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Chapter 1: Setting Up Shop
Steve’s Overview
You don’t need to know much about the mechanics of the Quicken interface —
the way its windows work — to begin working with Quicken, especially in any
chapters in this book in which I cover the basics. I provide plenty of detailed
instructions, but I have a couple of quick comments now.
Starting Quicken for the second time
The second time you start Quicken — and every subsequent time — things
work pretty much the same way as the first time. Double-click the Quicken
icon on your desktop. Or, if you like doing things the hard way, click Start
and then choose All Programs➪Quicken 2010➪Quicken 2010.
Using Quicken document windows
Quicken doesn’t use document windows the way that some other Windows
applications do. Quicken basically turns document windows into pages
that you leaf through by clicking the links, or hyperlinks, that appear in an
Accounts bar along the left edge of the program window. In Figure 1-7, for
example, you see links for Banking and Business. (You may see different
hyperlinks on your monitor if you’re using a different version of Quicken and
additional hyperlinks for Investing, Rental Property, and Property and Debt if
you’ve set up Quicken differently.)
Navigating with QuickTabs
Quicken arranges all its features — whistles, bells, or whatever else you want
to call them — using navigation QuickTabs that appear near the top edge of
the window. For example, if you look closely at Figure 1-7, you will see tabs
labeled Home, Bills, Banking, Planning, Business, and so on.
If you’re still confused, click the buttons and bits of text in the area of the
Quicken window that I’m talking about. You’ll clearly see how things work.
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