I want to enter a 3M spinoff of Imation and I'm getting an error message: "Security name already in use."
I am using Quicken 2006. I clicked on the placeholder entry in the transaction history for 3M, chose Enter History, chose Enter Missing Transaction, and chose Corporate Security Spinoff. The security name was already there in light type. I entered the rest of the information required.
When I got the error message, I deleted Imation from the list of my holdings and tried again. I got the same error message even though I don't see Imation in my list of holdings now.
Thanks for your help! Nancy