Money in Excel

This template helps you see all your financial accounts in one place, make a plan, and reach your financial goals
Automatically import your transactions
Keep a personal record of your finances
Understand your financial habits
Personalize your information for your needs

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You must trust the Excel add-in to access Money in Excel. (The add-in is to the right of the spreadsheet.)
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1.Add accounts to Money in Excel

2.Customize your categories to reflect your spending
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3. Quickly switch sheets and glean information with the Money in Excel pane
4.Get a clear view and make a plan with templates
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5. See how spending habits add up, make changes, and reach your financial goals
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Learn how to get started with Money in Excel
Follow these tips and instructions to get the most out of your workbook
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Get started
1 Make sure the Money in Excel pane is open. If it's not, click the Money in Excel icon in on the upper right corner
2 Trust the add-in
3 Sign in with a Microsoft 365 Family or Personal account
4 Connect a primary financial account
5 Categorize your transactions in the Categories sheet
6 Update your workbook to sync your recent transactions
Note: Money in Excel only works on desktop or web, not on mobile
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Did you know?

You must trust the Excel add-in to access Money in Excel. (The add-in is to the right of the spreadsheet.)

Save your workbook

1 Save your workbook before closing the file
2 Name your workbook by selecting "Save as" and renaming the file
3 Save your file in a secure location
4 Come back to that location when you're ready to use Money in Excel
Note: To share your Money in Excel workbook, the recipient needs to download the Money in Excel template, sign in with you
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Sheets + Money in Excel pane

1 The Money in Excel pane sits to the right of the spreadsheet and is the "brain" of the workbook
2 The Money in Excel pane needs to be open in order to update your workbook with new transactions, capture cha
3 You can also add new templates from the Money in Excel pane for Recurring Expenses and Net Worth
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Transactions sheet
1 Your transactions sheet shows transactions from financial accounts you have connected. The Money in Excel pan
2 Review your transactions. All transactions have already been categorized, but you can change the Category and M
3 Do not delete your Transactions spreadsheet as that will affect all of your other sheets
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Categories sheet
1 There are 18 Default Categories that cannot be changed
2 You can add custom categories. Be sure to include a Category Type.
3 The categories on this spreadsheet are reflected in "Category" column on "Transactions" spreadsheet
4 Do not delete your Categories spreadsheet as that will affect all your other sheets
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new transactions, capture changes you make to your templates, and view personalized insights on your spending
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ected. The Money in Excel pane will tell you when there are new transactions to update. In order for updates to work correctly, you canno
can change the Category and Merchant names.

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s to work correctly, you cannot add columns or rows to the table.

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See your spending trends month over month with easy to read graphs. To switch months, click on the blue date
the right.

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Transactions
Transactions from your added accounts are automatically imported here. Click Update in the task pane to impo
columns to better reflect where and how you spend your money.

Date Merchant Category

orted here. Click Update in the task pane to import more transactions. Edit the Merchant and Category
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Subcategory Amount $ Account Account Number

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Categories
Add custom categories and subcategories below, then assign them to your transactions in the transactions shee
subcategories you've added.

Categories
Add custom categories in the empty rows below the default categories.
Make sure to select expenses, income, or transfers under category type.

Category name Category type

transactions in the transactions sheet. You can only edit or delete the categories and

Subcategories
To add custom subcategories in the table below, select a category from the
dropdown menu and add the related subcategory in the next column.

Category name Subcategory name