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Posted by Larry Sabo on March 27, 2007, 4:03 pm
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>Larry Sabo wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, Larry.
>>>
>>> I know of at least three ways. The best way, of course,
>>> if it works, is to Update the price online. Another way
>>> is to first Delete the "est" price in the Quote/Price
>>> column, then simply type in a new price. Or right-click
>>> on the Name of the security, not the price, and choose
>>> Price History.
>>>
>>> But I'm using Q07 Basic and haven't used reports very
>>> much, so you may find better ways.
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>> Thanks, RC. I finally updated via Price History for the
>> security. When enter the price manually in the Portfolio
>> View window (while doing a price update from my
>> investment statements), it refuses to update the price
>> history. It's that wierd behaviour that I was trying to
>> avoid by using an over-ride key, which I mistakenly
>> remembered as the "*" key.
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>I think RC's advice will work. He didn't say "just modify the
>price", he said "Delete the 'est' price in the Quote/Price
>column, then simply type in a new price".
>
>The "key" is that you *change* the price that is there ... then
>change it again, to the correct price. You need to *leave* the
>field to have a change take effect. So change the price (to
>anything ... make it easy to key, like $1), cursor out of the
>field, cursor back, change the price to the correct price.
Thanks for that suggestio, John. I think it will be afster than using
the Price History route. Do you or does anyone else remember being
able to change est. to an actual price by just hitting the * key or
some other key, in some earlier version of Quicken? Or is senility
closer than I think?
Cheers,
Larry
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