Get rid of categories you’ll never use by choosing Lists: Categories & Transfers: Remove Unused Categories. But even though some of Quicken’s default categories may not work for you, those categories will still appear every time you view the Categories & Transfers window or use the pop-up category list in the account registers. Quicken’s categories are the key to tracking your spending. You can make entries in any of your Quicken accounts those entries will be automatically imported into your account registers the next time you launch Quicken. Need to quickly record an expense? Just tap the key you’ve configured to launch Dashboard, and then use the QuickEntry widget that was introduced with Quicken 2007. In the Edit Command Key dialog box, you can enter your preferred shortcut. Just hold down the 1 key and choose the item you want to customize from the menu bar. If you don’t like Quicken’s default keyboard shortcuts, change them or add your own. Here’s my top-ten list of tricks every Quicken user-from novices to experts-should know. But despite its ubiquity, I still run across many Quicken users who aren’t getting the most out of the program, because they don’t know some simple tricks that can make it easier to use. Has been the default personal finance manager of Mac users for years.