Manual reconciliation is the process of individually comparing the account register against the institution provided statement and marking the matching transactions as reconciled.
The downside to manual reconciliation is not all checks and balances are performed against the reported opening and closing balance for a given period. This increases the likely-hood of missing a recorded transaction or incorrectly entered amount.
To manually mark a transaction as reconciled, use the context menu in the register to display options to change the reconciled state.
Transactions may also be marked as Cleared through the transaction form. Some users may prefer to clear certain transactions manually during a given period to draw attention to them. Cleared transactions will still be visible within the Reconciliation Wizard if used later while manually Reconciled transactions will not.