[ggcsquicksig] Re: temporary malfunction
- From: "Irma" <irmbo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:25:23 -0800
Thank you, Babette. My file goes back to 1999 and is 12.6 MB. I will copy
my more current portions to a new file (I'm all backed up). I will hold off
using Validate but am glad to know about it.
Thank you,
Irma
----- Original Message -----
From: "Babette" <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 12:13 PM
Subject: [ggcsquicksig] Re: temporary malfunction
> If it's a one-time happening, I wouldn't worry about it. It seems like
> occasional poltergeistic things do happen now and then. BUT, if
> anaything
> like this hapens again, you might want to try using the Validate function,
> which is found on the FILE menu>File Functions..
>
> If you do use Validate, FIRST back up your data to a separate location on
> your hard drive, or better yet, to external media, like a flash drive or
> Zip
> disk. Then you can always go back to it if Validate doesn't work.
>
> Then use Validate and see what happens.
>
> I haven't had any problems with Q2006 and I have a fairly large file...it
> dates from the year 2000. However, if your file is very large and goes
> back
> many years, you might want to try copying it to a smaller file. (Quicken
> has been known to have problems in the past with very large files.)
>
> To copy a file, you use the COPY function on the File Menu>File
> Operations>Copy.
>
> You will be able to start the new, copied file, at whatever date you like.
> If you wanted to keep at least 3 years of data in the new file to make it
> easier to search for recent transactions, the start date might be 1/1/2004
> or 2005. Then you rename the new file (e.g., Irma 2004 Forward) and start
> using it.
>
> If you are tracking investments with Quicken, be SURE to tell it to
> include
> ALL investment transactions, not just the last three years. You will then
> have have a complete record or all your investments for the entire period
> you've been keeping track of them in Quicken.
>
> The original file from which you copied is left intact, unchanged. When
> I've copied my file to make it smaller, I always rename the original,
> larger
> file to indicate the time spam it covered. So if I copied my current file
> today, the original current file might have a name like "Bloch QData
> 2000-2004". Then I know where to look for files prior transactions to
> those
> in my now current copied file.
>
> Babette
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Irma" <irmbo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:13 PM
> Subject: [ggcsquicksig] Re: temporary malfunction
>
>
>> Hi Babette et al,
>>
>> I just had a malfunction that I was able to fix, however I'm wondering if
>> this is a sign I should update my Quicken from 2006 to 2008 after all. I
>> just recorded 3 checks, one very small credit card payment that was
>> recorded
>> electronically, and two larger paper checks. I saw that beginning with
>> the
>> electronic payment the balance either didn't change or it increased by
>> several thousand dollars! I was able to delete all three and re-enter
>> them,
>> and now my balance is accurate. Any thoughts?
>>
>> Irma
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Babette" <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:32 PM
>> Subject: [ggcsquicksig] Re: Fw: Quicken 2006 Home & Biz Register
>>
>>
>>> I'm not quite sure what happened - I've found that sometimes when weird
>>> things like this happen, going out of the account and back in will
>>> rectify
>>> it, or even closing Quicken and repopening the whole program.
>>>
>>> There also are some things to remember about the register.
>>>
>>> 1. You can customize it to reverse the order in which the columns for
>>> date
>>> and check number appear...that's in the Edit/Options menu.
>>>
>>> 2. If you click on any column in the reigster.... Date, Check No.,
>>> Payee,
>>> Amt., etc. It will sort that column appropriately - e.g., Payee
>>> alphabetically.
>>>
>>> And if you've resorted in order to look for someting and leave it that
>>> way,
>>> it may be the same way next time you visit the account. (There's also
>>> an
>>> option to elect whether to leave such a sort in place or go back to
>>> default
>>> arrangement when you leave the account.
>>>
>>> At the next meeting I'm going to go over all the options and menus...so
>>> stay
>>> tuned.
>>>
>>> Babette
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "guidop6" <guidop6@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Babette 'To All "Q" ' Bloch" <ggcsquicksig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 4:53 PM
>>> Subject: [ggcsquicksig] Fw: Quicken 2006 Home & Biz Register
>>>
>>>
>>>>I may have stumbled across the solution.
>>>> I went back to my check register and right clked on the word, "date" at
>>>> the top of that column and vola - all the different types of
>>>> transactions
>>>> appeared.
>>>> How it got out of "wack", I'll never know
>>>> Ernie Pitz
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: guidop6
>>>> To: Babette 'To All "Q" ' Bloch
>>>> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2007 2:04 PM
>>>> Subject: [ggcsquicksig] Quicken 2006 Home & Biz Register
>>>>
>>>> Hello all SIGers,
>>>> Yes, your right, I have a problem!
>>>> I opened Quicken today and went to the Checkbook.
>>>> What I found was that all the checks numbers and just the ck numbers
>>>> were listed under the number column. None of my other transactions were
>>>> there, like APSs ( automatic Payment Service). The ck numbers were all
>>>> in
>>>> correct numeric order up to 11-24-07, then the last one was #10011
>>>> dated
>>>> 7-3-05!!!!!!!
>>>> All the other dates were listed correctly for the cks.
>>>> When I right clkd on number, a single dropdown message said " check
>>>> number" - no other choices.
>>>> Where did all my data go? and how can I retrieve it and get it back in
>>>> order.
>>>>
>>>> Mystified,
>>>> Ernie Pitz
>>>>
>>>>
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