It's probably better than nothing. But there's lots of stuff it explicitly
says it doesn't convert and a little playing around with what you can put in
the two reports it has you use (Account transactions report and Investment
transactions report) will indicate that there's a lot more that won't get
there this way as well. That's the best case.

Speaking as someone who's take the same approach to get a new set of data
out of the reports, I can say that reality is that there are also a lot of
complications in stitching the report data back into transactions and things
like Transfers and so forth. (Loans were particularly complicated and take
one more report per loan account, so maybe that's why they skip them.) My
expectation from this experience would not be high.

But if you try it, please let us know how it goes. Many of us perennially
ponder ways to move beyond Money.

"Howie" <nothere[at]this.time> wrote in message
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See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=125

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.


I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.

"Howie" <nothere[at]this.time> wrote in message
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On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:44:32 -0500, "Remove ABCD from Email address to
reply" <neil154ABCD[at]earthlink.net> wrote:

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Does this tool not work very well?:
https://quicken.custhelp.com/cgi-bin...p?p_faqid=5521


--Howie

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 06:14:13 -0000, "Bob Peel, MVP"
<bob_peel[at]kiandra.freeserve.co.uk.INVALID> wrote:

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I am no expert in this - but I have played around with Quicken 2006 -
thinking of switching. You can import QIF files into Q - but it takes
the right format, and a bit of added information. Here is apost in
the Intuit User Forums from John Pollard (who is also active on the
ALT.COMP.SOFTWARE.FINANCIAL.QUICKEN newsgroup) that describes how to
do it.
http://www.quickenforums.com/thread....6896#500006896

Also, could use something like MT2OFX to convert QIF, etc to QFX.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~csmale/mt2ofx/en/


- Ron

On 2006-11-03, Bob Peel, MVP <bob_peel[at]kiandra.freeserve.co.uk.INVALID> wrote:
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Wow! That's right. I completely forgot about that. Hmmm...

AFAIK no. Quicken doesn't even read QIF files!

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.


I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.

"Remove ABCD from Email address to reply" <neil154ABCD[at]earthlink.net> wrote
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All this talk about switching from Money to Quicken is very interesting and
I also would consider it except for the conversion process.

I have 15 years worth of data (over 50 meg) in Money 2004 and have tried
converting the data to Quicken with much trouble. Is there anyone who has
an easy way of getting data from Money into Quicken ( I don't use budgeting,
but use planners, investing, banking, loans, assets).

--

Neil


"About Financial Software" <aboutfinsoft[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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While they cannot be disabled entirely, have you set the option in setup to
reduce them?
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL



"About Financial Software" <aboutfinsoft[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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I write about both Quicken and Microsoft Money for my work. I have
been using Quicken for about two decades and I can't get used to
Microsoft Money's screen refreshing (I run 2 gig of ram/7200 rpm/cable
broadband) and the ads drive me buggy.

Navigating Money is not an automatic process for me because the layout
of the program is somewhat different than Quicken, which I'm used to.
Money's navigation is not a negative, I'm just saying it is difficult
for a long-time Quicken user to adjust to. There are features in
Quicken that seem more automated than in Money as well.

MoneyDance has been around for awhile. It is more basic and less
intuitive to use than Quicken or Microsoft Money, and I believe you
would be disappointed with it.

I think the closest thing to a Quicken/Money replacement is
SplashMoney, but it will only work if you have a Palm PDA, or at least
the Palm conduit installed on your computer. It is a Palm app, but has
an excellent desktop application that accompanies the Palm app.
SplashMoney review:
http://financialsoft.about.com/od/pd...lashmoney4.htm

Mvelopes is another possible application, but I think it is expensive
and the application and your data resides on Mvelopes servers.
Personally, Mvelopes "scares me" because I like my data on my local
drive and backup solutions myself, but a lot of people are happy with
Mvelopes and it does provide excellent encryption so I'm probably just
paranoid. I think I have the only objective review of Mvelopes on the
Internet - every other review I read is a shrouded marketing pitch.
Mvelopes review:
http://financialsoft.about.com/od/re...r/Mvelopes.htm

As for Linux-based personal finance apps, I like GnuCash best. Here's
a quick round up of personal finance software for Linux:
http://financialsoft.about.com/od/so...ux_FinSoft.htm

If you have any other questions regarding alternatives to Quicken and
Microsoft Money, you please do not hesitate to post them to my forum at
http://financialsoft.about.com/mpboards.htm so you can get a variety of
opinions. It's my job to try to help people find the right financial
software for their needs.

