- Introduction
- Introduction
- Part I: Zen, Quicken, and the Big Picture
- Chapter 1: Setting Up Shop
- Chapter 2: Introduction to the Big Picture
- Chapter 3: Maximum Fun, Maximum Profits
- Part II: The Absolute Basics
- Chapter 4: Checkbook on a Computer
- Chapter 5: Printing 101
- Chapter 6: Online and In Charge
- Chapter 7: Reports, Charts, and Other Cool Tools
- Chapter 8: A Matter of Balance
- Selecting the Account You Want to Balance
- Balancing a Bank Account
- Ten Things You Should Do If Your Account Doesn’t Balance
- Make sure that you’re working with the right account
- Look for transactions that the bank has recorded but you haven’t
- Look for reversed transactions
- Look for a transaction that’s equal to half the difference
- Look for a transaction that’s equal to the difference
- Check for transposed numbers
- Have someone else look over your work
- Look out for multiple errors
- Try again next month (and maybe the month after that)
- Get in your car, drive to the bank, and beg for help
- Chapter 9: Housekeeping for Quicken
- Chapter 10: Compound Interest Magic and Other Mysteries
- Part III: Home Finances
- Chapter 11: Credit Cards, Petty Cash, and PayPal
- Chapter 12: Other People’s Money
- Chapter 13: Tracking Tax-Deferred Investments
- Chapter 14: Stocks and Bonds
- Part IV: Very Serious Business
- Part V: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 17: (Slightly More Than) Ten Questions I’m Frequently Asked about Quicken
- What Are Quicken’s Best Features?
- Does Quicken Work for a Corporation?
- What Happens to Stockholders’ Equity in Quicken?
- Does Quicken Work for a Partnership?
- Can I Use Quicken for More Than One Business?
- What Kinds of Businesses Shouldn’t Use Quicken?
- Can I Use Quicken for Real Estate Investing?
- Can I Use Quicken Retroactively?
- Can I Do Payroll with Quicken?
- Can I Prepare Invoices?
- Can I Import Data from an Old Accounting System?
- What Do You Think about Quicken?
- Chapter 18: (Almost) Ten Tips on How Not to Become a Millionaire
- Ignore the Fact That You Can Build Wealth by Investing in Ownership Investments and Earning Average Returns
- Ignore the Fact That You Can Get Much, and Maybe Most, of the Money from Tax Savings and Employer Matching
- Don’t Tap Your Computer’s Power to Develop Wealth-Building Insights
- Give Up, Because It’s Too Late to Start Anyway
- Get Entangled in at Least One “Get-Rich-Quick” Scheme
- Fake It with False Affluence
- Give In to the First Big Temptation of Wealth Building
- Give In to the Second Big Temptation of Wealth Building
- Chapter 19: (Almost) Ten Troubleshooting Tips
- Tactics #1 and #2: Use the Quicken Help File and This Book
- Tactic #3: Visit the Quicken Product Support Website
- Tactics #4 and #5: Check the Microsoft or the Hardware Vendor Product Support Website
- Tactic #6: Contact Intuit Directly
- Tactic #7: Try the Quicken Live Community
- Tactic #8: Install and Use Antivirus Software
- Tactic #9: When All Else Fails . . .
- Chapter 17: (Slightly More Than) Ten Questions I’m Frequently Asked about Quicken
- Part VI: Appendixes
- Appendix A: Quick-and-Dirty Windows 8.1
- What Is Windows 8.1?
- Starting Windows 8.1
- Starting Programs
- Choosing Commands from Menus
- Working with Dialog Boxes
- Stopping Quicken in Windows 8.1
- A Yelp for Help
- The Getting Started Guide command
- The Quicken Help command
- The View Guidance command
- The Quicken Live Community command
- The Quicken Support command
- The Submit Feedback on Quicken command
- The Privacy Preferences command
- The Log Files command
- The About Quicken command
- The Add Tools commands
- The Register Quicken command
- Quitting Windows 8.1
- Appendix B: Glossary of Business, Financial, and Computer Terms
- Appendix A: Quick-and-Dirty Windows 8.1
- About the Author
- Cheat Sheet
Part V
The Part of Tens
Go to www.dummies.com/extras/quicken2015 for an additional Part of Tens chapter with tips for mapping out a solid retirement plan.
In this part …
- Get answers to the most frequently asked questions about Quicken.
- Discover practical secrets for building personal wealth and avoiding financial disasters.
- Solve tricky Quicken and personal finance problems by using tried-and-true troubleshooting tricks and tactics.
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