Book description
Quicken is one of the many convenient ways to keep track of personal finances, but many people are unaware of Quicken's power and end up using only the basic features. And sometimes Quicken seems to raise more questions than it answers: Return of capital from stock? "Net worth"? What are they and why do you need to know about them? Luckily, Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual picks up where Quicken's help resources leave off. You'll find step-by-step instructions for using Quicken on your Windows PC, including useful features such as budgeting, recording investment transactions, and archiving Quicken data files. You also learn why and when to use specific features, and which ones would be most useful in a given situation. Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual helps you:
Set up Quicken to take care of your specific needs
Follow your money from the moment you earn it
Make deposits, pay for expenses, track the things you own and how much you owe
Take care of financial tasks online, and quickly reconcile your accounts
Create and use budgets and track your investments
Generate reports to prepare your tax returns and evaluate your financial fitness
And a lot more. This book is designed to accommodate readers at every technical level. If you're a first-time Quicken user, special boxes with the title "Up To Speed" provide the introductory information you need to understand the topic at hand. For advanced users, there are similar boxes called "Power Users' Clinic" that offer more technical tips, tricks, and shortcuts for the experienced Quicken fan.
For a topic as important as your personal finances, why trust anything else?
Table of contents
- Table of Contents (1/2)
- Table of Contents (2/2)
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
- Setting Up Quicken
- Taking Quicken for a Test Drive
- Setting Up Accounts
- Categories and Tags: Tracking Transactions
- Recording Banking Transactions
-
Quicken and the Web: Online Banking
- What Quicken Can Do Online
- Connecting Quicken to the Internet
- Setting Up an Account for Online Services
- Downloading Transactions
- Updating All Accounts: One Step Update
- Renaming Payees
- Paying Bills Online
- Setting Up Online Transfers
- Transaction Timesavers
- Reconciling: Making Sure Quicken and Your Bank Agree
- Tracking Property and Debt
- Monitoring Spending and Saving
-
Investments and Planning
- Quicken Investment Tracking: Details or Overview?
- Choosing the Right Type of Account
- Creating an Investment Account
- Setting Up and Tracking Securities
- Recording Investment Transactions
- Downloading Investment Transactions
- Adjusting an Investment Account Balance
- Evaluating Your Portfolio
- A Tour of Quicken’s Planning Tools
- Creating Reports and Graphs
- Backing Up and Protecting Your Quicken Data
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Customizing Quicken
- Setting Preferences
- Customizing What You See
- Exporting and Importing
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Quicken Help
- Installing Quicken
- Index (1/4)
- Index (2/4)
- Index (3/4)
- Index (4/4)
Product information
- Title: Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2007
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596515157
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