Reports mangled as attachments

Posted by John Polasek on February 6, 2009, 2:17 pm

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I printed a rent report as Ascii file, and sent it as an attachment.
It printed the report in two lumps: lump 1: all but the last 2 columns
with $ amounts that were thus missing, then lump 2:the $ amount part
in 2 columns underneath as a page 2. No line item was complete.
Opening the report in Word did not offer any means of rectifying the
situation. Therefore the report is useless. There must be some
solution.
I next tried squeezing some columns in the Quicken screen, but the
.txt file is kind of run together, again, barely usable. Help.
John Polasek

Posted by vcardx on February 6, 2009, 5:32 pm

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I would suggest printing it to a PDF file (I use CutePDF, one of the many
free ones available).
You didn't say what version you are using, so these steps (I use Q XG 2007)
may not apply exactly to you, but here's how I do it:

File > Print >Preview (to make sure it looks the way you want).
"Print" to CutePDF (in your list of printers). It asks for a name for the
.pdf file it will produce.
Send said file as an attachment, which can be viewed by recipient using (for
example) free Adobe Acrobat reader.

Hope this helps.

vcardx

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:I printed a rent report as Ascii file, and sent it as an attachment.
: It printed the report in two lumps: lump 1: all but the last 2 columns
: with $ amounts that were thus missing, then lump 2:the $ amount part
: in 2 columns underneath as a page 2. No line item was complete.
: Opening the report in Word did not offer any means of rectifying the
: situation. Therefore the report is useless. There must be some
: solution.
: I next tried squeezing some columns in the Quicken screen, but the
: .txt file is kind of run together, again, barely usable. Help.
: John Polasek
:

Posted by John Polasek on February 6, 2009, 10:05 pm

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On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:32:22 -0500, "vcardx"

>I would suggest printing it to a PDF file (I use CutePDF, one of the many

>free ones available).

>You didn't say what version you are using, so these steps (I use Q XG 2007)

>may not apply exactly to you, but here's how I do it:

>File > Print >Preview (to make sure it looks the way you want).

>"Print" to CutePDF (in your list of printers). It asks for a name for the

>.pdf file it will produce.

>Send said file as an attachment, which can be viewed by recipient using (for

>example) free Adobe Acrobat reader.

>Hope this helps.

>vcardx

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>:I printed a rent report as Ascii file, and sent it as an attachment.

>: It printed the report in two lumps: lump 1: all but the last 2 columns

>: with $ amounts that were thus missing, then lump 2:the $ amount part

>: in 2 columns underneath as a page 2. No line item was complete.

>: Opening the report in Word did not offer any means of rectifying the

>: situation. Therefore the report is useless. There must be some

>: solution.

>: I next tried squeezing some columns in the Quicken screen, but the

>: .txt file is kind of run together, again, barely usable. Help.

>: John Polasek

Thanks, it worked in Q2005. I print it to PDFredirect (no preview
option) and then proceeding carefully, have a chance to name the file
and it is directly available as a .pdf for emailing.
I appreciate it.
John Polasek

Posted by vcardx on February 7, 2009, 11:47 am

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Still in Quicken: I select printer (CutePDF Writer), click Preview (button
is at bottom left of same window ), _then_ click "Print" while on "Zoom Into
Preview" window to send to pdf.

: On Fri, 6 Feb 2009 17:32:22 -0500, "vcardx"
:
: >I would suggest printing it to a PDF file (I use CutePDF, one of the many
: >free ones available).
: >You didn't say what version you are using, so these steps (I use Q XG
2007)
: >may not apply exactly to you, but here's how I do it:
: >
: >File > Print >Preview (to make sure it looks the way you want).
: >"Print" to CutePDF (in your list of printers). It asks for a name for
the
: >.pdf file it will produce.
: >Send said file as an attachment, which can be viewed by recipient using
(for
: >example) free Adobe Acrobat reader.
: >
: >Hope this helps.
: >
: >vcardx
: >
: >------------------
: >:I printed a rent report as Ascii file, and sent it as an attachment.
: >: It printed the report in two lumps: lump 1: all but the last 2 columns
: >: with $ amounts that were thus missing, then lump 2:the $ amount part
: >: in 2 columns underneath as a page 2. No line item was complete.
: >: Opening the report in Word did not offer any means of rectifying the
: >: situation. Therefore the report is useless. There must be some
: >: solution.
: >: I next tried squeezing some columns in the Quicken screen, but the
: >: .txt file is kind of run together, again, barely usable. Help.
: >: John Polasek
: >:
: Thanks, it worked in Q2005. I print it to PDFredirect (no preview
: option) and then proceeding carefully, have a chance to name the file
: and it is directly available as a .pdf for emailing.
: I appreciate it.
: John Polasek
: >
: