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From: Cal Tinson on 10 Jan 2010 16:04
On 1/10/2010 2:29 PM eastern, Antares 531 wrote:

> Got it and it works, now. Thanks, Cal. I was confused as to what icon
> I was to right click. I thought the icon on the task bar when Quicken
> was running was the icon that I should click, but I see it was the
> desktop icon instead. I have my desktop icons hidden except when I
> need them, so I never got around to right clicking this one.
>
> But, there is now a new problem...the whole screen arrangement has
> been changed and there are now two panels side by side...Holdings and
> Accounts Attributes...I can view all the details on the Holdings panel
> by scrolling but in the earlier layout it was stretched across the
> entire screen and I didn't need to scroll.
>
> This is not really a problem in that the columns that I would have to
> scroll to the right to see aren't needed often, and I can easily
> scroll to the right when I do need to look at them.
>
> Thanks, Gordon

Welcome, Gordon - glad it now works.

On the new two panel problem, you apparently used the Overview feature.
From Quicken Help:

"Use the account Overview page
About using the account Overview page
Use the account Overview page to edit your account number, assign a
credit limit to a credit card account, set tax attributes for retirement
accounts and other tax-deferred accounts, or simply to help you remember
when you last reconciled your bank statement.

Open the account you want to work with.
Click the Overview button. "
(snip)

To get rid of the second panel to eliminate scrolling, click the
Transactions button to the right of the Overview button. (I'd never used
Overview before, but just got it from the above, and had a devil of a
time figuring out how to get rid of it!!)
From: Antares 531 on 10 Jan 2010 18:39
On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:04:18 -0500, Cal Tinson
<invalid(a)domain.invalid> wrote:

>On 1/10/2010 2:29 PM eastern, Antares 531 wrote:
>
>> Got it and it works, now. Thanks, Cal. I was confused as to what icon
>> I was to right click. I thought the icon on the task bar when Quicken
>> was running was the icon that I should click, but I see it was the
>> desktop icon instead. I have my desktop icons hidden except when I
>> need them, so I never got around to right clicking this one.
>>
>> But, there is now a new problem...the whole screen arrangement has
>> been changed and there are now two panels side by side...Holdings and
>> Accounts Attributes...I can view all the details on the Holdings panel
>> by scrolling but in the earlier layout it was stretched across the
>> entire screen and I didn't need to scroll.
>>
>> This is not really a problem in that the columns that I would have to
>> scroll to the right to see aren't needed often, and I can easily
>> scroll to the right when I do need to look at them.
>>
>> Thanks, Gordon
>
>Welcome, Gordon - glad it now works.
>
>On the new two panel problem, you apparently used the Overview feature.
> From Quicken Help:
>
>"Use the account Overview page
> About using the account Overview page
>Use the account Overview page to edit your account number, assign a
>credit limit to a credit card account, set tax attributes for retirement
>accounts and other tax-deferred accounts, or simply to help you remember
>when you last reconciled your bank statement.
>
>Open the account you want to work with.
>Click the Overview button. "
>(snip)
>
>To get rid of the second panel to eliminate scrolling, click the
>Transactions button to the right of the Overview button. (I'd never used
>Overview before, but just got it from the above, and had a devil of a
>time figuring out how to get rid of it!!)
>
Thanks, Cal. This does get rid of the Account Attributes panel, but I
can't read the number of shares held in each account if I use the
Transactions window. The Transactions window is what I use when I buy
or sell, but when I'm just checking my records I need to see the
number of shares held in each account. This seems to be available only
in the Overview panel.

The Account Attributes panel to the right of the Holdings panel in the
Overview window is fine other than I sometimes have to scroll to the
right to see all the columns. No problem, but if I could squish that
Account Attributes panel down a bit there would be no need to scroll.

Anyway, I'm very glad to have the Overview window's Holdings panel set
with workable column widths. This was the problem that was bugging me.

