Noobie question: Entering non-scheduled payments

Posted by paulkaye on July 5, 2007, 2:36 am

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My apologies if this is a ridiculous question or if it's been answered
before but I have no idea what to search for in order to find a
solution!

I have just started using Quicken for the first time and have set up
some scheduled bills and paycheques. This works fine for regular
things such as electricity bills but I'd like to be able to enter
things I purchase irregularly or infrequently. I imagine there must be
a way to simply say "This amount was spent on this date on this item
which falls into this category".

Could someone explain how to achieve this?

Many thanks for your time,

Paul

Posted by Han on July 5, 2007, 6:11 am

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@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:

> My apologies if this is a ridiculous question or if it's been answered

> before but I have no idea what to search for in order to find a

> solution!

> I have just started using Quicken for the first time and have set up

> some scheduled bills and paycheques. This works fine for regular

> things such as electricity bills but I'd like to be able to enter

> things I purchase irregularly or infrequently. I imagine there must be

> a way to simply say "This amount was spent on this date on this item

> which falls into this category".

> Could someone explain how to achieve this?

> Many thanks for your time,

> Paul

Do you have Quickfill enabled?
Edit|Preferences|Quicken Program|Register|Quickfill

Write down what you change!
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Best regards
Han
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Posted by paulkaye on July 6, 2007, 6:57 am

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Yes, all except the first option ("Use enter key to move between
fields") are checked. I think this was the default setting. But I
don't understand how this is connected to my problem. Could you
explain? I think the essence of my question is whether there is a way
to enter bills and deposits other than using the SCHEDULED bills and
deposits feature.

> @r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:

> > My apologies if this is a ridiculous question or if it's been answered

> > before but I have no idea what to search for in order to find a

> > solution!

> > I have just started using Quicken for the first time and have set up

> > some scheduled bills and paycheques. This works fine for regular

> > things such as electricity bills but I'd like to be able to enter

> > things I purchase irregularly or infrequently. I imagine there must be

> > a way to simply say "This amount was spent on this date on this item

> > which falls into this category".

> > Could someone explain how to achieve this?

> > Many thanks for your time,

> > Paul

> Do you have Quickfill enabled?

> Edit|Preferences|Quicken Program|Register|Quickfill

> Write down what you change!

> --

> Best regards

> Han

> email address is invalid

Posted by Rojo Habe on July 6, 2007, 2:19 pm

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Yes there is. You just type them directly into the register.

> Yes, all except the first option ("Use enter key to move between

> fields") are checked. I think this was the default setting. But I

> don't understand how this is connected to my problem. Could you

> explain? I think the essence of my question is whether there is a way

> to enter bills and deposits other than using the SCHEDULED bills and

> deposits feature.

>> @r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:

>> > My apologies if this is a ridiculous question or if it's been answered

>> > before but I have no idea what to search for in order to find a

>> > solution!

>> > I have just started using Quicken for the first time and have set up

>> > some scheduled bills and paycheques. This works fine for regular

>> > things such as electricity bills but I'd like to be able to enter

>> > things I purchase irregularly or infrequently. I imagine there must be

>> > a way to simply say "This amount was spent on this date on this item

>> > which falls into this category".

>> > Could someone explain how to achieve this?

>> > Many thanks for your time,

>> > Paul

>> Do you have Quickfill enabled?

>> Edit|Preferences|Quicken Program|Register|Quickfill

>> Write down what you change!

>> --

>> Best regards

>> Han

>> email address is invalid

Posted by Han on July 7, 2007, 9:22 am

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> Yes there is. You just type them directly into the register.

>> Yes, all except the first option ("Use enter key to move between

>> fields") are checked. I think this was the default setting. But I

>> don't understand how this is connected to my problem. Could you

>> explain? I think the essence of my question is whether there is a way

>> to enter bills and deposits other than using the SCHEDULED bills and

>> deposits feature.

>>>

>>> > My apologies if this is a ridiculous question or if it's been

>>> > answered before but I have no idea what to search for in order to

>>> > find a solution!

>>>

>>> > I have just started using Quicken for the first time and have set

>>> > up some scheduled bills and paycheques. This works fine for

>>> > regular things such as electricity bills but I'd like to be able

>>> > to enter things I purchase irregularly or infrequently. I imagine

>>> > there must be a way to simply say "This amount was spent on this

>>> > date on this item which falls into this category".

>>>

>>> > Could someone explain how to achieve this?

>>>

>>> > Many thanks for your time,

>>>

>>> > Paul

>>>

>>> Do you have Quickfill enabled?

>>> Edit|Preferences|Quicken Program|Register|Quickfill

>>>

>>> Write down what you change!

>>> --

>>> Best regards

>>> Han

>>> email address is invalid

The "autocomplete" feature does need something to get started with. I
usually start by entering the date and then start typing in the payee
field. Take it from there.

Uless you have a speech to typing program, such as Dragon NS, you will
have to do some typing <grin>.

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Han
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