Report Format H&B '08. Can I go back to older version?

Posted by Ken Abrams on December 3, 2007, 11:53 am

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My needs are rather spartan.
All I want to do is keep a check register and print out some reports twice a
year.

This worked perfectly in the '99 version.
New computer; no disk for 99 so got '08.

'08 puts the sub-total ABOVE the list of items being added. Huh?? I hate
it.
Intuit is no help. It's a "feature" and their promise to be sure you are
satisfied is a lie.

So........does anybody know which version moved the report totals to the top
instead of the bottom?
Does anybody have that version (or older back to '99) that you would like to
trade, even up, for H&B '08 ??
SUCH A DEAL !! A free upgrade !!

Moving data from '99 to '08 was a snap, using export and import.
Any idea if going BACK will work?? Guess that might depend on the version.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

(Imbeded Email return address is invalid).

Posted by John Pollard on December 3, 2007, 12:16 pm

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Ken Abrams wrote:

> My needs are rather spartan.

> All I want to do is keep a check register and print out some

> reports

> twice a year.

> This worked perfectly in the '99 version.

> New computer; no disk for 99 so got '08.

> '08 puts the sub-total ABOVE the list of items being added.

Only true for reports that show individual transactions.

> Huh?? I hate it.

Along with subtotals at the top comes a new feature which I
love: the ability to elect to see the individual transactions
for some subtotals, while hiding the transactions for other
subtotals.

> Intuit is no help. It's a "feature" and their promise to be

> sure you

> are satisfied is a lie.

> So........does anybody know which version moved the report

> totals to

> the top instead of the bottom?

Q2006.

> Does anybody have that version (or older back to '99) that you

> would

> like to trade, even up, for H&B '08 ??

> SUCH A DEAL !! A free upgrade !!

> Moving data from '99 to '08 was a snap, using export and

> import.

Odd, most folks would just let the newer version convert the
older version data (or get a free "trial version" to do the
conversion in two steps.)

> Any idea if going BACK will work??

If you had Quicken "convert" your data, you could revert to the
backup Intuit made of your data when it did the conversion, then
manually re-enter data that occured since that time.

Or, in your case, you can reverse the process you used to
upgrade: you can export to QIF files, then import the QIF files
into the older version. Very messy for many folks, and not all
data can be exported/imported.

> Guess that might depend on the version.

Importing QIF files into versions newer than Q2004 requires a
bit of extra effort (unless you can get satisfactory results
using the "All Accounts" export/import option), but other than
that, the options and degree of difficulty are the same for all
versions.

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Posted by Dwight Payne on December 4, 2007, 8:51 am

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Ken,

John reports that this was changed in 2006. I just did a report on my
2005 H & B and it subtotals at the bottom. I was intending to upgrade
early next year after 2008 got one more stability release, due to
Intuit's data download sunsetting policy, which will pretty much force
me into a new version some time this spring anyway.

Write if you want to do an exchange.

Take out the notspam from my email address.

Ken Abrams wrote:

> So........does anybody know which version moved the report totals to the top

> instead of the bottom?

> Does anybody have that version (or older back to '99) that you would like to

> trade, even up, for H&B '08 ??

> SUCH A DEAL !! A free upgrade !!

Posted by Ken Abrams on December 4, 2007, 10:04 am

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"Dwight Payne" wrote

> Write if you want to do an exchange.

> Take out the notspam from my email address.

YES!
Think I'd prefer to wait until January; will do my year-end with what I've
got, just incase the data won't port backwards correctly.
The address still looks suspicious with notspam removed.
If you'll re-assure me on that, I'll reply by Email to make arrangements.
Thanks.

Posted by Dwight Payne on December 5, 2007, 8:56 am

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Ken Abrams wrote:

> "Dwight Payne" wrote

>> Write if you want to do an exchange.

>> Take out the notspam from my email address.

> YES!

> Think I'd prefer to wait until January; will do my year-end with what I've

> got, just incase the data won't port backwards correctly.

> The address still looks suspicious with notspam removed.

> If you'll re-assure me on that, I'll reply by Email to make arrangements.

> Thanks.

The data won't "port backward" automatically (by my definition, which is
that the program can convert it). It may "port backward" by the method
I think you previously used which was QIF export/import, but I don't
ever do that so I can't tell.

That e-mail address is valid, and is one I set up for use on boards and
that I can use when registering online. It was given that name because
it might attract "attention", and if it gets too much, I can abandon it
and move on because it isn't my primary address.