I have learned so much over the past four years as I researched various types of financial software, and I have sincerely enjoyed sharing financial software reviews and tutorials with my readers. But, the time has come for me to move on to other adventures. My last day here (April 15) is four years to the date that I started writing for About.com Financial Software, which is a bit ironic for me.

If you have this blog on your RSS feed, please do not remove it. Soon, someone else will be providing you with impartial financial software reviews, valuable tutorials and other financial software information.

I wish you all the best!

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A reader in the Financial Software discussion forum asks about envelope budgeting with Quicken. This inspired my tutorial for setting up savings goals in Quicken, which is one way to envelope budget with Quicken. Another possibility is to use a cash account to stash away cash for short term savings.

Quicken 2008 has a feature called My Savings Plan that could also be used for envelope budgeting, but My Savings Plan can only be updated one month in advance and is better for fluctuating expenses. Quicken savings goals are great for anticipated expenses you want to save up for and that do not fluctuate.

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