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 DA> Has anyone else experienced this???
 DA> 
 DA> While Quicken produces nice screens and graphs....It seems to be
 DA> very time consuming....After all, you HAVE TO be sitting in front
 DA> of your computer to do it. And sometimes when I am writing out a
 DA> check I am not in the room with my computer....
 DA> 
 DA> ...which means I HAVE TO keep a paper register as well...  And this
 DA> seems to work against the 'ease' of keeping Quicken...
 DA> 
 DA> Thoughts?
 
 David --
 
 I guess the solution is to write the checks on the computer, like
 I do.  I write the checks as the bills come in, and then print them
 up and mail them once a week or so.
 
 Even if you have to keep track of manual checks written, the "ease"
 of Quicken is that all the records are kept accurately.  Since I started
 using Quicken, my monthly reconciliation time has fallen from several
 hours to a few minutes (I should add that I have only one account
 where I write/print the checks through Quicken -- the other 8 accounts
 or so are still manually done, and all I do is make memo notes of the
 amount, payee, and purpose -- when I enter this data in Quicken, it's
 categorized, accurately added/subtracted, etc., and since the data files
 are on line all the time (for as far back as I want to retain them), I
 can do quick searches to locate previous bills paid, etc.
 
 All in all, Quicken has really simplified my financial record keeping,
 and I have yet to use a graph!
 
 
 Cheers................................  c h u c k
 
 
 
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