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system: You are Ed Haynes, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Larry Brooks about "Lates6t Version of quick".

They wrote:
RH>Was released Oct 24 and is available in retailers now.  If you
RH>currently have version 5, they are sending you an upgrade offer at
RH>for a slightly reduced price.
LB>Or, you can get the program and send in for a $10.00 rebate. I have had
LB>v. 6 for Win95, yes 32 bit, and it works smoother with Win95 than v.5.

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assistant: "Lates6t Version of quick !" shouted silently by LARRY
Office Depot was selling Quicken 6 CD (not deluxe) for $24.95.  I sent in
the $10.00 rebate which makes the cost $14.95.  Not too bad for an upgrade.
Ed
system: You are Ed Haynes, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Quicken6 investments".

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assistant: I recently upgraded to Quicken for Win95 ver 6.  I have two questions about
investment transactions.
1. I have withholdings from my weekly check towards a 401k account.  The
stocks are purchased once a month through my company. The only way I could
think of to keep track of the withholdings was to create an account for
that money then when the stocks are purchased, draw the funds from that
account.  Is there a better way?
2.  I receive a check for dividends for a stock holding.  I then deposits
this check into my checking account.  How to I enter this deposit to give
credit to the stock fund for the income?
Thanks to anybody with any advise or hints.
Ed
system: You are Robert Hessler, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Don Bueltmann about "Quicken 6".

They wrote:
> RH>But, the ability to update all of my stocks and mutual funds over the
> RH>internet (with high, low, close, and volume data) for free is GREAT.
> I had been using the free Closing Bell service offered through Mercury
> Mail to update Quicken. I also like the free Quicken service in Quicken
> 6. Robert if you haven't tried the free Closing Bell service look into
> it. It is really nice and it keeps you informed on your personal
> investments. Try it at www.merc.com

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assistant: I use the Closing Bell function from Mercury to deliver each days news on my
investments.  The attached Quicken file was OK, but didn't have the high,
low, and volume data (only has the closing price).
system: You are Ed Haynes, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bruce Wilson about "Re: Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
BW>On 10 Nov 96 09:09pm, Ed Haynes wrote to All:
EH> 2.  I receive a check for dividends for a stock holding.  I then
EH> deposits this check into my checking account.  How to I enter
EH> this deposit to give credit to the stock fund for the income?
BW>Huh?  It appears from the above that this is ordinary income that'd
BW>be treated as any other ordinary income.

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assistant: "Re: Quicken6 investments !" shouted silently by BRUCE
Sometimes my statements don't make sense.  Sorry.
At the end of the year I'd like to see how much income I made from that
stock and have it integrated into the performance of that stock in
Quicken's portfolio view.  How can I enter that transaction to show this?
I hope that's a little clearer.
Ed
system: You are Wayne Hicks, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Larry Brooks about "Home Mortgage".

They wrote:
LB>WH>All,
>WH>  How do I treat the check that I write for my home mortgage?  Should
>WH>I split it between "housing" and "interest expense"?    How do y'all
>WH>treat it when you make that entry?
LB>If you set up the mortgage as a loan, the program will step you through
>this.

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assistant: Will do.  Thanx!!    I have a signature loan that I'm collecting on from
the guy who bought my place in another state.  He pays me monthly.
Should I set up that as a 'loan' also?
system: You are Larry Marable, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Hicks about "Memorize".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting WAYNE HICKS to LARRY MARABLE <=-
WH> thing I haven't done yet is use the MEMORIZE feature.

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assistant: Well, transaction Memorization is something that should be automatic in
Quicken.  There may be a way to turn it off, but this is something I
sure don't think you should ever turn off.
When you write a check to Joe Smith, Quicken 'memorizes' the Joe Smith
name.  The next time you start to write a check, if it is to 'J'
someone, Quicken will bring up Joe Smith's name and put it in the Name
area. If you are writing a second check to Joe Smith, just tab out of the
Name area and it will be filled in with Joe Smith's full name.
When you write a check to Jack Jones, this name is also memorized. (All
names are automatically memorized.) This name will come up when the J is
entered (Ja comes before Jo).  If it is to Jack Jones, tab forward.  If
it is to Joe Smith, keep typing more characters and the unique name will
then come up.
That's memorization.
P.S. The Amount and any Splits from the previous check are also
brought into the new check.
... Trees moving back & forth make the wind blow.
system: You are Kim Lambert, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ed Haynes about "Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
>>On 11-10-96  21:09, Ed Haynes posted about Quicken6 investments<<
EH> 2.  I receive a check for dividends for a stock holding.  I then
EH> deposits  this check into my checking account.  How to I enter this
EH> deposit to give  credit to the stock fund for the income?

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assistant: I'd also be interested in the answer to this question. At present, I just
record a dividend received in the mutual fund account, and in the checking
account indicate a deposit made. The two aren't joined, so I'm sure it's
incorrect in terms of accounting procedures. Hope someone has the answer.
Thanks for raising the question, Ed. Take care........Kim
... E-mail - kim.lambert@primetime.org || Fidonet: 1:252/301
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
system: You are Daniel Jones, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bruce Wilson about "CASH & QUICKEN".

They wrote:
BW>  MM> Nothing. I used to reconcile credit card accounts with Version
BW>  MM> of Quicken for DOS. Am using Version 7 now and you can reconcil
BW>  MM> credit card accounts in that version as well.
BW> Hmmm ... I may have to look at it again, although the present setup
BW> is working well for me.  I guess discovering I couldn't reconcile a
BW> cash account and clear its transactions automatically spooked me a
BW> bit.

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assistant: You reconcile an account with your statement (bank, credit card, etc.)
This makes sure that your records and their records jive.  I'm curious
as to what you'd reconcile a cash account with?
Regards,
Daniel              ddjones@pinn.net
system: You are Larry Brooks, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Hicks about "Home Mortgage".

They wrote:
WH>LB>WH>All,
WH>  >WH>  How do I treat the check that I write for my home mortgage?
WH>Should
WH>  >WH>I split it between "housing" and "interest expense"?    How do
WH>LB>If you set up the mortgage as a loan, the program will step you
WH>through
WH>  >this.
WH>Will do.  Thanx!!    I have a signature loan that I'm collecting on
WH>from the guy who bought my place in another state.  He pays me
WH>monthly. Should I set up that as a 'loan' also?

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assistant: Yes
Larry
Internet: lbrooks@southeast.net
  CMPQwk 1.42 964  It is easier to be critical than to be correct.
system: You are Robert Hessler, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ed Haynes about "Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
>  EH> 2.  I receive a check for dividends for a stock holding.  I then
>  EH> deposits this check into my checking account.  How to I enter
>  EH> this deposit to give credit to the stock fund for the income?
> BW>Huh?  It appears from the above that this is ordinary income that'd
> BW>be treated as any other ordinary income.
> At the end of the year I'd like to see how much income I made from that
> stock and have it integrated into the performance of that stock in
> Quicken's portfolio view.  How can I enter that transaction to
> show this?

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assistant: In the "Register" for your stock portfolio, use the Dividend and Transfer
(DivX) in the "Action" Column.  The dividend is credited toward the
performance of that particular stock that you enter.  And, the amount is
automatically transferred into your associated cash account.
system: You are Robert Hessler, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Kim Lambert about "Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
>  EH> 2.  I receive a check for dividends for a stock holding.  I then
>  EH> deposits  this check into my checking account.  How to I enter this
>  EH> deposit to give  credit to the stock fund for the income?
> I'd also be interested in the answer to this question. At present, I just
> record a dividend received in the mutual fund account, and in the checking
> account indicate a deposit made. The two aren't joined, so I'm sure it's
> incorrect in terms of accounting procedures. Hope someone has the answer.
> Thanks for raising the question, Ed. Take care........Kim

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assistant: Use the "Dividend and Transfer" for the Action column.  The Dividend is
credited to the stock and the $$ transferred to the cash account.
Alternatively, use "Dividend" for the Action column and then use Xout
(Transfer Cash Out) to transfer the $$ from the mutual fund account to where
ever you actually placed the funds.
system: You are Wayne Hicks, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Larry Marable about "Memorize".

They wrote:
LM> WH> thing I haven't done yet is use the MEMORIZE feature.
LM>Well, transaction Memorization is something that should be automatic in
>Quicken.  There may be a way to turn it off, but this is something I
>sure don't think you should ever turn off.

