Re: Configuring the "Investment Activities" window - Money 2006 by Cal
Cal
Wed Jan 31 20:20:59 CST 2007
In microsoft.public.money, 911DAVE wrote:
>Thank you, Cal.
>
>I did export an investment account to a file called "TEST.QIF". But then
>what? What software do I use to look at it or edit it? Then I also peered
>at my Excel and it does not offer File exporting to a QIF. I have no doubt
>what you are suggesting is the right approach if this were an on-going
>activity but for me it is just a one-time issue. I'd rather put up with a
>bit of cut and paste misery rather than investing the effort into mastering
>QIF files.
>
>So I would still appreciate knowinig how to cut down the Money window to the
>bare bones so that I have the most space available to look at another
>application.
There is no setting to do the method that describe.
>
>
>"Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote:
>
>> In microsoft.public.money, 911DAVE wrote:
>>
>> >I have kept track of many investment activities in Excel spreadsheets for
>> >many years. Now I would like to "copy / paste" the transactions into Money.
>> > I would like to free up as much of my screen as I can so that I can work
>> >with two simultaneious windows "sharing" my screen, one Excel and one Money.
>> >
>> >
>> >Trouble is that Money forces me to look at at lot of Icons and menu lines at
>> >the top that chew up a lot of my valuable screen. How can I cut it back to
>> >just the bare bones: File Edit Favorite Tools Help?
>>
>> Two monitors? I expect you think that I am being less than serious,
>> but it could help with what you say you want.
>>
>> Actually I suggest that instead, you consider producing QIF files
>> that you File->Import as recovered accounts. It will be up to you
>> whether to make an investment account QIF, or also make a matched up
>> associated cash account QIF file.
>>
>> To see what format you would want to create, put in some sample
>> transactions into Money. File->Export those to get example files.
>>
>>
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