Thanks for your help. Gordon
From: Cal Tinson on 10 Jan 2010 19:13
On 1/10/2010 6:39 PM eastern, Antares 531 wrote:

> Thanks, Cal. This does get rid of the Account Attributes panel, but I
> can't read the number of shares held in each account if I use the
> Transactions window. The Transactions window is what I use when I buy
> or sell, but when I'm just checking my records I need to see the
> number of shares held in each account. This seems to be available only
> in the Overview panel.
>
> The Account Attributes panel to the right of the Holdings panel in the
> Overview window is fine other than I sometimes have to scroll to the
> right to see all the columns. No problem, but if I could squish that
> Account Attributes panel down a bit there would be no need to scroll.
>
> Anyway, I'm very glad to have the Overview window's Holdings panel set
> with workable column widths. This was the problem that was bugging me.
>
> Thanks for your help. Gordon

Hi, Gordon - If I understand what you're looking for, try using the
Portfolio feature, where there are a number of preprogrammed displays,
plus the ability to customize a display to include the items you want to
see.
From: John Pollard on 11 Jan 2010 09:32
Antares 531 wrote:
>
> But, there is now a new problem...the whole screen arrangement has
> been changed and there are now two panels side by side...Holdings and
> Accounts Attributes...I can view all the details on the Holdings panel
> by scrolling but in the earlier layout it was stretched across the
> entire screen and I didn't need to scroll.
>
> This is not really a problem in that the columns that I would have to
> scroll to the right to see aren't needed often, and I can easily
> scroll to the right when I do need to look at them.

I know of no way to directly control the size or placement of the panes on
the Overview tab of any account. I think Quicken uses some sort of
algorithm that determines how best to display those panes.

I think a number of factors may be considered, including the screen width,
screen resolution, font size, window size and other objects in the Quicken
window that use horizontal space - like the Account Bar. With my current
configuration: if I remove the Quicken Account Bar, my investment account
Overview screen displays the Account Attributes pane alongside the
Holdings pane ... if I add the Account Bar back, then the Account
Attributes pane drops down and the Holdings pane is alone above the
Account Attributes and Account Status panes.

The true width of the (notebook) monitor I am viewing this on is 12 3/4 ";
resolution: 1280 x 1024; font size: normal

Q2010 RPM R3 Windows XP Pro SP3.

--

John Pollard
news://<YOUR-NNTP-NEWSERVER-HERE>/alt.comp.software.financial.quicken
Your source of user-to-user Quicken help


From: JimH on 11 Jan 2010 19:53
Antares 531 wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:08:32 -0500, Cal Tinson
> <invalid(a)domain.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 1/10/2010 12:51 PM eastern, Antares 531 wrote:
>>> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:42:21 -0500, Cal Tinson
>>> <invalid(a)domain.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/9/2010 8:13 PM eastern, Antares 531 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The drag and drop method for adjusting column widths acts like it is
>>>>> going to work, but just as I begin to drag the column divider the
>>>>> whole screen goes into a state of chaos and can not be restored except
>>>>> by closing then opening an earlier backup file. Gordon
>>>> Have you tried the suggestion in my first reply in this thread? Betcha
>>>> dollars to donuts that you haven't, and that if you do it will work.
>>>>
>>> Cal, I tried to try the suggestion but could not figure out which icon
>>> I was supposed to click on. The Quicken icon in the toolbar at the
>>> bottom of the screen does not show anything that could be interpreted
>>> as a "Compatibility tab." I tried several other icons on some of the
>>> screens but never found the sequence indicated. Gordon
>> Hi, Gordon - As more or less <vbg> noted in the reply (I now remember I
>> had to read it several times when I had the identical problem you do):
>>
>> 1. Right click on the icon that opens Quicken.
>> 2. Left click on Properties.
>> 3. Left click on the Compatibility tab.
>> 4. Select by left clicking in the box (I'm assuming it's not already
>> selected) "Disable display scaling on high DPI settings".
>>
> Got it and it works, now. Thanks, Cal. I was confused as to what icon
> I was to right click. I thought the icon on the task bar when Quicken
> was running was the icon that I should click, but I see it was the
> desktop icon instead. I have my desktop icons hidden except when I
> need them, so I never got around to right clicking this one.
>
> But, there is now a new problem...the whole screen arrangement has
> been changed and there are now two panels side by side...Holdings and
> Accounts Attributes...I can view all the details on the Holdings panel
> by scrolling but in the earlier layout it was stretched across the
> entire screen and I didn't need to scroll.
>
> This is not really a problem in that the columns that I would have to
> scroll to the right to see aren't needed often, and I can easily
> scroll to the right when I do need to look at them.
>
> Thanks, Gordon

The overview panel rearranges itself if the Quicken window is too wide.
I found a usable width, and I'm careful not to change it.

--
Jim

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