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Posted by Bernie on February 20, 2008, 3:29 pm
Please log in for more thread options On 2/19/2008 10:15 PM, John Pollard wrote:
> spamstoam@home.com wrote:
>> listmailbox@gmail.com wrote:
>>> One thing that I've struggled with for years is keeping up
>>> with
>>> various notes on my quicken sessions. How does everyone else
>>> handle
>>> this situation?
>>>
>>> I use notes to remind myself of various things: for example,
>>> I
>>> charged a lot on my Visa card this month so remember to
>>> increase the
>>> payment next month, research why I was charged for a late fee
>>> on MC,
>>> discussed lowering my interest rate with Discover, etc, etc.
>>>
>>> The way I've handled it so far is by keeping a notepad text
>>> file in
>>> the quicken directory, and I bring it up when I get into
>>> quicken. It
>>> has my notes on it. What I would love is to have a running
>>> log in
>>> quicken and pop in reminder notes on specific days (that
>>> float if
>>> they are not handled on that day). Is this available or
>>> something
>>> equally effective?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>> Probably should read Q2008.
>
> I know of no way for Quicken to do what you're asking; which, as
> I read it, is to have reminders like you can get in Outlook ...
> or better.
>
> The only feature I know of that Quicken has that even comes
> close is Calendar notes. You can put notes in your Quicken
> Calendar, and Billminder can be set to run each day when you
> start Windows (or you can run it yourself whenever you want),
> and Billminder will display Calendar notes for a selected - very
> limited - future (or prior) period.
>
> [You can also put "Reminder" transactions in investment
> accounts; Billminder will display those also.]
>
> It's a very primative capability; you might be better off using
> Outlook (or equivalent).
>
If you're using Thunderbird or Firefox there is a very useful, free
add-on called ReminderFox that you could use and it will pretty much let
you do what you want.
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