Trouble reconciling in Quicken 2006

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I am having trouble reconciling my register in Quicken 2006. I can't understand why the application uses the amount withdrawn in the first transaction as the beginning balance. I solved the problem by creating a new transaction that never happened in which I "deposited" the amount of the balance on the date of the beginning of the statement. This causes the reconciliation to balance. I don't like doing that however, because adding fake transactions could wrongly influence the graphs and things I want to make when I use the budgeting part of the app. And budgeting is primarily what I'll be using the app. for.

Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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iMac OS 10.4, 400 MHz, 40 GB hd