16. Guides
Guides Overview
Follow step-by-step walkthroughs for the Common Cents workflows where order, timing, or cross-feature decisions matter.
Use this section when you want a task-oriented walkthrough instead of a reference page.
Guides are reserved for workflows that cross multiple screens, depend on timing, or are easy to do in the wrong order.
What you will find here #
- month rollovers and planning transitions
- debt-payment workflows that need the right debt form instead of a generic transfer
- imports, exports, and reusable mapping workflows
- workflows that combine Budget, Income Planning, Debt, Settings, and transactions
- repeatable tasks where the order of operations matters
What you will not find and where to look #
Simple one-screen setup and edit tasks now live in the feature sections that own them.
Use these sections instead:
- Accounts for account setup and edits
- Budgeting and Targets for category and target setup
- Payees and Labels for record management
- Transactions for everyday transaction entry and review
- Income Planning for income source setup and planning details
Workflow guides #
- Create or Open a New File
- Save Changes to a File
- Starting a New Month
- Using the Combo Palette
- Plan and Assign Money to Categories
- Make a Debt Payment
- Add Income (Manual, Generate)
- Match Expected and Actual Income
- Add Multiple Transactions
- Import Transactions
- Set up an Import File Mapping
- Export Transactions and Data