James Floyd Kelly - Sams Teach Yourself Mint.com in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself -- Minutes)

James Floyd Kelly

800 East 96th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240

For Mom and Dadenjoy your retirement, and thank you for good examples of spending and saving.

Sams Teach Yourself Mint.com in 10 Minutes

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apps

Mint.com app for iPhone/iTouch,

art collections, adding to Mint.com,

Ask a Question text box,

assigning transaction categories

to credit card charges,

multiple transactions,

single transactions,

autos, entering value of,

bank accounts. See checking accounts; savings accounts

benefits of Mint.com,

blog (Mint.com),

Budget screen,

budgets

Budgets tool,

configuring alerts for,

creating,

deleting,

editing,

explained,

monitoring categories in,

overview,

sorting,

viewing other budgets,

Budgets tool, . See also budgets

buttons. See specific buttons

cars, entering value of,

Cash category,

categories,

assigning,

to credit card charges,

to multiple transactions,

to single transactions,

custom categories,

monitoring in budgets,

Category feature. See categories

Change Your Alerts link,

checking accounts. See also savings accounts

deleting,

linking to Mint.com account,

transaction categories. See categories

Ways to Save feature,

Choose a Graph section (Trends page),

choosing passwords,

Clear This Search button,

clearing alerts,

collectibles, adding to Mint.com,

community (Mint.com),

Mint.com blog,

Mint.com forum,

Community link,

configuring alerts,

cost of Mint.com,

Create a Budget button,

Create a Custom Goal button,

Credit Card category,

credit cards

assigning categories to charges,

exporting data,

linking to Mint.com account,

tags

adding,

viewing,

viewing credit card details,

viewing similar charges,

credit scores, updating,

CSV files

explained,

exporting data to,

custom categories,

custom goals,

data encryption,

Delete button,

Delete This Budget link,

Delete This Goal button,

deleting

alerts,

budgets,

checking accounts,

goals,

investments,

savings accounts,

disabling text message alerts,

displaying. See viewing

Edit Details button,

Edit Multiple button,

Edit This Goal button,

editing

budgets,

goals,

Email & Alerts tab,

email alerts,

configuring,

removing,

viewing,

Everything Else link,

Export All X Transactions link,

exporting data,

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions),

files (CSV)

explained,

exporting data to,

financial goals. See goals

financial overview,

Financial tab,

Fix It button,

forum (Mint.com),

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs),

Galaxy Tab, Mint.com on,

Get Help link,

Get the Report section (Trends page),

goals

creating,

custom goals,

deleting,

editing,

explained,

marking as complete,

naming,

Next Steps box,

predefined goals,

re-estimating,

saving,

setting,

Take a Trip financial goal,

viewing,

Goals field (Budgets tool),

Goals tab, . See also goals

graphs, choosing for trends,

Graphs to Try section (Trends page),

help

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions),

Get Help link,

Mint.com blog,

hot topics (Mint.com blog),

How We Keep You Safe link,

identifying trends,

income, tracking with Budgets tool,

investments,

collectibles and other property,

deleting,

linking to Mint.com account,

trends,

updating,

iPad, Mint.com on,

iPhone, Mint.com app for,

iTouch, Mint.com app for,

Left Over field (Budgets tool),

linking to Mint.com

checking accounts,

credit cards,

investments,

loans,

mortgages,

savings accounts,

Loan category,

loans

adding loan details,

linking to Mint.com account,

mortgages,

Log In button,

Log Out button,

logging in,

logging out,

Mark as Complete button,

marking goals as complete,

Mint.com blog,

Mint.com forum,

mobile devices,

Android,

iPhone/iTouch,

tablets,

modifying. See editing

money, saving

savings values calculated by Mint.com,

spotting trends,

Ways to Save tab,

mortgages, linking to Mint.com account,

Motorola Xoom, Mint.com on,

naming goals,