Home Finance For Dummies.pdf

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INTRODUCTION..................................................................1

About Home Finance For Dummies .................................................. .1

Required Configuration........................................................................... 2

Starting the Software.................................................................................2

Important: To receive Technical Support and notification of any product

upgrading, you must first complete and return immediately the enclosed

registration card.

TOOLBAR...........................................................................3

STEP BY STEP.....................................................................4

Step 1: Create Your Account ................................................................. .4

Step 2: Establish Your Budget Sheet....................................................6

Step 3: Use the Charts.................................................................................9

STARTUP SCREEN.............................................................12

TECHNICAL SUPPORT.......................................................13

CUSTOMER SERVICES.......................................................14

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INTRODUCTION

Required Configuration

- Pentium 100 onwards

- Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP

- 16 MB RAM

- 15 MB hard disk space

- CD-ROM or DVD-ROM dr ive

About Home Finance For Dummies

Highly intuitive and easy to use, this software makes home finance a

breeze. Nevertheless, you may have question or two how to handle a

particular step or what something on the screen means. To avert any

computer crisis at that point, you can simply turn to this handy guide and

find out just what you need to know.

Home Finance For Dummies allows you to manage your accounts, in

pounds, quickly and without any calculation errors. Simply create an

account by specifying the initial balance, and then fill in the categories on

the budget sheet. The software automatically subtracts or adds all your

expenses and receipts. All the members of the family can therefore

manage their own accounts independently.

With Home Finance For Dummies , you save time and know exactly

where you are with your accounts from day to day and to the nearest

penny. This software lets you know straightaway how much you've spent

on shopping, petrol, hobbies, and so on.

Display the progress and breakdown of your balance as a chart.

Enable the budget alarm option if you overspend in a category.

Basically, you can monitor and manage your money without the slightest

difficulty.

Starting the Software

Insert the original Home Finance For Dummies CD-ROM into the drive.

Wait a few moments for the program to start.

If the Autorun feature is not enabled on your computer:

1. Click on Start (button at the bottom-left of your Windows desktop).

2. Click on Run.

3. Enter the d:\Dummies command; if that doesn't work, replace the letter

d with the letter corresponding to your CD-ROM drive.

4. Click on OK.

The Home Finance For Dummies main screen is now displayed. You can

click on the various headings on this screen to consult this user’s guide or

the catalogue or to find technical support contact information. Click on

Setup to start up the installation of the software.

Once you've installed it, two new headings will replace Setup :

- Click on Run to start the software (you can start it using the icon created

on your desktop too).

- Click on Re-setup to re-install the software if you had problems with it.

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TOOLBAR

STEP BY STEP

TOOLBAR

STEP BY STEP

Click on this button to access the List of Accounts already

created. You can then open, create or delete an account.

When you see the Home Finance For Dummies main screen, you have

just what you need to get started at your fingertips. You can roll over

many items on the screen with your mouse to find out what they do.

Whenever you aren’t quite sure what button to click next, simply consult

this guide, which explains how to do everything step by step.

This function lets you search for a word, such as petrol , by

entering it in the search mode. The software indicates the

budget line where petrol is found.

Step 1: Create Your Account

When you run Home Finance For Dummies , the software prompts you to

create an account using this window:

To delete an entire line from the budget sheet, click the

number of the row you want to delete, and then click this

button.

As you've probably guessed, this button is used to … print!

Note : when you've created several accounts,

click on the Accounts button to return to this

window.

Subsequently, select the account that you wish

to Delete or Open .

Click on this button to access the budget alarms.

If you've already been managing your accounts for a few

months, you can click on this button to view the balance of

your average monthly expenses and receipts for each

category.

- Click on the New… button . Specify the name of your account and the

initial balance in pounds, and then click on OK . In the f ollowing example,

we're calling the account 'my account' with an initial balance of 2000

Pounds Sterling .

Click on this button for a graphical representation of how

your balance is evolving. Il you have made any entries out of

chronological order, the items in your budget will be resorted

by date automatically.

Click here to display the software editor information or have

another look at the documentation.

Click on this button to exit Home Finance For Dummies .

- The software then asks you the following question: Do you want to set

monthly budgets per category, so that alarms are triggered when

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