amount in memorized transactions

[Nelson Moffat]

Q 2006, Windows XP

How do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank when memorizing
transactions for "quick fill".

Thanks

[John Pollard]

nemo wrote: Q 2006, Windows XP How do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank when memorizing transactions for "quick fill".

As far as I know, you don't. You have to modify the Memorized
transaction to change its amount to zero.

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[Steve Koterski]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:43:50 GMT, "John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:
nemo wrote: Q 2006, Windows XP How do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank when memorizing transactions for "quick fill".As far as I know, you don't. You have to modify the Memorizedtransaction to change its amount to zero.

Is this some change in Q06? It works for me in Q05. I simply memorize the
transaction before entering an amount. This is true whether it is a simple
amount or multiple entries in splits (all zero value).

But yes, if I memorize the transaction /after/ entering the amount, then you
need to manually edit the memorized transaction entry.

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yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly."
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[William W. Plummer]

Steve Koterski wrote: On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:43:50 GMT, "John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote:nemo wrote:Q 2006, Windows XPHow do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank whenmemorizingtransactions for "quick fill".
I edit the memorized transaction. Set the amount to 0.00 and LOCK it so
it won't change. This works in Q04D and Q05P.

[John Pollard]

Steve Koterski wrote: On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:43:50 GMT, "John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> wrote: nemo wrote: Q 2006, Windows XP How do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank when memorizing transactions for "quick fill". As far as I know, you don't. You have to modify the Memorized transaction to change its amount to zero. Is this some change in Q06? It works for me in Q05. I simply memorize the transaction before entering an amount. This is true whether it is a simple amount or multiple entries in splits (all zero value).

Goodness. Memorizing a transaction that has a zero amount is
not telling Quicken "to leave the dollar amount blank": Quicken
is memorizing the (zero) amount just like it memorizes the (zero
or non-zero) amount of any other transaction you memorize. I
thought it unnecessary to state the obvious.
But yes, if I memorize the transaction /after/ entering the amount, then you need to manually edit the memorized transaction entry.

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[HASM]

"John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> writes:
> How do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank when memorizing> transactions for "quick fill".
As far as I know, you don't. You have to modify the Memorized transaction to change its amount to zero.
Is this some change in Q06? It works for me in Q05. I simply memorize the transaction before entering an amount. This is true whether it is a simple amount or multiple entries in splits (all zero value).
Goodness. Memorizing a transaction that has a zero amount is not telling Quicken "to leave the dollar amount blank": Quicken is memorizing the (zero) amount just like it memorizes the (zero or non-zero) amount of any other transaction you memorize.

I think the OP is stating that memorizing the transaction before entering
an amount works on Q05 (probably by memorizing a zero amount as JP points
out) and it doesn't in Q06, and he would like to know whether it is
possible to do it in Q06.

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[Steve Koterski]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:31:41 -0800, HASM <not_really@comcast.net> wrote:
"John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> writes:>> How do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank when memorizing>> transactions for "quick fill".> As far as I know, you don't. You have to modify the Memorized> transaction to change its amount to zero. Is this some change in Q06? It works for me in Q05. I simply memorize the transaction before entering an amount. This is true whether it is a simple amount or multiple entries in splits (all zero value). Goodness. Memorizing a transaction that has a zero amount is not telling Quicken "to leave the dollar amount blank": Quicken is memorizing the (zero) amount just like it memorizes the (zero or non-zero) amount of any other transaction you memorize.I think the OP is stating that memorizing the transaction before enteringan amount works on Q05 (probably by memorizing a zero amount as JP pointsout) and it doesn't in Q06, and he would like to know whether it ispossible to do it in Q06.

Even though I have gotten numerous advertisements from Intuit to upgrade to Q06,
I have refrained from doing so. Why? The biggest reason is worry about whether
it is stable and robust. Posts in this newsgroup have been a big influence in
this regard, with people complaining of both (apparent) bugs and changes in
behavior.

I wanted to upgrade, but not if what the people of this newsgroup say is true.

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Steve Koterski
Atlanta, Georgia

"Whenever you are to do a thing, though it can never be known but to yourself, ask
yourself how you would act were all the world looking at you and act accordingly."
-- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

[John Pollard]

HASM wrote: "John Pollard" <invalid@invalid.com> writes:>> How do I tell Q to leave the dollar amount blank when>> memorizing>> transactions for "quick fill".> As far as I know, you don't. You have to modify the> Memorized> transaction to change its amount to zero. Is this some change in Q06? It works for me in Q05. I simply memorize the transaction before entering an amount. This is true whether it is a simple amount or multiple entries in splits (all zero value). Goodness. Memorizing a transaction that has a zero amount is not telling Quicken "to leave the dollar amount blank": Quicken is memorizing the (zero) amount just like it memorizes the (zero or non-zero) amount of any other transaction you memorize. I think the OP is stating that memorizing the transaction before entering an amount works on Q05 (probably by memorizing a zero amount as JP points out) and it doesn't in Q06, and he would like to know whether it is possible to do it in Q06.

I definitely would not have guessed that was the meaning of the
original post. If one memorizes a transaction that has no
amount entered ... what amount would Quicken memorize instead of
zero? Oh well; I think the question is academic because Q2006
does memorize transactions that have no amount entered, with a
zero amount, just as Q2005 does.

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[Hank Arnold]

If one based the decision on upgrading solely on complaints in this NG, no
one would ever upgrade....

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Hank Arnold

"Steve Koterski" <REMOVEMEskoterski@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:n5vem1t1a2hs4evmnps584jujn7ffrlbqi@4ax.com... On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:31:41 -0800, HASM <not_really@comcast.net> wrote: Even though I have gotten numerous advertisements from Intuit to upgrade to Q06, I have refrained from doing so. Why? The biggest reason is worry about whether it is stable and robust. Posts in this newsgroup have been a big influence in this regard, with people complaining of both (apparent) bugs and changes in behavior. I wanted to upgrade, but not if what the people of this newsgroup say is true.