Bill and income reminders make paying your bills a lot easier. When reminders become due, you can choose what happens next—Quicken can simply alert you, or Quicken can enter a transaction into the register for you automatically.
Tell me a bit more about how reminders work
At startup, Quicken checks for bill and income reminders that are due or past due (that is, if they have become due since the last time you used Quicken). If it finds any, one of two things will happen:
If you selectedAutomatically Enterwhen you created the reminder, Quicken enters it as a transaction in a register automatically, without asking you for confirmation.
On the account register as a transaction in the register
Showing your upcoming bill reminders in an account register lets you see the effect of those transactions on your running account balance.
Open the register of the account that you selected for the reminderwhen you created it.
If necessary, click(the Register Reminders icon) and set how far in advance to display the reminders.
For each reminder in the register, choose what you want to do:
Enter this reminder
ClickEnter this reminderto add the selected reminder to the register. This is necessary because a reminder that displays in your register is there to remind you of an upcoming transaction and help you project your cash flow. A reminder is not an actual register transaction until you enter it.
After you clickEnter this reminderyou will have the opportunity to make changes, for example to the amount, as it is being entered.
Why don't I see this option?
Enter this reminderis not available when/if:
If you told Quicken toAutomatically Entera reminder into the register when you set it up. In this case, you're done. The reminder has already been entered.
If you selected a reminder that is not the next reminder due. Reminders must be entered into the register in the order in which they are due.
Skip this one
ClickSkip this oneto remove the selected reminder from the register, but leave any future reminders unaffected. If you want to remove all instances of a reminder, chooseDelete this instance and all future instancesinstead.
Why don't I see this option?
Skip this oneis not available if you have selected a reminder that is not the next reminder due. Reminders must be entered into the register in the order in which they are due.
Edit this instance
ClickEdit this instanceto change how the selected reminder is set up. For example, you might want to change when it's due, or the method of delivery.
Edit this instance and all future instances
ClickEdit this instance and all future instancesto change how the selected reminder, and all future reminders, are set up. For example, you might want to change the account the reminder is linked to, or the category that's assigned to it.
Delete this instance and all future instances
ClickDelete this instance and all future instancesto remove the selected reminder from the register, and delete the reminder from Quicken so that it never appears again.