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Posted by Jeff@unknown.com on July 1, 2008, 7:32 pm
Please log in for more thread options Because "CTRL and SHIFT keys while tapping the "F" key" takes 3 fingers (2
hands to achieve, while clicking on "Next" just takes the mouse. Question
of preferences.
Also, when I asked the question I did not know about CTRL and SHIFT keys
while tapping the "F" key and tried F3 (which is the usual Windows default
for Next) and that did not work.
Jeff
Jerry Boyle wrote:
> With John's advice I can't understand why you'd even want the Find
> screen obstructing the view of your register.
>
> And you can absolutely fly from one matching entry to the next by
> holding down the CTRL and SHIFT keys while tapping the "F" key.
>
>> You are correct. It is minimized.
>>
>> But I believe in my 2006 version it did not minimize itself
>> automatically, but instead just remained there for me to search for
>> the next transaction. Is it possible to make it have that behavior
>> (not become minimized)in Q 08?
>>
>> I do not see it among the preference options.
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> John Pollard wrote:
>>> Jerry Boyle wrote:
>>>>> Jerry Boyle wrote:
>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> In q2008, when I am in an investment transaction screen
>>>>>>> there is
>>>>>>> behavior with find that is different from what it had been
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> Q2006. When I ask "Find" to locate a searched transaction,
>>>>>>> if I click on
>>>>>>> what it found, the find screen disappears. It used to stay
>>>>>>> visible
>>>>>>> so I can click and find the next one. Is there a way I can
>>>>>>> make it
>>>>>>> stay visible (like it used to) so I do not have to click
>>>>>>> Ctrl-F
>>>>>>> again and search again to make it reappear?
>>>>>
>>>>>> The screen isn't gone, it's just minimized. Look at the
>>>>>> bottom left
>>>>>> of your Quicken window for "Search Results" and click on it
>>>>>> to get
>>>>>> the screen back.
>>>>>
>>>>> And the op doesn't have to "restore" the Find dialog in order
>>>>> to
>>>>> "find" the next match: just press CTRL+SHIFT+F. The Find
>>>>> dialog
>>>>> will remain minimized, but Quicken will "find" the next
>>>>> matching
>>>>> transaction.
>>>
>>>> An excellent point, but in some cases it may not give the
>>>> intended
>>>> result.
>>>> CTRL+SHIFT+F will find the next match in the same register.
>>>> But the
>>>> search results may come from different accounts and you'll
>>>> miss the
>>>> matches in other registers.
>>>
>>> That would be a "Find All"; a "Find" always finds in the
>>> "current" register, and doesn't produce "search results". Sorry
>>> I didn't make clear that I believed that the op was doing a
>>> "Find", not a "Find All".
>>>
>>>> In addition, if you've used Quicken's global search box (upper
>>>> left of
>>>> Quicken window) I'm not sure CTRL+SHIFT+F will work at all.
>>>
>>> I agree; if you've done a "Search" (or "Find All"), "Find Next"
>>> has no meaning.
>>>
>>> Also, the behavior disliked by the op is not limited to
>>> investment accounts: Find works the same in all account types.
>>>
>>> [If you've done a "Find", a "Find Next" will work in the current
>>> register even if you have closed the "Find" dialog box ... and
>>> even if you switch registers, then switch back to the register
>>> involved in the "Find".]
>>>
>>> [My global search box is on the right end of my Quicken toolbar.
>>> Q2008 Premier.]
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