* Shows people how to organize and manage their personal finances, create a budget, reduce debt, pay bills, balance a checkbook, and build a financial plan for the future using Microsoft Money, the #2 personal finance software, with approximately four million users

* Walks people through Money basics and helps them take charge of their finances, including setting up online banking accounts, recording transactions, writing and printing checks, and reconciling accounts

* Covers organizing finances by category, researching investments online, preparing for tax time, and planning for the future

* Revised throughout to cover the latest enhancements in the software

* From a veteran For Dummies author who has written more than two dozen computer books