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- Price: Free to try (Limited functionality); $19.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: July 03, 2009
- Total Downloads: 5,658
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on June 17, 2009
If you don't have Microsoft Excel, you can skip Family Home Budget 2008, which is merely a workbook formatted to handle financial information and calculations. It offers a very generous 90-day trial period, but the trial restrictions render that extra time useless.
The spreadsheets in the workbook are well-organized, but the design is nothing to write home about. Everything is divided into columns and rows, with different budgets being represented in the tabs at the bottom of the screen. Users can manage their monthly budgets, long-term budgets, credit cards, and other information in this program. Presumably, users can manually input the data, and the spreadsheet will do all the necessary calculations to keep the numbers accurate. We say "presumably" because this trial version came to us as read-only, meaning we could not input data into the spreadsheet. While we found no information on the subject, we assume that this problem is eliminated once the software is purchased.
We find it hard to recommend a budgeting tool that is basically a file created in another program. We suggest you save your money and look for a program that stands alone and is willing to let you test its money management capabilities before buying.
Publisher's description
From Bottomline Budget :We offer a unique Budget spreadsheet for your home budget that offers the look and feel of a contemporary household budget ledger book while implementing the power of the PC to perform lighting fast financial calculations. Personal budgeting that allows for on the fly bill movement to meet real world issues. The straightforwardness of our family spreadsheets places your assets at the top, expenses in the middle, and the summary at the bottom. Personal budgeting that tells you the lowest your balance will be in the entire year. The 17 tabs at the bottom of your personal spreadsheet organize the entire year into 12 individual months and more. Just simple list the names of each household budget expense on the left hand side of the spreadsheet and place the expected cost in the appropriate week/or weeks. Our Family Style includes sections for Christmas, lay-a-way, and a credit card. See it first hand; download either the Basic Home Budget or the Family Home Budget today and try it for free on a rolling six week work window. Version 9.5t updated product codes.
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Version 9.5t updated product codes.
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