Attempts at answers inline.

<sknk[at]myway.com> wrote in message
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See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=175 and
http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=171. Is it safe to do? That depends entirely
on your standards of safety. See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=16 for some
thoughts.

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Some of us believe that Microsoft's long term intention is to eliminate
Money as a stand-alone application you buy, install on your PC, and continue
to use forever in favor of a web-based subscription service. Time will tell.

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You enter transactions in an account register--just like a checkbook
register. The registers are what you see when you click on an account from
the account list. They allow you to enter a number (check), a date, a payee,
an amount of debit or credit, assign the transaction to a category and add a
note meaningful to you. Open the Sample file from the Money directory and
look around in it.

If you are asking what to do with expenses from your pocket, see
http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=93. If you are using Essential Register and
are wondering how you enter any transaction that is not downloaded, you need
to go to advanced register.

I am new to MS Money 2005 and, despite working in SW for > 10 years , I
find the usage completely non-intuitive. Could somebody please clarify
the following:

- I bank with a credit union. MS Money is able to download etc, but
only if they maintain the information on their Internet servers. Is
this safe todo ? Why are they requiring the info to be maintained on
their servers ?

- Assuming I enable info storage on their servers, is this a temporary
thing; after some time will MSFT force me to join some paid service or
disable this ? Any thoughts ?

- Interface: I am very confused by MS interace, how do I enter my
everyday expenses ? For example, how do I keep track of $30 (movie
expense) in an entertainment category, and in movies sub-category ?