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assistant: The feature that you described works fine for me.  I thought that
MEMORIZE had something to do with scheduling future events....but, I
guess not.  Thanx for taking the time to share...
system: You are Ed Haynes, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Robert Hessler about "Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
>  EH> 2.  I receive a check for dividends for a stock holding.  I the
>  EH> deposits this check into my checking account.  How to I enter
>  EH> this deposit to give credit to the stock fund for the income?
> BW>Huh?  It appears from the above that this is ordinary income that
> BW>be treated as any other ordinary income.
> At the end of the year I'd like to see how much income I made from t
> stock and have it integrated into the performance of that stock in
> Quicken's portfolio view.  How can I enter that transaction to
> show this?
RH>In the "Register" for your stock portfolio, use the Dividend and Transf
RH>(DivX) in the "Action" Column.  The dividend is credited toward the
RH>performance of that particular stock that you enter.  And, the amount i
RH>automatically transferred into your associated cash account.

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assistant: "Quicken6 investments !" shouted silently by ROBERT
Thanks a million for that information.  I'll give it a try this weekend.
system: You are Ed Haynes, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bruce Wilson about "Re: Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
BW>On 14 Nov 96 08:49pm, Ed Haynes wrote to Bruce Wilson:
EH> At the end of the year I'd like to see how much income I made
EH> from that stock and have it integrated into the performance of
EH> that stock in Quicken's portfolio view.  How can I enter that
EH> transaction to show this?
BW>Still using Q8 for DOS and not having any stocks to track, I'm not
BW>familiar with that feature.  What you're looking for isn't something
BW>one would normally track within an accounting system, the dividends
BW>being ordinary taxable income and the appreciation (or the loss in
BW>value) not being taxable gain (or loss) until it's realized.

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assistant: "Re: Quicken6 investments !" shouted silently by BRUCE
I realize that the dividends paid are taxable income.  Is the stock paying
that dividend when combined with it's normal growth [hopefully] earnings
enough for me to hang onto that stock or would I be better selling and
putting the funds into another stock or even a savings account?  Shouldn't
the dividend be a part of the profit or loss of that stock?  I'd like to
know the percentage earnings of that stock - including any dividends paid
from the holdings of that stock.
As you can tell by now, I'm not that savvy about investments.  I could very
well be wrong.  I know this isn't the place to ask WHAT I should track but
rather HOW I can use Quicken to track the investments.  Still, if I'm
asking something that isn't normally done, let me know so I won't keep
asking for Quicken solutions for a non-existence problem.  Thanks.
Ed
system: You are Larry Marable, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Hicks about "Re: Memorize".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting WAYNE HICKS to LARRY MARABLE <=-
WH> The feature that you described works fine for me.  I thought that
WH> MEMORIZE had something to do with scheduling future events....but, I
WH> guess not.  Thanx for taking the time to share...

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assistant: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Scheduled Transactions.
Look under List, Scheduled Transactions. (Q for Win, Ver 4)
It's amazing what you might find in the menus......
... .\|/...\\|//...\|/...\\|//... Time to mow the tagline again.
system: You are John Barron, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Chuck Thompson about "Re: Cash & Quicken".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Chuck Thompson to John Barron <=-
CT> John --
CT> Are you, by chance, related to Wingate S. (Bill) Barron of Dallas?

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assistant: No, I don't know him, but I am a genealogist.
John
... John C. Barron;510 E. Braker Lane;Austin, TX 78753;jbarron933@aol.com
system: You are Daniel Jones, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bruce Wilson about "CASH & QUICKEN".

They wrote:
BW>  DJ> You reconcile an account with your statement (bank, credit card
BW>  DJ> etc.) This makes sure that your records and their records jive.
BW>  DJ> I'm curious as to what you'd reconcile a cash account with?
BW> One would reconcile its balance with the cash on hand.  The problem
BW> in not being able to "reconcile" cash accounts is that there's no
BW> other way to "clear" cash transactions en masse, doing a year-end
BW> eliminates only cleared transactions, and cash transactions will
BW> be with you forever due to the inability to conveniently "clear"
BW> them.  The problem's exacerbated by the fact that there'll be far
BW> more transactions in the cash account than any other if one's
BW> keeping complete records of cash payments.

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assistant: I can't recall the start of this thread, so I don't know what version of
Quicken you're using.  I just checked and v5 for Windows lets you
reconcile cash accounts.
Well, that would depend upon one's spending habits.  I almost never
carry more than five bucks cash, and often none at all.  About the only
thing I ever pay cash for is a soda on occasion.  I'm quite anal about
keeping my records, but I think recording buying a Mountain Dew would be
a bit much even for me. <G>
Regards,
Daniel              ddjones@pinn.net
system: You are Daniel Jones, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Cash flow prediction".

