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spud17

I've just spent an hour or so trying to find a certain piece of software which allows you to draw up a household budget.

I saw the link on a MSE forum sometime in the last 2/3months but never bookmarked it.

I'm sure it was a MS product but not a common one e.g.Money.

IIRC It was a fairly large, paid for program, but the important basic parts could be used for free, (unusual for MS).

Anyone got any ideas?

TIA R

judderman62

can you elaborate a bit more on functionality, what you need it to do etc

spud17

It's for some else to try and get their finances in order.

Pretty basic,to record income, groceries, utilities, phone, BB, car/fuel, mortgage, council tax etc, and then see how they stand at the end of the week/month.

I've done something along these lines in Excel for myself, but I don't want to get dragged into some else's affairs.

If I can get hold of a free program, give it to them and then leave them to it, that will be fine.

Any other suggestions gratefully received!

R

judderman62

So form your 1st post I presume you have trawled sites like download.com , cnet , tucows etc and mooched round them.

Also, If a spreadsheet would be good enough for them, you can via excel download from the net pre formatted ones for finances - might one of them do ?

If not how about THIS might it do ? I use an earlier and Non Java Version on my Psion Series 7. Certainly the version I use allows budgeting - not sure about the Java version as it is a newer and slightly different program

good luck

Red_Rose_Exile

How about the MSE Budget planner?

GoofyGAT

I think you mean Office Accounting Express 2007, but there's a US version only. Download link if you/they want to give it a go anyway - treat it like a preview before the UK version comes out (if ever).

You should find something useful in these threads (used the good old in-house search instead of Google):

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=536517
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=517810
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=405843
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=367382
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=309935
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=294338
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=284709
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=242047
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=485543
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=197840
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=173788
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=470491
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=143513

Also, just found this - 6 Great Free Alternatives to Quicken & MS Money. G

spud17

Thanks on and all for replies.

I think GoofyGat was on the right track with MS Office Account Express.
When I had a look at it some things looked vaguely familiar. Any way it was much too complicated for what I need.
And thanks for all the links, I already looked at many of them, but it was that particular MS one I had stuck in my increasingly senile brain. LOL :rolleyes:

Red Rose Exile

Cheers, I'd already downloaded MSE Budget Planner, but not investigated any further, I'm guessing that will be the one to use.

judderman62

Thanks I'll check your link, possibly for my own use.


Thanks R