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New Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe Microsoft Money 2002 Deluxe is a personal finance management software program that makes it easier than ever for consumers to manage today’s finances. This new version uses the Internet to keep consumers up-to-date on important money matters and help them make smarter financial decisions. With Money 2002, consumers can access an array of personalized tools and resources to conduct a wide range of financial activities — from balancing a checkbook to planning for retirement.
Customize Money to Meet Specific Needs Enhanced! Your Money home page. Now completely customizable, this home page provides a quick yet comprehensive snapshot of important money activities in one convenient place. With more personalization, Your Money now allows consumers to select the content, features and functionality they would like to see on their home page. Consumers can choose from multiple standard views and more than 50 display options, as well as use the customizable shortcut toolbar to access favorite features and reports with a single click. The chosen home page will appear every time consumers start their Money program. Receive Personalized Financial Guidance Enhanced! Advisor FYI. With increased visibility throughout Money to enable quick and easy access, the Advisor FYI tool provides consumers with personalized, prescriptive guidance to help them better understand their financial standings, the direction in which their finances are headed and how to get their finances in the shape they want. Enhanced! Priorities. With the Priorities feature, consumers can identify their top financial priorities. The rest of their Money experience is then tailored to help them stay focused on those objectives. Money 2002 offers increased visibility, relevance and utility of Priorities, providing consumers with even easier access to a greater selection of specific, prescriptive tasks they can perform to make immediate progress in their designated priority areas. Make Smart Financial Decisions With Help From the Web New! MoneySide. This powerful new feature is unlike any other available with a finance software program and represents an industry first. To give consumers access to relevant information when they need it, MoneySide works seamlessly with the Internet to provide consumers with a financial companion while they are on the Web. Whether consumers are shopping, banking or investing on the Web, MoneySide provides them with a convenient window adjacent to their open Internet browser that offers instant, secure access to their financial information, which helps them stay informed, make smart decisions and take immediate action. Anytime, anywhere access. Money account data can be checked anytime and anywhere. Money users have easy, integrated access to Microsoft’s new online personal finance powerhouse, CNBC on MSN Money, as well as a Pocket PC, allowing them to conveniently check their data when away from home. Users also can enter transactions from any computer with Internet access through CNBC on MSN Money. Accounts & Bills: Manage Day-to-Day Accounts With Ease New! Background Banking. Demonstrating the powerful convergence of the Web and software, Money now automatically connects to financial institutions to download consumers’ updated account data — even when Money is not running. New! Register Reconciliation. With the advent of the debit card, accurately tracking spending transactions can be challenging. With the new Register Reconciliation feature, consumers don’t have to input transactions; Money does it for them. With updates and transactions clearly marked and categorized, tracking is even easier and financial information is always up to date. Enhanced! Online banking. Banking is easier than ever with guided assistance from the Online Service Manager. This new feature simplifies the online setup process and automatically updates accounts, eliminating the need for manual data input. Consumers now can stay on top of their financial activities through automatic connections with nearly 1,000 financial institutions. In addition, through the new Login Wizard and Login Lockbox, Money 2002 makes it easy for consumers to set up and securely store user names and passwords to access their financial institutions online. Enhanced! Bill Management. With Money 2002 consumers can quickly set up and edit bills, receive reminders and make electronic or automatic payments and transfers with ease. This page is automatically organized with each required field clearly marked and each register automatically updated. Consumers can quickly add a bill and determine an ending point for recurring payments. Enhanced! Cash Flow. Consumers can foresee income vs. expenses, even before the money movement occurs. The Review Cash Flow feature combines forecasted bills with historical data from the user’s Money file to offer a more complete picture of the overall budget. With Money, consumers now have greater control over the variables used to calculate their cash flow. They can add interest-earned to cash flow analysis as well as designate which accounts should be assigned to specific transactions. In addition, Cash Flow incorporates the percentage split feature, which allows the customer to select up to two accounts for a transaction and split the amount between them on a percentage basis (for example, 80 percent to Wells Fargo savings and 20 percent to Wells Fargo checking). Also, the Cash Flow trending functionality is enhanced, allowing consumers to calculate trends in their spending habits, even if they are on a budget. Existing Accounts & Bills features. Money continues to deliver the popular Bill Calendar, which offers a calendar view of upcoming bills and deposits, as