Primer for setting up new brokerage accounts

Question

I am using Quicken Premier 2017 for Windows.

I want to manually create a new Brokerage account I have with TD Ameritrade.  Within this account at TD, there will be a portion labeled as a 'cash' account, from which I will be buying stocks (i.e., Intuit or Cisco). My stocks will generate periodic dividends, which get placed into the 'cash' account, and I will sell stocks, resulting in the proceeds being placed into the 'cash' account.

I'm looking for one-stop-shopping step by step on how to set up the account/securities/brokerage and similar instructions for the various activities (buying, selling,  dividends).  Does such an article or series of articles exist?

NotACPA · Accepted Answer

"Does such an article or series of articles exist? "YES.  Look in Quicken Help (F1).You'll need to create the account, then create (in Q) each of the securities, and then execute a transaction in Q to reflect those securities.The  best way, in Q, to reflect the Cash is to simply leave it in the brokerage account as Cash.  There's no need, thusly, for a "cash account".  It's just a brokerage account with multiple securities and cash being held in it.