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Posted by R. C. White on July 2, 2008, 10:43 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hi, John.
> there is no divider line; the header is completely featureless (Q05).
Oh. I haven't used Q05 in, oh, about 3 years and my brain cell capacitors
can't keep my memory refreshed that long. :^{
As I said, I don't use Reports very much, so I hope someone else can jump in
and help you find a solution.
RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
rc@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Currently running Quicken 2008 Deluxe in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)
> wrote:
>
>>Hi, John.
>>
>>How about grabbing the column divider in the header bar and dragging it
>>left
>>or right?
> Thanks for the suggestion, but
> there is no divider line; the header is completely featureless (Q05).
> If you click on an entry, an attractive-looking text box appears that
> defines the width, but it too is immutable.
> The 1st column, Class, is at least 40 characters wide and my fattest
> title is 9.
> Dropping cents makes columns 5 characters wide but they are making
> room (maybe?) for the date header which is completely verbose. I
> would like "Jan." instead of the 1/31/2008.
> Intuit is simply not interested in fixing the basics, only trying to
> find a new gimmick to add on for new sales. Have they ever asked for
> or acted on suggestions?
>
>>The usual Windows trick of double-clicking on this bar does not
>>auto-adjust it to fit the longest entry in the column, but the
>>grab-and-drag
>>usually does work. Your reformatting might not survive closing and
>>reopening the report unless you specifically save it with a new name.
>>
>>You've hit on one of my favorite gripes about Quicken. Maybe this is why
>>I
>>use very few Reports. A closely-related gripe is that I can't really sort
>>properly on the columns because the column headings don't match the tabs
>>in
>>the Customize screens. But that's a gripe for another day. :>(
> As long as we're into add-ons, why don't they allow for dot-tabbing so
> you can follow a line across what is in many cases a lot of white
> paper.
>>RC
> John Polasek
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