Organize Your Finances In a Weekend with Quicken Deluxe 99

Amazon.com Review Organize Your Finances with Quicken Deluxe 99 in a Weekend divides the task of using Quicken Deluxe 99 into seven three-hour lessons that are easy to follow. The book can be completed in a weekend, which is how it is designed to be used, or it can be stretched out over a longer period of time--it depends on how quickly you need to get your accounts and investments in shape. You spend the first lesson familiarizing yourself with the Quicken environment and learning how to set up your checkbook. After a good night's sleep, lesson 2 picks up on Saturday morning with basics on how to automate your account, such as writing computer checks and recording all your assets. Saturday afternoon's lesson shows you how to get online with Internet Explorer 4 and perform many transactions from your computer, such as paying bills and credit-card balances and checking bank statements. The evening is devoted to learning how to track investments and retirement accounts with Quicken. Sunday's lessons become more detailed. First, you learn how to view and print reports and graphs for your household budget, investments, tax summary, net worth, and more. The next two chapters show you how Quicken will make it easier to manage your taxes, consolidate debt, and perform financial planning. Notes and tips scattered throughout the instructions suggest timesaving shortcuts, and "cautions" let you know when the potential to make errors within your accounts exists. --Cristina Vaamonde Product Description Explains how to set up accounts, use online banking, create reports, track investments, organize tax records, and plan for retirement From Library Journal Quicken is aimed at managing personal finances rather than at small businesses; the user can track his or her checking, online banking, and Internet-based investing and calculate taxes. Users with a good understanding of financial management will find Negrino's book the better choice for getting started with Quicken. Tinney's explains Quicken almost as well but also includes an excellent discussion of finances in general. Both will do well in public libraries.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.