Picture Book

Thanks to numerous graphical format options, Eqonomize allows you to output your financial data in a visually appealing format or in a simple list form. You can access the simplest form of list output for further processing under File | Export View.

This option saves the list view shown in the dialog window to an HTML file by converting the lists into clear-cut table views, thus offering a superior overview compared with the list view on the screen, especially for large volumes of transactions. Another graphical format option can be found in the Statistics menu, where four different types of tables and charts are available.

Choosing Development Over Time Report lets you can generate a table showing the overall development of your income or expenses on a monthly basis. The table appears in a new window and can be saved as an HTML file with the Save As button in the upper-right corner. In the lower part of the window, you specify in a selection box whether you want the table to include incomes or expenses and select one of the existing accounts.

The Categories Comparison Report displays a complete tabular overview of all transactions, with the underlying data filtered by category, account, and date. These tables are, of course, quite extensive (Figure 7).

Figure 7: The table format clearly displays the data.

The options Development Over Time Chart and Categories Comparison Chart display the same data, but as graphs. They offer the same selection criteria as the table views, but use bar or line graphs to display the values. The category comparison also offers pie charts. All graphs can be saved as image files or printed (Figure 8).

Figure 8: Thanks to various graph and table formats, your financial status can be displayed attractively at the push of a button.

Conclusions

Eqonomize is an excellent accounting program for personal use. Not only does it display the data clearly onscreen, but Eqonomize also can display your data in a table or graph format for printing or as an HTML file for further processing. Finally, the program requires virtually no training thanks to its intuitive interface.