Quicken 2006 for Starters: The Missing Manual

Chapter 4. Banking, Credit Cards, and Cash

• Transaction Basics

• Quicken’s Quicker with QuickFill

• Recording Checks

• Recording Deposits

• Paying with a Credit Card

• Paying with Cash

• Splitting Transactions

• Transferring Money Between Accounts

• Editing Transactions

• Voiding Transactions

• Searching for Transactions

• The Transaction Edit Menu

• Managing Memorized Payees

• Scheduling Transactions

• Automating Your Paycheck in Quicken

As you run errands, you probably write a few checks, swipe your credit card, and hand over some coins and bills. When you get home, you can record all your transactions to keep your Quicken account balances in sync with your wallet and the accounts at your financial institutions. You can create Quicken transactions as easily as handwritten ones—easier, in fact, since the program automatically completes entries for you, lets you schedule transactions to happen automatically, or downloads them from your bank.

You can take even more work off your plate by automating transactions in Quicken. With scheduled transactions, you don’t have to remember when bills or deposits are due—Quicken reminds you and fills in all the fields for you. Although automation requires a bit of setup, the time you save down the road makes it all worthwhile.

This chapter describes how to record your daily cash flow transactions and how Quicken features can make short work of them. You’ll also learn how to handle other common transaction tasks, like transferring money between accounts, voiding transactions, or finding transactions ...