Report column width too wide

Hi, John.

How about grabbing the column divider in the header bar and dragging it left or right? The usual Windows trick of double-clicking on this bar does not auto-adjust it to fit the longest entry in the column, but the grab-and-drag usually does work. Your reformatting might not survive closing and reopening the report unless you specifically save it with a new name.

You've hit on one of my favorite gripes about Quicken. Maybe this is why I use very few Reports. A closely-related gripe is that I can't really sort properly on the columns because the column headings don't match the tabs in the Customize screens. But that's a gripe for another day. :>(

RC

Thanks for the suggestion, but there is no divider line; the header is completely featureless (Q05). If you click on an entry, an attractive-looking text box appears that defines the width, but it too is immutable. The 1st column, Class, is at least 40 characters wide and my fattest title is 9. Dropping cents makes columns 5 characters wide but they are making room (maybe?) for the date header which is completely verbose. I would like "Jan." instead of the 1/31/2008. Intuit is simply not interested in fixing the basics, only trying to find a new gimmick to add on for new sales. Have they ever asked for or acted on suggestions?

As long as we're into add-ons, why don't they allow for dot-tabbing so you can follow a line across what is in many cases a lot of white paper.

John Polasek

Hi, John.

Oh. I haven't used Q05 in, oh, about 3 years and my brain cell capacitors can't keep my memory refreshed that long. :^{

As I said, I don't use Reports very much, so I hope someone else can jump in and help you find a solution.

RC