Quicken is one of the many convenient ways to keep track of personal finances, but many people are unaware of Quicken's power and end up using only the basic features. And sometimes Quicken seems to raise more questions than it answers: Return of capital from stock? "Net worth"? What are they and why do you need to know about them? Luckily, Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual picks up where Quicken's help resources leave off. You'll find step-by-step instructions for using Quicken on your Windows PC, including useful features such as budgeting, recording investment transactions, and archiving Quicken data files. You also learn why and when to use specific features, and which ones would be most useful in a given situation. Quicken 2008: The Missing Manual helps you:

• Set up Quicken to take care of your specific needs

• Follow your money from the moment you earn it

• Make deposits, pay for expenses, track the things you own and how much you owe

• Take care of financial tasks online, and quickly reconcile your accounts

• Create and use budgets and track your investments

• Generate reports to prepare your tax returns and evaluate your financial fitness

And a lot more. This book is designed to accommodate readers at every technical level. If you're a first-time Quicken user, special boxes with the title "Up To Speed" provide the introductory information you need to understand the topic at hand. For advanced users, there are similar boxes called "Power Users' Clinic" that offer more technical tips, tricks, and shortcuts for the experienced Quicken fan. For a topic as important as your personal finances, why trust anything else?

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 14 Ratings

Not Much Help for Mac Users - 2008-05-09
Reviewer Rating:
Overall the manual seems to be a cutesy rewrite of the users manual and is written for Windows users with no help for Mac users. Although better organized than the users manual in Quicken, it provides no great insights into using Quicken more effectively. For Mac users look elsewhere, this is a windows book.

BEfore you install Quicken - 2008-10-03
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I wish I had reviewed this manual before I installed Quicken. Especially helpful during the "set up" phase, and very clear on how to work with loan and credit card accounts.The book does not require that you thnk like an accountant. If you have decided Quicken is for you, then this book is essential.

Quicken 2008 The Missing Manual - 2008-08-29
Reviewer Rating:
This is a great book with good explanations to those of us who do not understand all the ins and outs of the financial world and the software that we use. We use it together with Quicken 2008 for Dummies. Both of these books are very helpful references and are used a lot.

Thanks.

Somewhat helpful - 2008-09-17
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I have used Quicken for several years and found 2008 to be confusing. By the time the book arrived I had become more comfortable with the new format. I still don't like it but I still prefer Managing Your Money. (No longer made and DOS based.)

Review from an old age Pensioner - 2010-02-07
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I was looking for a good Manual to help me to use Quicken 2008, I have been over the years a keen and very satisfied Quicken fan, having used Quickbooks and Quicken in many vatieties, so after perusing the Internet for many days and having already seen and read "The Missing Manual" for Quickbooks, I was keen to try the one for Quicken 2008.
My reasoning was absolutely spot on, its a lovely book, well written, extremely well organised and easily understood, even for a 75 year old and at the Price I got it for from Amazon, could not be beaten.
The only hiccup I was subjected to, was that Amazons Despatch Department put the incorrect Post Code on when they posted it, so my Book went all the way around Australia before it eventually landed on my doorstep in Western Australia, approximately 3 weeks after they had despatched it ??? This aside Its a great Book and is an absolute nescessity if you want to use all the many attributes that Quicken offers and for the price of only 3 cups of coffee and cake, one would be a nut to be without it..

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