Quicken 2014 For Dummies

Chapter 1

Setting Up Shop

In This Chapter

Installing and setting up Quicken

Setting up your bank (or other) accounts if you’re a first-time user

Providing a Quicken overview

Solving setup problems

If you’ve never used Quicken, begin here. This chapter tells you how to install Quicken (if you haven’t already) and how to start the program for the first time. You also find out how you go about setting up Quicken accounts to track banking activities — specifically, the money that goes into and out of a checking or savings account.

If you’ve already begun to use Quicken, don’t waste any time reading this chapter unless you want the review. You already know the stuff it covers.

By the way, if you have Windows, I assume that you know a little bit about it. No, you don’t have to be some sort of expert. Shoot, you don’t even have to be all that proficient. You do need to know how to start Windows applications (such as Quicken). It also helps immensely if you know how to choose commands on menus and how to enter stuff in windows and dialog boxes. If you don’t know how to do these kinds of ...