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Posted by Han on February 25, 2008, 9:10 pm
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> Hi, Bob, Port, Han, John...
>
> Edit | Preferences | Register | "Maximize Register View" is not the
> same as F11 - except in Quicken. Elsewhere in Windows/Vista, F11
> triggers "Full Screen" mode.
>
> Windows has 3 ways to make a window fill the whole screen. They may
> look the same to us humans, but Windows knows the difference.
>
> 1. Maximize - this is the most common version, usually toggled by
> the square near the X in the upper right corner.
>
> 2. Normal window, stretched (using arrows or mouse) to fill the
> screen.
>
> 3. Full-screen - toggled by pressing the F11 key. This works in
> most applications, but not all. When it works, it gets rid of the
> Title Bar, Address Bar, Menu Bar and Tool Bar at the top and the
> Taskbar at the bottom - and maybe a couple of other features I haven't
> noticed. As I said, it is not consistent in all apps.
>
> In Quicken, F11 leaves the Title Bar and Menu Bar and Taskbar, while
> eliminating Quicken's Toolbar at the top. But it also eliminates some
> horizontal features, such as the Accounts list, which I prefer to keep
> onscreen. (Personal preference, of course; yours may vary.)
>
> I have not explored this as much as you folks have, so I'll just drop
> this comment and run. But I didn't know about Quicken's use of F11
> and thought maybe some of you might not know about the use of F11 in
> "generic" Windows/Vista. ;^}
>
> RC
Thanks RC!
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Best regards
Han
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