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Shelley's Financial Software Blog October 2005 Archive

By Shelley Elmblad, About.com Guide to Financial Software since 2005

Quicken Medical Expense Manager - Free Version 2

Sunday October 30, 2005
I was recently browsing the Quicken Medical Expense Manager forum and read that version 2 of Quicken Medical Expense Manager would be made free to those who buy ... Read More

Quicken 2006 Attachments - Free Course

Thursday October 27, 2005
About Financial Software now offers a free course on using Attachments with Quicken 2006. The ability to add image file attachments to transactions and accounts is one of the ... Read More

Using Microsoft Money Help

Wednesday October 26, 2005
Click on the question mark icon in the upper-right corner of Microsoft Money to bring up the Help pane. There are a few ways to use the Microsoft Money ... Read More

Weekly Definition: Snapshot

Tuesday October 25, 2005
No, you aren't on the About Photography site, this is still About Financial Software and our definition this week is Snapshot. See how Quicken uses Snapshots to organize your ... Read More

Adding Features to Quicken

Friday October 21, 2005
If you start out with Quicken Basic or Quicken Deluxe and decide you want the features of Quicken Deluxe, Premiere or Premiere Home and Business, you aren't stuck buying new ... Read More

Weekly Definition: Encrypt

Thursday October 20, 2005
Encryption is used in financial software to make data unreadable to anyone other than the author of the data or those who have a password to open the data. ... Read More

Quicken for Mac Review on MacWorld

Thursday October 20, 2005
MacWorld released a recent review of Quicken for Mac 2006. MacWorld's conclusion on Quicken for Mac 2006 is lukewarm, which is surprising being that they point out many powerful ... Read More

Microsoft Money 2006 Trial

Sunday October 16, 2005
I recently read an online forum post from someone who bought Microsoft Money 2006 from a store with a 10-day return policy on software. This individual hadn't had the ... Read More

Weekly Definition: Locked Transactions

Thursday October 13, 2005
The definition this week is Locked Transactions, which is a feature used by Quicken to avoid overwriting memorized transactions. Locked transactions are optional in Quicken, you only use them ... Read More

Getting Started with Microsoft Money 2006 - Online Class

Monday October 10, 2005
I offer a course by email on the basics of installing and getting around Microsoft Money 2006. The Getting Started with Microsoft Money 2006 email course is now available ... Read More

Definition of the Week: Keyboard Mapping

Sunday October 9, 2005
The term of the week is keyboard mapping, which has to do with how financial software assigns meaning to keys used to perform a shortcut. To see shortcuts you ... Read More

Updated: Books for Microsoft Money

Thursday October 6, 2005
It's easy to learn to use Microsoft Money with one of the books found on this list. The books in Top Books for Microsoft Money are also ... Read More

Pocket Quicken Support

Tuesday October 4, 2005
Having some problems with Pocket Quicken? Landware Email Support for Pocket Quicken for Palm and Pocket PC's makes it easy to get assistance. Before entering details into simple ... Read More

Definition of the Week: FI

Sunday October 2, 2005
This week's financial software definition is FI. No, it's not greek! The 'F' and the 'I' are pronounced separately. Can you guess what FI ... Read More
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