Book description
Quicken is a convenient way to keep track of personal finances, but many people are unaware of Quicken's power and end up using only the basic features. Sometimes Quicken raises 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 2009: 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. This book 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, and 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. Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual accommodates readers at every technical level, whether you're a first-time or advanced Quicken user. For a topic as important as your personal finances, why trust anything else?
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Table of contents
- The Missing Credits
- Introduction
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I. Getting Started
- 1. Setting Up Quicken
- 2. Taking Quicken for a Test Drive
- 3. Setting Up Accounts
- 4. Categories and Tags: Tracking Transactions
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II. Getting Down to Business
- 5. Recording Banking Transactions
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6. 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
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7. Transaction Timesavers
- Transferring Money Between Accounts
- Voiding Transactions
- Splitting Transactions
- Searching for Transactions
- Recategorizing Transactions
- The Transaction Edit Menu
- Scheduling Transactions
- Automatically Recording Paycheck Deposits
- Managing Memorized Payees
- 8. Reconciling: Making Sure Quicken and Your Bank Agree
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III. Tuning Your Financial Engine
- 9. Tracking Property and Debt
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10. Taxes and Insurance
- Setting Quicken Up to Help with Taxes
- Gathering Tax Information
- Planning for Taxes
- Working with Insurance Transactions
- 11. Monitoring Spending and Saving
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12. Investments
- 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
- Downloading Price Quotes
- Adjusting an Investment Account Balance
- Evaluating Your Portfolio
- 13. Planning with Quicken Tools
- 14. Creating Reports and Graphs
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IV. Quicken Power Tools
- 15. Backing Up and Protecting Your Quicken Data
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16. Customizing Quicken
- Setting Preferences
- Customizing What You See
- Setting Up Alerts
- 17. Exporting and Importing
- V. Appendixes
- Index
- About the Author
- Colophon
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2008
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9780596522483
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