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Choosing Financial Software for Others

Financial software can be a great gift. Read these tips for finding the best personal finance software gift ideas.

16th Annual Webby Awards for Personal Finance and Small Business Apps

The 16th Annual Webby Awards nominees include many personal finance websites and mobile apps. Here is a list of those sites and apps, with a link for voting in the People's Choice portion of the awards.

15th Annual Webby Awards for Online and Mobile Personal Finance Apps

The annual Webby Awards honors nominees for personal finance online software and mobile apps in financial services, banking and bill paying, among other categories. Read on to see what online and mobile personal finance apps are this year's best according to The Webbys People's Voice.

Quicken 2012's Budget Tool: Looks Aren't Everything

Consumer advocate Shelley Elmblad takes a look at the new budget feature in Quicken 2012 and the users who are complaining about how confusing it is to use and about unexpected results that ultimately ruin the work they put into creating a budget. Learn more about the specific issues with the budget tool and how Quicken is responding. Updated as new information is available.

How to Manage Money in College with a Budget

Tips for managing college money and recommendations for software for budgeting while away at school. Manage your money well in college and graduate with significantly less debt.

AutoDoc HSE

Install AutoDoc HSE once and use it with just about any software, including accounting software packages ranging from small business accounting to enterprise level accounting with SAP.

How to Create a Budget in Quicken 2011 or Earlier Versions

Learn how to set up a budget to track spending in Quicken with these tips and tutorials for budgeting with Quicken personal finance software.

What is that Blue Star in Quicken? Zipingo!

The blue star in the Quicken register is a link to Zipingo. Find out what Zipingo is and if you should use Zipingo.

Not All Bills Should Go On Autopay

Setting bills to be paid automatically can save on late fees and time, but there are some bills that you may want to avoid putting on autopay.

Getting Started with Microsoft Money Online Course

Learn to install and use Microsoft Money personal finance software. This tutorial explains Money's features and how to understand the basics of working with and protecting your data.

Microsoft Money Keyboard Shortcuts

Learn how to use a variety of money management features with less clicking around in Microsoft Money.

Tax Software 2011

Planning to use tax software in 2011 to complete your federal and/or state income tax return? This page is updated as tax software reviews, news updates and other information becomes available throughout the year.

How to Set Up an Investment Account in Microsoft Money

Step-by-step instructions for setting up investment accounts in Microsoft Money. Manage stocks, bonds, mutual funds, CDs, or U.S. Savings Bonds.

How to Use Quicken Attachments

This tutorial teaches you how to use Quicken attachments to document accounts and transactions with attached images of receipts, statements, and more.

How Account Registers Work in Personal Finance Software

A detailed explanation of how account registers work in personal finance software.

Categories and Tags, Attachments and Flags

Learn about features that make using your personal finance software easier. Categories, tags, attachments and flags are used with transactions in the accounts in your software.

Setting Up Accounts in Personal Finance Software

An explanation of how to set up and track financial accounts in personal finance software.

How to Use the Quicken File Copy Command

Learn how to use a simple Quicken command to make a copies of Quicken data files.

How to Attach Images to Accounts in Quicken

How to attach digital images of receipts, statements or other documentation to Quicken accounts.

How to Recover Password Protected Files in Quicken

Forgetting your Quicken password leads to much pain and suffering, but not all is lost. These tips for recovering a password-protected Quicken file should make things easier.

How to Encrypt Quicken Attachments for Privacy

Tutorials explain how to set up data encryption for Quicken attachments to keep these images private.

What is Personal Finance Software?

Find out what personal finance software is and what it can do to make managing money easier. From personal budgeting software to checkbook software to software that manages all your personal finance software, get the details in plain English.

Set Up a Budget in Personal Finance Software

Learn how to set up a budget in personal finance software. Define income and expense categories, choose which categories to budget for and fine tune your budget.

Fortora Fresh Finance for Mac and Windows

Fortora Fresh Finance is personal finance software for Mac and Windows with features most people want in personal finance software. With Fortora Fresh Finance, you can use the same data file on a Mac or Windows PC, and you can share personal finance data over a network.

Is Your Tax Software Reliable?

Does the the U.S. Internal Revenue Service test tax software completely? The answer will surprise you. Find out if it is safe to use income tax preparation software to complete and file your tax return.

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