Datasheet

But you know what? You can also just skip this “add my deposits and other
income” step if you’re lazy (like me) or if you don’t actually have a regular
source of income (also like me).
In fact, I’m going to recommend you skip this step. Seriously.
Describing your outgo
The fourth step in the Express Setup requires you to describe your regular
bills and expenses — things such as the rent or your mortgage, cell phone
charges, and your ever-increasing cable TV bill (see Figure 1-7). To provide
this expense information, you could (again, if you’re really anal) enter the
name of the company you’re paying into the Name text box and the payment
amount into the Average Payment box or the Average Amount box. But you
know what? Good grief! This setup stuff is getting way too complicated for
me. Just skip this step, too. You can deal with it later. (No reason to make this
more complicated than you have to.)
You’ll need to click the Next Step button a couple more times, click Finish,
and then — voilà! — Quicken displays the Quicken Home window (see
Figure 1-8).
Figure 1-7:
The Add
Regular
Bills And
Expenses
window.
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