Is their a way of viewing the categories in the Accoujnt Register

Is it possible to view the categories of the transactions in the account
register in a separate colum in place of one of the other colums. I know
you can double click on any specific transaction and bring up the details of
one transaction at a time. And of course turn on the forms portion of the
register. But I would like to view all of the category assignments at the
same time that I am viewing all of the transactions at a glance.

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Mon Dec 05 00:40:57 CST 2005

In microsoft.public.money, woppenhe wrote:

>Is it possible to view the categories of the transactions in the account
>register in a separate colum in place of one of the other colums. I know
>you can double click on any specific transaction and bring up the details of
>one transaction at a time. And of course turn on the forms portion of the
>register. But I would like to view all of the category assignments at the
>same time that I am viewing all of the transactions at a glance.
>

No. You can, however, customize a report.

You also can press Ctrl+T to toggle between single line and
multiline, which shows the category.

woppenhe
Tue Dec 06 12:49:49 CST 2005

Thanks Carl. I did not know the Ctl+T trick, but it still takes too long to
make changes in the categories in a long list of transactions. Should be an
easier way. It is the transition into edit mode that takes the time. My
files are over 50 MB so it is understandable, but irritating nevertheless.



"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
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> In microsoft.public.money, woppenhe wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to view the categories of the transactions in the account
>>register in a separate colum in place of one of the other colums. I know
>>you can double click on any specific transaction and bring up the details
>>of
>>one transaction at a time. And of course turn on the forms portion of the
>>register. But I would like to view all of the category assignments at the
>>same time that I am viewing all of the transactions at a glance.
>>
>
> No. You can, however, customize a report.
>
> You also can press Ctrl+T to toggle between single line and
> multiline, which shows the category.

Dick
Tue Dec 06 13:00:35 CST 2005

The performance problem is not the way the UI presents the data--the Money
grid vs. a one line display ala Excel--it's the underlying database. If you
have lots of changes to do to Category, have you looked at Find and Replace?

"woppenhe" <woppenhe@ucla.edu> wrote in message
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> Thanks Carl. I did not know the Ctl+T trick, but it still takes too long
to
> make changes in the categories in a long list of transactions. Should be
an
> easier way. It is the transition into edit mode that takes the time. My
> files are over 50 MB so it is understandable, but irritating nevertheless.

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Tue Dec 06 13:24:16 CST 2005

In microsoft.public.money, woppenhe wrote:

> I did not know the Ctl+T trick, but it still takes too long to
>make changes in the categories in a long list of transactions. Should be an
>easier way.

If you are changing categories to many transactions, try advanced
find and replace.

Make an extra copy or backup of your Money file first, in case you
want to undo something.

woppenhe
Wed Dec 07 22:11:48 CST 2005

Thanks for all the great suggestions. I just wanted to at a glance review
each transaction and its category to see if I needed to do some editing.
The expansion to a three line presentation did that. For some reason,
initially I was stuck on having a column termed category, and was unable to
do that, but the three line presention accomplished what I needed. Thanks
to all who replied.

"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
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> In microsoft.public.money, woppenhe wrote:
>
>> I did not know the Ctl+T trick, but it still takes too long to
>>make changes in the categories in a long list of transactions. Should be
>>an
>>easier way.
>
> If you are changing categories to many transactions, try advanced
> find and replace.
>
> Make an extra copy or backup of your Money file first, in case you
> want to undo something.