Blessings,

Shelley Elmblad
About Financial Software
http://financialsoft.about.com

Jake wrote:
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On 2006-10-31, Chris Cowles <spam_magnet[at]remove-me-bellsouth.net> wrote:
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No. I'm not. I'm expecting an ASAP payment to post with whatever
the bank tells it to post with. What I wouldn't expect is the
behavior that the OP is experiencing: the bank says ASAP is today,
and under certain circumstances this fails. That (to me at least)
seems like an error with the provider, not an error with Money or
how it's used.

My *ONLY* point in this to the OP is that I think Money is behaving
as designed, but that his bank has poorly implemented the billpay
functionality so that it causes errors. I really don't think this
is an error in Money.

Mark Horn <mark[at]hornclan.com> wrote in
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I swear that button wasn't there yesterday... :O



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The provider *IS* my bank - Bank Of America. It's free so I'm not
going to change to a paid service for certain.. The lead time data is
there, I just don't think Money is reading it.. Maybe it's the time of
day I choose to pay bills, someone else mentioned that... I'll pay more
attention in the near future and try to figure this out..

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Thanks for all your help

Are you expecting an 'ASAP' payment to post in Money with today's date?
What I believe Money and the bank do is process it as soon as the bank's
bureaucracy permits. That might be the next business day, depending on how
much they distance themselves from 'real time' processing. But, even if
they do that, the date posted in Money might well be the date they expect
delivery?

As another respondent replied, it's probably related to the bank you use,
as well. Mine does not appear to do that.

I just tried this with a small vendor that requires my bank to send paper
checks. I entered today's date for payment. When saved, it told me the
earliest it would make the payment is 11/6, with withdrawal on 11/1. When I
clicked Yes, it posted the payment in my register with a date of 11/1.


"Mark Horn" <mark[at]hornclan.com> wrote in message
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I only referred to your comment (Vista could have been called WinME 2nd
edition) as ignorant. I have few clues whether you are ignorant or not. Even
well informed people occasionally make ignorant comments.

"Jake" <Jaker00at[at]Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On 2006-10-31, Jake <Jaker00at[at]Yahoo.com> wrote:
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I don't use the sponsored bill pay provider. So since the menu
works for me, I conclude that it's for any bill pay provider.

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My bank does the same and in Money I don't see this problem.
I would tend to conclude that the problem is with the bill pay
provider that you're using. Maybe try another one?

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[ ... ]

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The save draft button is not in the global settings area. When you
double click on a bill to pay it, it's the middle button at the
bottom.

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I think that you can achieve the same functionality but you're
going to have to do things slightly different than in Quicken.

* You can schedule a bill pay from the register. You just have to
use that menu.

* It sounds like your bill pay provider doesn't behave well w/Money.
So, you may have to use the "other date" workaround or try a
different billpay provider.

Good luck.

On 2006-10-31, Chris Cowles <spam_magnet[at]remove-me-bellsouth.net> wrote:
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Ok. Is there something that you disagree with me on this? I'm
saying that the problem associated with ASAP payments failing has
never happened to me, and I suspect it has to do with the interface
that my bank implements with Money.

And, as far as I can tell, you're saying the same. That doesn't
(to me) seem to be a problem with Money. To me, that's a problem
with the bill pay provider.

I'm confused. Am I saying something that's wrong?

They do a pretty good job of hiding stuff, right? I knew it was there
somewhere, but had to go to Help ("record dividends") to remember precisely
where. Glad I could help, Jake.

--
Michael Gordon


"Jake" <Jaker00at[at]Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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'I thought I was addressing your whining item # 4.

"Jake" <Jaker00at[at]Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Dear Dick..

I'm not going to get into a pissing contest with you about Vista.. I'm
obviously outmatched here..

Besides, your basic assumption that I am out to convince you of anything
is inaccurate at best..


If you have some useful insight to the issues I posted about MS Money
then please contribute.. Otherwise let's check the snotty remarks at the
door.. and I'll take advice from the others who have responded kindly
and generously offered their help..




"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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Cal Learner-- MVP <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in
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Well you're right. It doesnt' do it if I uncheck the setting. But I
like it updating automatically.. So why then does updating numbers affect
the position of the data in the view? Seems like something inherent of
the browser based design that may not be fixable..

Cal Learner-- MVP <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in
news:ml5ak2pbampjbun67ef8oaas67o9elusrc[at]4ax.com:

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I don't think it's related to that setting.. There's a narrow gap that
forms right under the column heading in portfolio every time I go into the
portfolio. I can click on another window, come back to portfolio and it
does it again.. So it doesnt' seem dependent on the update time set in
that particular setting.. But it does appear to be updating though.. I
wish it would do so without shifting my stuff down.. it's minor but
annoying and characteristic of a cheap browser based app..