From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quicken2010 / October 12, 2009Quicken is a management tool developed by Quicken runs on and systems. Previous versions ran on.
An online version is also available. There are several versions of Quicken, such as Quicken New User, Quicken Basic, Quicken Deluxe, Quicken Premier, and Quicken Home & Business.
Quicken Lawyer 2002 Deluxe; Quicken for Windows 3; Quicken Basic for Windows 98; Quicken Basic 5.0c for Windows 3.1; Quicken 98; Quicken 2000 Deluxe; Quicken Comments. OldVersion.com provides free software downloads for old versions of programs, drivers and games.
Each version of Quicken also tends to have the release year in the product name (e.g., Quicken Basic 2008).Most versions of Quicken are primarily provided and specialised for the and marketplace and user base. However the core functions can often be used more widely regardless of country. Development of the -specific version of Quicken was discontinued in January 2005, with sales and support following shortly after.The last version of Quicken for Macintosh computers was Quicken 2007, which is still sold on the Quicken web site.
A new product, Quicken Financial Life for Mac, was scheduled for release in 2008, but that release was canceled while the product was retooled and re-announced as Quicken Essentials for Mac, for release in February 2010. Some of the features of Quicken are not present in Quicken Essentials for Mac, such as the ability to track investment buys and sells, to export data to TurboTax, or to pay bills online from the application. For these features, the Quicken web site recommends Quicken Mac 2007. Contents.Related productsThe Quicken brand has been extended to other personal or household areas including healthcare. Quicken Health is a free online tool for health care consumers enrolled in participating health plans. The product will 'allow members to manage and direct their health care finances, view and organize medical expenses, payments and service histories, and download and organize personal health claims data,'. The Quicken Medical Expense Manager is a desktop software tool for managing healthcare paperwork, tracking claims and payments, and consolidating related information.Quicken Kids & Money was a web-based program that aims to help parents teach five- to eight-year-old children how to earn, spend, save and share money.
It is now discontinued.Other products are aimed at home business and seem to fit in a space for a less formal business than would be using. Quicken Rental Property Manager is a desktop software tool for managing rental properties, tracking tenants, expenses, payments and producing tax reports. Software as a serviceQuicken Online is a free, hosted solution (see ) by Intuit. Intuit hosts all of the user's data, and provides patches and regularly upgrades the software automatically. Initially this was launched as a monthly paid subscription, and was a free service for over a year.
During the year that it was free, it acquired over 1.5 million customers.Intuit completed the acquisition of competitor Mint.com on November 2, 2009, and has announced that it will be transitioning users to that service from Quicken Online. EditionsThe following are current (selling and supported) and retired (discontinued in both sales and support) versions of Quicken. RetiredRetired dates are included. 2006 (Win) – April 30, 2009.
2005 (Win) – April 30, 2008. 2004 – April 30, 2007. 2003 – April 25, 2006. 2002 – April 19, 2005. 2001 – April 19, 2005. 2000 – May 18, 2004. 98 and 99 – April 20, 2004.
97 and earlier - 2001-2002Criticisms. that stops online features from working after a certain amount of time. Quicken stopped supporting its software in the United Kingdom in 2005 leaving many thousands of users with only partially functional software. In 2008 and 2009 Quicken users reported an unusually large number of for a commercial product.
Reviews of Quicken 2010 indicate that quality and user interface in that product year is dramatically improved. Quicken Online is only available to users in the USA or Canada. Advertisements.See also.References. Retrieved 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2010-01-12. according to an April 2007 story in the San Jose Business Journal.
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Quicken financial management software, with all its choices, instructions and options can be overwhelming, especially for a new user. Everything seems equally important, and everything seems like you need to master it right now. Before diving in and starting the process of using accounts, creating reports and filling in budget amounts, it is important to learn a few basic concepts that can help you optimize Quicken for your individual needs. One of the most important concepts to understand is how to use categories and tags to track your account transactions. A Quicken category is a label, such as Groceries or Household, that defines a broad group of both income and expense transactions.
You use a single category per transaction to track how you earn and spend money. For example, all grocery purchases, no matter where you buy them, go under the Groceries category and all income, regardless of the source, goes in the Income category. Use a subcategory to provide greater organization and detail within a category and for assistance in creating a budget. This is especially useful in a category such as Auto, where you incur multiple types of expenses. Creating subcategories for fuel, maintenance and registration makes it much easier to see where your money is going. Tags are like keywords. They allow you to track transactions within and across category groups.
For example, if you want to track the money you spend on incidentals for a child in college, create a tag with the name of the child and then apply it to the appropriate category or subcategory, such as Groceries, Auto: Fuel, or Telephone: Cell phone. Quicken comes with numerous built-in categories that cover many standard items.
Not all built-in categories are visible from the Category List window, as much of what you see depends on information you give Quicken during set-up. Before creating a new category, access Quicken's built-in categories and see if something appropriate is already there. To access built-in categories, choose “Tools” from the main menu, then choose “Category List.” Click the “Add Categories” button, select the categories you wish to add from the menu on the left side of the screen, and click the “Add” button. Click “OK” to finish and return to the Categories List. To add a new category or subcategory, click the “New” button in the Categories List window, create a name for the category or subcategory, provide an optional description, and indicate category type, such as Income, Expense or Subcategory. If you choose “Subcategory,” use the drop-down box next to the selection to indicate the main category name.
To create a new tag, choose “Tools” from the main menu, then select “Tag List.” Click the “New” button at the top of the window and type in a name and optional description for the tag. Ignore the “Copy Number” box as it applies to tracking rental properties only.
Click “OK” to finish. While it is possible to create categories, subcategories and tags “on the fly,” this is not always a good option, especially if you are frustrated or simply trying to “make it fit.” Putting thought into the categories, subcategories and tags you use can make Quicken work better and more efficiently. Use categories, subcategories and tags within transaction registers to identify and organize income and expenses. For example, in a checking account register, after entering the payee and amount of the check, click the drop-down box under the payee name to select either the category or subcategory of the transaction. Tab over or click in the next box to select the appropriate Tag from its drop-down list.
At the end of the month, run a report that will show an income/spending breakdown by category, subcategory and tag. For example, to run a standard Quicken spending report, click “Reports” from the main menu.
Select “Spending” and then “Spending by Category” to view the report and accompanying pie chart. The Spending report defaults to a year-to-date listing, so adjust date parameters to your needs.