Customer Reviews

Quicken 2007 On Demand

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This book has an interesting and very helpful style or philosophy of how information about computer software should be given. The tag line on the back cover is 'For Those Who Would Rather Be Shown How Than Told How.'

Each page has two columns. The left hand column has the 'Told How.' Specifically a series of numbered steps to guide you through each step of the task. This column also has a few hints and tips, and many have a 'See Also' section to point you to some related area. The right hand column has screen images that show what the screen should look like as you complete the steps given in the left hand column.

I found this to be a very good way to get into the system. When I set it up I wanted to use it to pay bills and balance my checkbook. They have a section in the book - (#6 to be specific) - called Managing Your Bills. I went through the book until I got through this section and then quit. Some time later I decided to create a home inventory for the insurance company. That turned out to be a couple of sections later. What's next for me is the Tax part of the program.

Summary: Fast, Easy to Learn Approach.

I've read about 80% of the book with the other 20% not having anything to do with what I need Quicken to do (investments). The book is filled with graphical pictures and the chapters are laid out nicely.....just like the help file.

The book is geared for beginners in COMPUTERS, not Quicken. I know how to use menus to execute commands. This book successfully shows beginners how to "click cashflows" or "search". However, I would think that most who would purchase Quicken would already know the basics.

Also, there is regrettably no information about how to link the tax forms to new items that you've created. Moreover, there is no information with respect to problems downloading transactions from your institution or credit card. Currently, I am "correctly" setup to download both from my bank and from my credit card.

My bank sometimes doesn't properly login automatically using auto-update, but does login automatically when I click the Update Now button manually (without providing any additional credentials). My credit card downloads are strange...they always download the transactions, but most of the transactions show up as either duplicates or triplicates. This wreaks havoc on the Cash Flows page and there is no information in this book to troubleshoot any of those problems whatsoever.

I've recently read most the help file and cannot find any glaring differences with what is in this book. The book provides nice pictures, but doesn't EXPLAIN anything...just says "to search, click search" etc.

I've rated it 2 stars because of it's lack of differentiation from the help file and because I blew $25 on a "help file with pictures". I am disappointed in this book.

This book models each screen in quicken and labels every item in a clear and concise manner. I had used previous versions of Quicken which were quite different from Quicken 2oo7, and without the help of this book, it would be difficult to use the program.

It is an excellent reference and at a very reasonable price

This new version of Quicken is wonderful, and much faster. I would recommend it to anyone who keeps a budget!!!