How to enter a six month payment schedule for an annual contract.

Hi @ Quick-Start,

I believe that you were using the "Bill Reminder" feature.  It allows you to schedule future payments of bills.  However, it does have its limitations and I believe that the "screen" isn't exactly as you remember it.

To take your insurance policy example - you would need to set up two bill reminders, as follows:
First set up a reminder for (let's say) the "June 15th" amount for a single payment.
Next, you would set up a series of 5 months of payments  July 15th through November 15th, for the remaining monthly payment amount.

Here are the specific steps:
1) In Quicken - you would go to "Bills > "Bill and Income Reminders" > "Add" > "Bill" > "Manual Bill"
2) Next you input the "Pay to" field;
3a) Then fill in the "Due next on" date of the first payment; the amount of the first payment, the account, and the category.
3b) For payments #2 through #6 you'll follow steps 1) and 2) above. Then enter the due date of payment #2 in the date field.  Next you should click on "change" link - located to the right of the date field. Fill in the appropriate information for the remaining five payments, including the date that the last payment is due.

Hope the instructions aren't too confusing...

Get back to me if you have any follow-up questions.

Frankx