Quicken 2006 QuickSteps [Paperback]

Bobbi Sandberg (Author), Marty Matthews (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 20, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0072262664 | ISBN-13: 978-0072262667 | Edition: 1

A full-color, step-by-step guide helps you use Quicken, the #1 selling personal finance software program, to manage personal and family finances

Nearly every page features of this invaluable guide screenshots with numbered callouts that show and explain how to use all of Quicken’s powerful features. You’ll learn to balance checkbooks, pay bills, master online banking, track investments, handle budgeting, manage taxes, create reports, and much more. Sidebars throughout provide alternate methods and further explanations, and each chapter’s “How to” list and color-coded tabs make it easy for you to flip straight to specific tasks and get to the information you need right away.

“Quicken remains the top dog in home & business personal-finance software…” —Computer Shopper QUICKEN® 2006 QUICKSTEPS Marty Matthews and Carole Matthews

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From the Back Cover

Learn instantly from step-by-step graphics!

We know a picture is worth a thousand words--so we went heavy on pictures and light on words in this easy-to-use guide. Color screenshots and brief instructions show you how to use all the powerful features of Quicken 2006 in no time. Follow along and learn to balance checkbooks, pay bills, master online banking, track investments, create budgets, prepare for taxes, plan for college and retirement, and manage your money instead of letting it manage you. Each chapter’s “How to” list and color-coded tabs make it easy to flip straight to the tasks you need to do. Get the book that gets you started using Quicken 2006 right away.

In each chapter:

• Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks
• Need-to-know facts in concise narrative
• Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Bonus information related to the topic being covered
• Errors and pitfalls to avoid

About the Author

Bobbi Sandberg is a consultant, an instructor, and a retired CPA who is recognized by Intuit as a Certified Professional Advisor. She has been a user, advocate, and trainer of Quicken since its first DOS version in the 1980s.

Marty Matthews has more than 40 years of computing experience and has written or co-authored more than 60 books, including Windows XP QuickSteps, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 QuickSteps, and Microsoft Office Word 2003 QuickSteps.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (October 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072262664
• ISBN-13: 978-0072262667
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,207,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Martin (Marty) Matthews has been writing books that help people easily use technology for over 25 years, authoring or co-authoring over 80 books in that time. He is the co-creator of the very successful and highly acclaimed QuickSteps series of books, published, as most of his books are, by McGraw-Hill. His most recent books in print, appearing in 2011, are "Computing for Seniors QuickSteps," "Windows 7 for Seniors QuickSteps," and "Windows 7 SP1 QuickSteps." He is currently working on "Quicken 2012 QuickSteps," and will soon start "Genealogy QuickSteps," due out in the first half of 2012.

Marty does consulting when he is not writing and likes to backpack, ski, and sail in the great Pacific Northwest where he lives with his wife Carole (who is also a writer) on an island in Puget Sound. Prior to their writing career, Marty and Carole were the co-founders and principal executives of a software company that developed and sold an estimating and accounting system for printing and contracting businesses. Marty has been "playing" with computers since they took up the better part of a football field.

See Marty and Carole's web site at http://www.matthewstechnology.com.

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7 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy step by step help for my personal finances!, January 14, 2006

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This review is from: Quicken 2006 QuickSteps (Paperback)

I found this new self help personal accounting book to be extremely easy to follow and implement into my life. 2006 is going to be a great year for keeping my self on budget and financially organized!