc) as separate pages on this
spreadsheet.

If your computer doesn't have Excel, lots of free alternatives
are out there, e.g. search Google for "Open Office".
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OpenOffice is here. A 93MB download for the Windows version, which
would take a while if you are using dialup networking (probably
more than four hours).

http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.1/index.html?focus=download

The "calc" program in the OpenOffice suite, is what does the
calculating. The window that opens is a "spreadsheet". You put
the numbers you want to add, into the "cells".

http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html

This is what the "calc" program looks like.

http://www.openoffice.org/product/pix/calc-big.png

There are manuals for the "calc" program on this page, but important
chapters haven't been written yet.

http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html

Instead, try this "Introduction to Excel", as the programs should work
in a similar way. Summing a series of numbers is on PDF page 12.

http://oit.wvu.edu/training/classmat/xl/excel1.pdf

Yes, it is complicated :-) It is a very powerful tool.
Some people take a course, to learn how to use it properly.
There are books on Excel at your bookstore.

When you put your numbers in the "calc" window, you save the
results in a file. One file could be called "tools". Another
file could be called "materials". You can organize the files,
just like with a filing cabinet. And like any powerful tools,
there are good ways and bad ways to use them. Which is why a
course tries to teach the good ways.

If you have a copy of Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Office
on your computer already, then you don't need to download
OpenOffice. OpenOffice is if you want the capabilities,
but don't want to pay any money :-)

Paul
 
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