Frequently Asked Questions

1. Does Budget Workbook support different currency and date formats? Answer
2. The Budget Workbook help files don't show up in Help Viewer. What should I do? Answer
3. I use a Windows PC at work and a Mac at home. Is there any way that I can use one Budget Workbook file on both platforms? Answer

Yes. Budget Workbook allows you to set the currency symbol to use for each document that you have. To set the currency symbol, use the Currency pane of the Budget preferences.

Budget supports any date format you can set using the System Preferences application. Use the International pane of System Preferences to set the language and date format you prefer.

This is caused by showing Budget Workbook's help at least once, then moving the Budget Workbookapplication to a different location on your hard drive. Help Viewer is not following the moved application, and needs to be told to update it's list of application help.

You need to delete the Help Viewer cache files (which Help Viewer will rebuild as needed). Follow these steps to delete the cache files:

1. Make sure that Help Viewer is not running. If it is, quit Help Viewer.
2. In the Finder, open your ~/Library/Caches folder. The tilda (~) means your home folder.
3. Find and delete the folder named com.apple.helpui.
4. Run Budget and try the Budget Help command from the Help menu. The help files should display correctly.

Apple Computer, Inc. is aware of this problem on Mac OS X 10.3.x and earlier. You can read more about it on Apple's support web site:
Mac OS X: Can't access Help content, or content is blank or missing links

Yes. The Budget Workbook files are formatted using XML which is cross platform capable.