Microsoft Money 2006 for Dummies

About This Book

This book is jam-packed with instructions, advice, shortcuts, and tips for get­ting the most out of Money. Here’s a bare outline of the seven parts of this book:

I: Setting Up and Starting Out: Part I spells out everything you need to know to use Money wisely. It explains how to find your way around the Money windows, set up accounts, and record transactions.

Part II: Banking with Money: Part II explains how to get the banking done with Money’s help. It explains categorizing your spending and income, reconciling an account, and printing checks.

III: Money for Investors: Part III is for investors. It shows how to track your investments with Money, enlist Money’s help in researching investments, and update the prices of securities from the Internet.

IV: Getting Your Money’s Worth: In Part IV, you discover how to budget with Money, schedule bill payments so that you make them on time, estimate your income tax bill, plan for retirement, and do the mun­dane chores, such as backing up your financial data, that make Money run more smoothly.

V: Improving Your Financial Picture: Part V explains how to gener­ate reports and charts so that you can see exactly where you stand financially, and analyze investments and loans.

VI: Going Online with Money: If your computer is connected to the Internet, you are invited to go online and take advantage of Money’s online features. Among other high-tech tasks, Part VI explains how to download bank statements over the Internet and pay bills online.

Part VII: The Part of Tens: Each of the four chapters in Part VII offers ten tidbits of advice — advice for staying on top of your finances, improving your financial health, using Money if you are self-employed, and converting from Quicken to Money.

But wait — there’s more! Turn to the glossary to look up the financial terms that appear in this book.
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