How to add/edit Categories in Checking Register template?

Can I add a question here as it is very similar to my problem:
I can edit the list under ‘Account Categories’ and doing so automatically changes the legend next to the Pie Chart. But the items under Column D (Category) in the main spreadsheet area DONT change, and I can’t find a way to edit them manually.
Can anyone please help??
Thanks,
Andy

Ha - answering my own question!
I found the answer already. Sorry to hijack your thread!

How did you get the categories in the main table to change? I was able to change them in the top box, but not the rest of the main table. Any help is appreciated!! Thanks!

Hello: This is exactly what I am trying to do, how did you do it? Steve

Did anyone get an answer on this? If so, could you post it here? Complete iMac newbie and having the same problems. Thanks!

Hi Lucas,

A search of posts over the last year and a half on "checking register" brought up a few discussions of this topic. Try these:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9239527
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9646201

If they don't point you in the right direction, click the 'more options' link at the upper right, set the categories menu to Numbers '09 (well down the list in the iWork section) and the Restrict by Date Range to Last Year. Enter "checking register" (with the quotes) in the search field and click Search. Some of the other 30 messages found may be helpful.

Regards,
Barry

hello
I am completely new to imacs and numbers etc.
I just can't make sense of the replies on the discussion - I have added and deleted categories in the drop down menus when on the transactions table but nothing changes in the account categorie table or the pie chart.
sorry to make you repeat things but can you help please?

Thanks in advance

To add a new category to the popup menu that pops up in column D of the Transactions table, go to the Cell tab of the Inspector. It is the "42" tab. You'll see the list of things in the popup and you can add, delete, or edit the ones there. You cannot sort them. You can add items in the end of the list but not in the middle of the list. Any changes you make affect only the one cell you had selected. The rest of the popups will have the old list. You can copy the cell and paste it to the rest of the cells but it will set all the categories to the same thing and you'll have to change them all back to what they were. It is best to make the change before adding any data to the table but sometimes that ship has sailed.

Changing the popup has no effect on the Account Categories table. To add your new category to the Account Categories table AND have it appear in the chart without having to do anything else, select one of the rows in the middle of the Account Categories table and add a row below it. Type in the name of your new category into column A. Make sure it is spelled the same as you have it in your popup. That's all there is to it.