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assistant: I understand that Quicken 6 for Windows has improved the cash flow
features.  Has anyone used the new features?  Does it enable you to do
an up-to-the-minute cash flow prediction?
Regards,
Daniel              ddjones@pinn.net
system: You are Chuck Thompson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Bruce Wilson about "Re: Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
-=> Quoting Bruce Wilson to Ed Haynes <=-
BW> On 14 Nov 96 08:49pm, Ed Haynes wrote to Bruce Wilson:
EH> At the end of the year I'd like to see how much income I made
EH> from that stock and have it integrated into the performance of
EH> that stock in Quicken's portfolio view.  How can I enter that
EH> transaction to show this?
BW>
BW> Still using Q8 for DOS and not having any stocks to track, I'm not
BW> familiar with that feature.  What you're looking for isn't something
BW> one would normally track within an accounting system, the dividends
BW> being ordinary taxable income and the appreciation (or the loss in
BW> value) not being taxable gain (or loss) until it's realized.

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assistant: Bruce --
 I believe that you'd want to track dividends as the amounts received
 as "dividends" are reported as a separate item on Schedule B of
 Form 1040.   Moreover, if it's a mutual fund, you might have both
 ordinary dividends and capital gains-type dividends, which are reported
 on different lines and treated differently.
 Cheers..............................  c h u c k
... It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere.
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30
system: You are Chuck Thompson, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Barron about "Re: Cash & Quicken".

They wrote:
JB>  -=> Quoting Chuck Thompson to John Barron <=-
JB>
JB>  CT> John --
JB>  CT> Are you, by chance, related to Wingate S. (Bill) Barron of Dall
JB>
JB>   No, I don't know him, but I am a genealogist.

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assistant: John --
It's been a long time since I saw Bill (he was a partner in the
law firm I worked for as an associate many years ago).  I do recall
that he said his father or brother was either a judge on the Texas
Supreme Court or one of the Courts of Appeals.
Moreover, I think the relative's name was "John" though, as I said,
it's been a LONG time.
Thanks for replying!
Cheers..............................   c h u c k
system: You are Matt Dixon, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Wayne Hicks about "Checkprinting...".

They wrote:
WH> All,
WH>   I think that I would like to use the checkprinting feature when 1996
WH> rolls around.  Can I do it with a HP DeskJet 540 laser printer?   Any
WH> suggestions on how/who I contact to get the ball rolling on this
WH> desire?

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assistant: Hello WAYNE!
11 Nov 96 12:21, WAYNE HICKS wrote to ALL:
    I use an HP 540 for all my printing. I have never had any problems
getting Quicken to print correctly from the begining. Perhaps you have some
settings set wrong.
Matt
system: You are Craig Harrison, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Question on 6.0".

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assistant: two questions on version 6.0
1)  how do i delete entries on the drop-down list on the registers?  they
    are both memorized, but i would rather pay them through the memorized
    list.
2)  when entering a split transaction, how do i get the accounts to appear
    in a drop list?  a ' will duplicate the previous entry.  i got it to do
    it one time, but don't know what i hit to make it appear.
thanks in advance.
... RAM DISK is NOT an installation procedure!
system: You are Paul Tuttle, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Mike May about "DOS Quicken/Qbooks wanted".

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assistant: Is this still available for bid?
Paul Tuttle
tuttlep@ohsu.edu
503-257-0966
1:105/222
system: You are Daniel Jones, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ed Haynes about "Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
EH> I realize that the dividends paid are taxable income.  Is the stock
EH> that dividend when combined with it's normal growth [hopefully] earn
EH> enough for me to hang onto that stock or would I be better selling a
EH> putting the funds into another stock or even a savings account?  Sho
EH> the dividend be a part of the profit or loss of that stock?  I'd lik
EH> know the percentage earnings of that stock - including any dividends
EH> from the holdings of that stock.

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assistant: I'm not sure what version of Quicken you're using, but version 5 for
Windows allows you to credit the dividend in the investment account
ledger and specify a checking account to which to credit it.
Regards,
Daniel              ddjones@pinn.net
system: You are Ed Haynes, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Quicken message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Daniel Jones about "Quicken6 investments".

They wrote:
DJ>I'm not sure what version of Quicken you're using, but version 5 for
DJ>Windows allows you to credit the dividend in the investment account
DJ>ledger and specify a checking account to which to credit it.

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assistant: "Quicken6 investments !" shouted silently by DANIEL
That was finally pointed out to me.  Thanks from coming to my aid.
Ed