Quicken 2009: The Missing Manual Book

The Missing Credits; About the Author; About the Creative Team; Acknowledgments; The Missing Manual Series; Introduction; Managing Personal Finance with Quicken; What's New in Quicken 2009; About This Book; About the Outline; The Very Basics; About MissingManuals.com; Safari® Books Online; Part I: Getting Started; Chapter 1: Setting Up Quicken; 1.1 Launching Quicken; 1.2 Setting Up Your Data File; 1.3 Using the Setup Center; 1.4 Converting Existing Data Files; 1.5 Opening a Quicken File; Chapter 2: Taking Quicken for a Test Drive; 2.1 Getting Around In Quicken; 2.2 Recording Payments and Deposits; 2.3 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 Banking 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 Storing Addresses; 5.4 Recording Deposits; 5.5 Recording Credit Card Charges; 5.6 Recording Cash Transactions; 5.7 Editing Transactions; 5.8 Reminders, Notes, and Attachments; 5.9 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 Recategorizing Transactions; 7.6 The Transaction Edit Menu; 7.7 Scheduling Transactions; 7.8 Automatically Recording Paycheck Deposits; 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 Setting Up a Loan Payment; 9.4 Linking an Asset and a Loan; 9.5 Making a Loan Payment; 9.6 Working with Other Kinds of Debt; 9.7 Editing a Loan; 9.8 Refinancing a Loan; 9.9 Changing the Value of an Asset; 9.10 Acquiring and Disposing of Assets; Chapter 10: Taxes and Insurance; 10.1 Setting Quicken Up to Help with Taxes; 10.2 Gathering Tax Information; 10.3 Planning for Taxes; 10.4 Working with Insurance Transactions; Chapter 11: Monitoring Spending and Saving; 11.1 Creating a Budget in Quicken; 11.2 Filling In Budget Values; 11.3 Making a Budget Current; 11.4 Saving or Restoring a Budget; 11.5 Choosing Budget Categories; 11.6 Reviewing Spending and Saving; 11.7 Savings Plans: Iron-Handed Spending Control; 11.8 Saving for Short-Term Goals; Chapter 12: Investments; 12.1 Quicken Investment Tracking: Details or Overview?; 12.2 Choosing the Right Type of Account; 12.3 Creating an Investment Account; 12.4 Setting Up and Tracking Securities; 12.5 Recording Investment Transactions; 12.6 Downloading Investment Transactions; 12.7 Downloading Price Quotes; 12.8 Adjusting an Investment Account Balance; 12.9 Evaluating Your Portfolio; Chapter 13: Planning with Quicken Tools; 13.1 Telling Quicken About Yourself; 13.2 Planning for Retirement; 13.3 Saving for College; 13.4 Planning to Pay for a House; 13.5 Planning to Reduce Debt; 13.6 Planning Other Major Expenditures; Chapter 14: Creating Reports and Graphs; 14.1 An Introduction to Quicken's Reports; 14.2 Running Reports; 14.3 Printing Reports and Graphs; 14.4 Controlling How Reports Behave; 14.5 Customizing Reports; 14.6 Saving and Reusing Reports; Part IV: Quicken Power Tools; Chapter 15: Backing Up and Protecting Your Quicken Data; 15.1 Backing Up and Restoring Data Files; 15.2 Password Protection; 15.3 Archiving and Compacting a File; 15.4 Quicken File Maintenance; Chapter 16: Customizing Quicken; 16.1 Setting Preferences; 16.2 Customizing What You See; 16.3 Setting Up Alerts; Chaptttttter 17: Exporting and Importing; 17.1 Exporting Quicken Data; 17.2 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;

Bonnie Biafore writes about project management, personal finance, and investing. She's the author of "Microsoft Project 2007: The Missing Manual," as well as "Online Investing Hacks," "QuickBooks 2008: The Missing Manual," and "Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual."