Installing Tesco Personal Finance


Thank you for choosing Tesco Personal Finance to organize your finances.  To install Tesco Personal Finance, please follow these steps:


1) Insert the CD-ROM into your computer

2) If the installer does not start automatically, double-click the "Install Tesco Personal Finance" icon from the CD-ROM drive

3) Follow the instructions presented in the installer and choose where you would like Tesco Personal Finance to be installed


Now that Tesco Personal Finance is installed, you can start it by selecting it from the "Start" menu.


The first screen that is presented after starting Tesco Personal Finance provides three options:

  1) Create New File:  Select this option to start a new data file with the default set of accounts and categories

  2) Open Existing File:  Select this option to open an existing Tesco Personal Finance data file

  3) Import File:  Select this option if you would like to create a new data file using information from a QIF file that was exported from an application such as Quicken or Money


Once you have selected an option and opened your data file in Tesco Personal Finance, you will see the "home page" screen with a summary of your accounts, exchange rates, scheduled transactions stock prices, and common functions.  Descriptions of the features available are available from the user guide available under the Help menu.