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From: siegman@sierra.Stanford.EDU (Anthony E. Siegman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: personal finance packages
Message-ID: <24@sierra.stanford.edu>
Date: 13 Dec 88 16:44:51 GMT
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I bought Quicken, and if I've understood the manual correctly, you can
export various sorts of reports with summary data in them in Excel or
text format; but there is NO way to export OR import the complete check
register for use or manipulation by other programs.

I would never adopt any program which traps all my primary data in some
format which is unknown (or too arcane to use) and which does not provide
for export of the COMPLETE data file in text or some other standard format.

It would be appreciated if users of MacMoney or MYM could post a note on