expanding titles/column data

What did you upgrade from?

To the best of my knowledge, no version of Quicken allowed this for any account type ... until Q2007 (or possibly Q2006).

In Q2007/Q2008, you can adjust the widths of the fields only in investment accounts ("Transactions" tab). The column widths in non-investment account registers are fixed ... except that you can tell Q2008 not to display the "Tag" field separately, which will alter the widths of other columns (as will switching from "two line" to "one line" display).

And "hiding" the account bar by clicking on the "-" sign next to the "Accounts" will open more screen real estate, making the account register fields larger. Also, maximizing the window by pressing F11 will also increase the screen size, making the register fields larger.

Thanks for your comments. I think I upgraded from a 2005 version and if I remember correctly the titles could be widened ... I could be wrong. I tried your suggestions and they work pretty well. I'd still like to be able to use the mouse, but these are good workarounds.

Thanks for the help.

I'm still using Q2005 as my regular Quicken version (for a few more weeks anyway). No register column widths can be altered in Q2005. [I looked at Q2002 as well; same limitation.]

You may be thinking of reports: some report column widths can be changed (more in Q2008 than in Q2005), just look for the pair of vertical lines in the headings.