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Posted by John Pollard on January 30, 2008, 8:24 pm
Please log in for more thread options MaryL wrote:
>> MaryL wrote:
>>> I am using Quicken Deluxe 2006. Can anyone explain how to
>>> expand
>>> the drop-down list of categories to the full list I have set
>>> under
>>> Tools>Category List? As it is, once I have entered a
>>> category with
>>> a particular name, it is "remembered." For example, the
>>> category
>>> for one person opens to Household:Repairs & Maintenance.
>>> However,
>>> I also paid this person for another expense (also under
>>> Household
>>> -- which has additional sub-categories), but when I start
>>> to type
>>> in "H," the only "Household" item that will appear is for
>>> Repairs &
>>> Maintenance. I would like to be able to see *all* of the
>>> sub-categories, just as they appear the first time I enter a
>>> name
>>> and enter a category for that person or business. I do like
>>> auto-complete when I start to type in a name, but I don't
>>> want to
>>> be limited under categories to the category that was
>>> previously
>>> used.
>> What happens if you memorize a transaction for that payee
>> with a
>> blank category?
> I previously used a category for this payee, so it is
> memorized under
> his name. If I next save a transaction for him with a blank
> category
> and then go to his name again and open it -- the
> previously-established category is the only one that opens
> when I try
> to select a category. I remember previous versions that did
> not have
> this problem, and I surely hope there is a way around this.
> Surely,
> those at Intuit know that different people/companies sometimes
> need
> to be placed in different categories.
If you always want to choose the category at the time you enter
a transaction for a payee, don't memorize any transaction for
that payee (or only memorize a transaction with a blank
category).
--
John Pollard
First initial underscore Last name at mchsi dot com
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