Master VISUALLY Quicken 2006 [Paperback]

Elaine Marmel (Author), Nancy Stevenson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0764598228 | ISBN-13: 978-0764598227 | Edition: 1

"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you how rather than tell youwhy, then this intermediate to advanced reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step-by-step screen shots reveal how to accomplish more than 175 Quicken 2006 tasks, including:
* Creating, hiding, and rearranging accounts
* Setting up repeating online bill payment
* Using the debt reduction planner
* Updating estimated property value
* Protecting personal and financial information
* Estimating home mortgage tax savings
* Generating tax schedule reports
* "Master It" sidebars answer questions and present shortcuts
* High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
* Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
* Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

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"One picture is worth a thousand words." If you prefer instructions that show you how rather than tell youwhy, then this intermediate to advanced reference is for you. Hundreds of succinctly captioned, step-by-step screen shots reveal how to accomplish more than 175 Quicken 2006 tasks, including:

• Creating, hiding, and rearranging accounts
• Setting up repeating online bill payment
• Using the debt reduction planner
• Updating estimated property value
• Protecting personal and financial information
• Estimating home mortgage tax savings
• Generating tax schedule reports

• "Master It" sidebars answer questions and present shortcuts
• High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task
• Succinct explanations walk you through step by step
• Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

About the Author

Elaine Marmel is president of Marmel Enterprises, LLC, an organization that specializes in freelance technical writing and software training. Elaine has an MBA from Cornell University and worked on projects to build financial management systems in New York City and Washington D.C. Elaine spends most of her time writing; she has been a contributing editor since 1994 to Peachtree Extra and QuickBooks Extra montly magazines. She wrote Peachtree For Dummies, Microsoft Project Bible, Master VISUALLY Project 2003, and Master VISUALLY QuickBooks 2005 and she has authored and co-authored more than 30 other books.
Although a native of Chicago, Elaine has seen much of the world, including Cincinnati, Ohio; Jerusalem, Israel; Ithaca, New York; Washington, D.C., and Tampa, Florida. As of this writing, she has settled into a perfect house in Arizona and lives with her purrfect cats, Cato, Watson, and Buddy (who seems to be made of velcro, sticking to Elaine when she starts to write), and her doting and loving dog, Josh (who watches the door for visitors and may lick you to death while performing the job of general welcoming committee).

Nancy Stevenson is a full time writer of business and technology books. She has authored over 50 books including The Young Person’s Guide to Character Education, Online Distance Learning For Dummies, and The 10 Minute Guide to Motivating People. On the desktop application side, Nancy has written dozens of books on products such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, as well as books on the Internet and wireless technology.
Nancy lives with her partner Earl in a beautiful home they have built together in the Pacific Northwest. They are owned by their dog, Bryn, who takes them for long walks on a regular basis.

Product Details

• Paperback: 427 pages
• Publisher: Visual; 1 edition (September 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764598228
• ISBN-13: 978-0764598227
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,418,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Illustrations too small, January 8, 2011

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I found this manual very useful. It is well organized and explains very well. However, I have to use a magnifying glass to view the illustrations of screen shots. They were too small.