With your accounts and bills set up in Microsoft Money, youÆre ready to start managing your day-to-day finances. This includes downloading or entering transactions into your accounts, writing checks, and paying your bills.

In this chapter, youÆll learn all about the account register, one of the areas youÆll use the most in Money. YouÆll also learn how to categorize your transactions, a powerful method for providing you with insight into where your money is going.

When you use Moneyùand especially if you take advantage of MoneyÆs online banking capabilitiesùmuch of your day-to-day financial management becomes streamlined and automatic.