Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual

Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual;
The Missing Credits;
About the Author;
About the Creative Team;
Acknowledgements;
The Missing Manual Series;
Introduction;
Managing Personal Finance with Quicken;
What's New in Quicken 2008;
About This Book;
About the Outline;
The Very Basics;
About MissingManuals.com;
Part I: Getting Started;
Chapter 1: Setting Up Quicken;
1.1 Launching Quicken;
1.2 Setting Up Your Data File;
1.3 Using Express Setup;
1.4 Opening a Quicken File;
Chapter 2: Taking Quicken for a Test Drive;
2.1 Recording Payments and Deposits;
2.2 Reviewing Your Finances;
Chapter 3: Setting Up Accounts;
3.1 How Accounts and Categories Work Together;
3.2 Choosing Which Account Type to Use;
3.3 Creating Bank Accounts;
3.4 Editing Account Information;
3.5 Closing Accounts;
Chapter 4: Categories and Tags: Tracking Transactions;
4.1 Understanding Categories and Tags;
4.2 Adding New Categories;
4.3 Editing Categories;
4.4 Removing Categories;
4.5 Organizing Categories;
4.6 Setting Up Tags;
Part II: Getting Down to Business;
Chapter 5: Recording Banking Transactions;
5.1 Transaction Basics;
5.2 Recording Checks;
5.3 Recording Deposits;
5.4 Recording Credit Card Charges;
5.5 Recording Cash Transactions;
5.6 Editing Transaction Fields;
5.7 Reminders, Notes, and Attachments;
5.8 Tagging Transactions;
Chapter 6: Quicken and the Web: Online Banking;
6.1 What Quicken Can Do Online;
6.2 Connecting Quicken to the Internet;
6.3 Setting Up an Account for Online Services;
6.4 Downloading Transactions;
6.5 Updating All Accounts: One Step Update;
6.6 Renaming Payees;
6.7 Paying Bills Online;
6.8 Setting Up Online Transfers;
Chapter 7: Transaction Timesavers;
7.1 Transferring Money Between Accounts;
7.2 Voiding Transactions;
7.3 Splitting Transactions;
7.4 Searching for Transactions;
7.5 The Transaction Edit Menu;
7.6 Scheduling Transactions;
7.7 Automatically Recording Paycheck Deposits;
7.8 Recategorizing Transactions;
7.9 Managing Memorized Payees;
Chapter 8: Reconciling: Making Sure Quicken and Your Bank Agree;
8.1 Prep Time: Reviewing Your Account;
8.2 First Steps: Telling Quicken What to Compare;
8.3 Reconciliation: The Actual Review;
8.4 Modifying Transactions During Reconciliation;
8.5 Stopping and Restarting a Reconciliation;
8.6 When Your Records Don't Agree with Your Bank's;
8.7 Reconciling Automatically;
Part III: Tuning Your Financial Engine;
Chapter 9: Tracking Property and Debt;
9.1 Property and Debt: An Introduction;
9.2 Setting up Asset and Liability Accounts;
9.3 Making a Loan Payment;
9.4 Editing a Loan;
9.5 Refinancing a Loan;
9.6 Changing the Value of an Asset;
9.7 Acquiring and Disposing of Assets;
Chapter 10: Monitoring Spending and Saving;
10.1 Creating a Budget in Quicken;
10.2 Filling In Budget Values;
10.3 Making a Budget Current;
10.4 Saving or Restoring a Budget;
10.5 Choosing Budget Categories;
10.6 Comparing Your Performance to Your Budget;
10.7 Using a Savings Plan;
10.8 Watching Cash Flow;
Chapter 11: Investments and Planning;
11.1 Quicken Investment Tracking: Details or Overview?;
11.2 Choosing the Right Type of Account;
11.3 Creating an Investment Account;
11.4 Setting Up and Tracking Securities;
11.5 Recording Investment Transactions;
11.6 Downloading Investment Transactions;
11.7 Adjusting an Investment Account Balance;
11.8 Evaluating Your Portfolio;
11.9 A Tour of Quicken's Planning Tools;
Chapter 12: Creating Reports and Graphs;
12.1 A Guide to Quicken's Reports;
12.2 Running Reports;
12.3 Printing Reports and Graphs;
12.4 Customizing Reports;
12.5 Saving and Reusing Reports;
Part IV: Quicken Power Tools;
Chapter 13: Backing Up and Protecting Your Quicken Data;
13.1 Backing Up and Restoring Data Files;
13.2 Password Protection;
13.3 Archiving and Compacting a File;
13.4 Quicken File Maintenance;
Chapter 14: Customizing Quicken;
14.1 Setting Preferences;
14.2 Customizing What You See;
Chapter 15: Exporting and Importing;
15.1 Exporting Quicken Data;
15.2 Importing Data into Quicken;
Part V: Appendixes;
Keyboard Shortcuts;
Task Shortcuts;
Working with Transactions;
Dates;
Moving Around in Quicken Windows;
Quicken Help;
Help for the Task at Hand;
Working with Quicken Help;
Quicken Product and Customer Support;
The Quicken Forums;
Installing Quicken;
Installing Quicken;
Upgrading Quicken;
Registering Quicken;
Colophon;