Do you go scrambling through your sock drawer for receipts every April? Have you dug holes in your yard to find buried treasure around Christmastime and birthdays? Did you open your own Mom and Pop's diner and realize calculators are harder to use than egg beaters? Or, have you realized that your retirement plan might not become fruitful until you're in your 80s? Get your act together and pick up The Complete Idiot's Guideto Quicken 2000-the tool you need to organize your finances and taxes.

Explains how to create functional spreadsheets and offers advice on entering data, working with formulas, and importing and converting files

Wolf, a Symantec Certified ACT! consultant, explains topics in the order most commonly used and writes for salespeople and professionals who rely on this program. Contact the author directly by e-mail to get answers to your ACT! questions.

This comprehensive guide will provide users with all the features of Quicken they need to know to manage their finances. Users will learn how to plan their financial future, track monthly activities, what to expect from cash investments, and more. The light-hearted approach helps users learn their way around this growing market.

This guide targets the novice user who is intimidated by computers and technology, but must learn to use this popular Windows personal financing application. Features easy to understand descriptions and instructions, presented in a friendly, open, uncomplicated design, with cartoon illustrations. Information is organized so the book can be used as a tutorial or reference.

Time for an upgrade! The fifth edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Computer Basics places the reader in charge of the computer, rather than the other way around, and places the focus on software troubleshooting rather than hardware techno-babble. The reader wants to do something practical with his or her computer—this book shows them how. • Covers basic office programs and how to manage photo, video, and music files • Advice on safe web-surfing, including coverage of newsgroups, message boards, and mailing lists • New green computing initiatives that help protect the environment • Maintenance and upgrading information

Written in collaboration with Quicken's product marketing and development teams, this book will show the upgrader or new user how to take full advantage of the popular personal finance software. An estimated 1.5 million are using the Mac version of the software, especially since Quicken is now shipping with the iMac. Boxed tips, a worksheet, and 500 illustrations make the material easy to understand.

The computer how-to that's actually coherent... Now in its third edition, this book puts the reader in charge of the computer, rather than the other way around. It identifies practical uses for the computer, and shows how to get the most out of your machine, simply and step-by-step. € New information on going digital with music, photos, and video € Updates for Windows XP € Updates for soon-to-be-released Microsoft Office 2003 € Step-by-step instructions for backing up data € Advice for troubleshooting common problems € Latest info on upgrades, components, and accessories € Ideal for any new user, including the large numbers of senior citizens teaching themselves how to use the computer

Written in collaboration with Quicken's product marketing and development teams, this guide shows the upgrader and new user alike how to take full advantage of Quicken 2000's features.

Explains how to troubleshoot hardware conflicts, repair Internet connections, resurrect deleted files, recover from system crashes, repair damaged disks, and unfreeze a frozen system