Beginning with an introduction to starting Quicken UK and creating and using files, this book then covers the essential features of this accounting package. Areas covered include the Register, an overview of accounts, setting up accounts, entering and deleting transactions, standing orders, cheques, reconciliation, transferring funds, standard reports and generating customized reports. It also covers using Quicken for budgeting and financial planning for the future. The book also shows how to use Quicken's integrated Web browser.

A guide for beginners explains how to use the personal finance program to track investments, balance accounts, estimate taxes, plan budgets, and pay bills online.

Do you go scrambling through your sock drawer for receipts every April? Have you dug holes in your yard to find buried treasure around Christmastime and birthdays? Did you open your own Mom and Pop's diner and realize calculators are harder to use than egg beaters? Or, have you realized that your retirement plan might not become fruitful until you're in your 80s? Get your act together and pick up The Complete Idiot's Guideto Quicken 2000-the tool you need to organize your finances and taxes.

Covering the current version of Quicken UK, this text assumes no prior knowledge of the subject. It gently takes the reader through setting up accounts, entering transactions including standing orders, cheques, reconciliation, transferring funds, deleting and correcting transactions, standard reports and generating customized reports. It also covers using Quicken for budgeting and financial planning for the future.

This book is for the novice computer user who needs a "look-and-learn" approach to learning a new software program, offering straightforward instruction on financial planning and forecasting. Every step is accompanied by an illustration of what the reader will see on their computer screen. Visual learners will relish the format because it enables them to get up to speed quickly.

For time-sensitive people who want results fast, this book is designed for quick, easy and effortless learning. It explains the essentials of Quicken UK simply, concisely and clearly, without using technical jargon.