Quicken 2008 For DummiesIf you’ve considered using financial software to handle your personal finances, Quicken 2008 just might be the tool you’ve been looking for. Quicken is America’s top-selling personal finance software. It can help you manage the money for both your household and your small business, while Quicken 2008 For Dummies can help you manage Quicken. With the number of individual bankruptcies at an alarming level, personal financial management needs to be a priority for each of us. You don’t have to be an accounting wizard to handle your personal finances on a PC, especially with the friendly, plain-English explanations in Quicken 2008 For Dummies! Written by a CPA who provides consulting services on accounting and tax planning to small businesses, Quicken 2008 For Dummies shows you how to:
Quicken 2008 For Dummies may not make managing your finances exactly fun, but it’s guaranteed to make the job easier. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Rich Tennant | 7 |
Introduction to the Big Picture | 23 |
Maximum Fun Maximum Profits | 43 |
Entering budgeted amounts | 51 |
The Absolute Basics | 55 |
Recording Deposits | 65 |
Printing 101 | 85 |
Home Finances | 171 |
How to Enter Credit Card Transactions | 178 |
Other Peoples Money | 195 |
Mutual Funds | 217 |
Stocks and Bonds | 239 |
Serious Business | 259 |
Profits Losses Receivables and Payables | 279 |
The Part of Tens | 293 |
Printing 101 | 87 |
Online and In Charge | 97 |
Reports Charts and Other Cool Tools | 105 |
A Matter of Balance | 123 |
Ten Things You Should Do If Your Account Doesnt Balance | 131 |
Housekeeping for Quicken | 135 |
Compound Interest Magic and Other Mysteries | 151 |
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Absolute Basics account balance Account Setup dialog amount bank account Bill Payment box and type budget Calculator cash account Cash Flow Center Cash Flow Investing Category List Chapter check box checking account Checks window choose click OK command credit card account Customize Delete disk Download Transactions drop-down list box Dummies Ending Balance Enter Transactions example field Find Flow Investing Property Home Finances hyperlink investment account loan payment Medicare Memo menu Microsoft Money mortgage Move the cursor mutual fund Online Account Access online banking option button password Payee PayPal payroll taxes Property & Debt QuickBooks Quicken Account Setup Quicken data file Quicken displays Quicken file reconcile record register window Savings Schedule Setup dialog box shown in Figure spending Split Transaction window stuff tell Quicken text box ticker symbol track transfer Vista Windows Vista WordPad