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REDMOND, Wash. and BERKELEY, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. and Access Softek Inc. today announced their joint effort to produce and deliver the Converter for Quicken(R) files within Microsoft(R) Money 2005, the award-winning personal finance software.