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?

Re: Configuring the "Investment Activities" window - Money 2006 by Cal

Cal
Wed Jan 31 19:07:25 CST 2007

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.



Re: Configuring the "Investment Activities" window - Money 2006 by 911DAVE

911DAVE
Wed Jan 31 20:10:00 CST 2007

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.


"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.
>
>
>

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.
>>
>>
>>