well as a record of the days when past bills and deposits were recorded. Consumers can look ahead to future months and years or look back by clicking the arrows at the top of the calendar. They can also double-click on a day to get a list of all the transactions scheduled for that day. Investing: Take Control of Investments and Maximize Returns New! MoneySide Investing. With the current state of the economy, keeping abreast of market-moving news and tracking investments is more important than ever. While on the Web accessing breaking news, researching or trading a stock, monitoring a company’s holdings or analyzing investments, consumers can access their investment information simultaneously with the MoneySide Investing page. The page opens alongside the browser and offers access to tools such as Your Investments, Your Plan, Your Performance and Your Recent Buys & Sells, allowing consumers to assess their financial standing and easily take action when they’re ready. Enhanced! CNBC on MSN Money Integration. Money 2002 offers integrated access to CNBC on MSN Money, the new online finance resource from Microsoft. Consumers now have access to world-class investment news from CNBC, the broadcast leader in investment content and analysis, exclusively through CNBC on MSN Money. Consumers also can easily connect to the newly expanded suite of online investing tools and services from Microsoft, including the StockScouter, helping consumers further research stocks and obtain investment ideas; Research Wizard, providing real-time information from the Web to help evaluate a new investment; Stock Screener, screening a database of some 16,000 stocks and mutual funds to help find those that best meet individual investing objectives and styles; and IPO Insight, providing valuable information about new and upcoming public offerings. Existing investment features. In addition to the new and enhanced services available with Money 2002, consumers continue to have access to existing Money investing tools, such as the Portfolio and Portfolio Analysis, empowering consumers with easier investment management and a current and comprehensive investment analysis; the 401 (k) Manager, allowing consumers to track their retirement funds; and Asset Allocation, helping consumers determine appropriate distribution of investment dollars. Planning: Achieve Future Financial Goals Enhanced! Budget Planner. Creating and maintaining a budget can be challenging. The Budget Planner now makes it easier for consumers to set up a realistic budget and monitor it throughout the year. In addition, Money 2002 introduces Spending Thermometers, which allow consumers to track how much money has been spent in each budget category. Existing planning features. With the Debt Reduction Planner, consumers can manage and eliminate high-interest debt. To meet long-term goals, consumers can view their financial situation at any point in the future with the Lifetime Planner. The Lifetime Planner helps consumers project their future financial needs for every aspiration, such as buying a house, getting married, saving for college or retiring. Taxes: Simplify Tax Planning and Preparation Enhanced! Tax Program Integration. Tax time is less stressful with proper preparation. Money 2002 integrates with TaxCut from H&R Block software and other tax software programs, allowing consumers to easily share information between those applications and Money. In addition, the data import process has been improved in Money 2002 to enable an easier experience for consumers. TaxCut automatically reads the data from consumers’ Money files and gives them the opportunity to review Money data before it’s imported, ensuring accuracy and efficiency throughout the process. Tax Summary also provides even more key data from tax return links to relevant content from H&R Block and CNBC on MSN Money. Existing tax features. Money 2002 makes tax preparation and filing simple, fast and accurate. The Tax Estimator forecasts how much money consumers will owe or receive at the end of the tax season; the Deduction Finder is a step-by-step wizard that helps consumers determine the deductions for which they are eligible; Capital Gains Estimator calculates the capital gains tax for consumers; and the Tax Line Manager helps them review their tax-related income and expenses at a glance. Reports and Charts: Obtain Detailed Analyses of Financial Activities Enhanced! Reports and Charts. Money 2002 offers numerous detailed reports and charts to show consumers where their money goes each month. They can choose from standard reports or customize one to get a personalized picture of their income and expenses, cash flow, category spending, budget and more. For example, consumers can take a report that shows the balances of all their accounts and customize it to show the balances on their investment accounts only. In addition, consumers now can export data from a chart, graph or tabular report into Microsoft Excel. Security: Feel Safe and Secure With Money 2002 Money integrates extensive security and privacy measures throughout its many features to help ensure that consumers can manage their finances with confidence and ease. Passport technology protects all consumer data. All Background Banking downloads into Money 2002 are protected with 128-bit encryption technology. The logon data required to access user accounts also is encrypted. Money 2002 Versions And Pricing:
Availability And System Requirements: Scheduled Availability August 2001
October 2001
Formats Microsoft Windows® 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows XP or Windows NT® operating system 4.0 or later running Service Pack 5 Minimum System Requirements (All Versions)
International Versions Available
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