Hi all:
Somewhere along the line the Find function has changed in my QD2010 program. Where the Find function used to do its search in the same field (e.g., Payee, Category, etc.) in which the cursor was located, it now searches in "All fields" irrespective of the cursor's position. Did an update make this change? If so, why?
Tom Young
TomYoung wrote in news:45c72381-64ae-476a-aedd- snipped-for-privacy@v35g2000prn.googlegroups.com:
Apparently many people didn't understand that the search was for the field the cursor was in and couldn't figure out how to change it. Yeah, I know, pretty lame. Anyway, Quicken changed it so that all fields is the default now, and you have to make an effort to change it, which then also erases the search term you had alread entered. I wish there was a setting that would make this a changeable option, either field-specific or all fields ...
Yes, I noticed this many months ago -- perhaps when moving to Quicken
2010. I'm so accustomed to putting the cursor in the field I want to search, and starting the search there. Now, as you point out, there's no utility in placing the cursor. Instead, you should retarget that effort to quickly adjusting the search dialog's target field.I say that, but my muscle memory persists, and with it comes the surprise and frustration each time I do it again.
In some situations, you may be better off leaving the Find criteria in the (unwanted) default state, and using Find All instead of Find.
True. Sometimes I /know/ I'm looking for a particular "Memo" field string that I want to use again, or for a particular "Payee" that's fallen off the MRU list. In those cases, being able to type fewer characters and not suffer the false positive matches against other field values is important.
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