In my previous version of Quicken, when entering a split tranaction I could depress ALT+s and the split screen would appear. Now ALT+s opens a spending menu or something. Is there a key stroke or strokes that brings up the transaction split using key strokes ?
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Use CTRL+S for Quicken 2011.
ALT+S also works in previous releases, but ALT+ is a general mechanism that is used to select the menu item that has underlined. ALT+ functionality can change from window to window or from release to release. In the case of ALT+S you'll see that in your Quicken 2011 register the menu item "Spending" has the "S" underlined, so ALT+S now selects that item.
Search Quicken Help (Help -> Quicken Help -> Search Quicken Help) for "shortcuts" and select "Tell me about keyboard shortcust in Quicken" for a complete list of shortcuts for your current Quicken release. You can use ALT+H as an alternative to selecting the "Help" menu item.
I forgot to mention that, in later Windows releases, the underlines don't appear in the menu items until after you press the ALT key. If you want to see where they are without actually using the shortcut, just press ALT to make them appear then ALT again to make them disappear and to deactivate the shortcut sequence.
May I ask a somewhat different, but related, question? In Quicken
2011, is there a shortcut key for adding an attachment?Hi, Tsuki.
We get different results at different places in Quicken.
In a checking account Register, +S brings up the split window. But when we are entering - or editing - a scheduled transaction in the Enter Transaction window, +S doesn't work; we have to use +S. No, I don't know why, but it has been this way for several annual versions of Quicken, maybe forever.
Frustrating, isn't it? :^{
RC
------------------------------------- Thanks Jerry Your advice about "Search Quicken Help", that's another problem with the
2011 version, clicking on the "Search" reveals a blank screen unlike the previous versions where one coul type in a word or question and get an answer.
I don't use attachments, but does ALT+erh (i.e. ALT+e+r+h) work for you?
I'm not sure what "Search" you're talking about Tsuki.
If it's Search Quicken Help (under Help -> Quicken Help) then you type your question in the box, click the "Ask" button, then select and click a Topic on the left side. Help for that topic then appears on the right side. This works fine for me in both Q10 and Q11( R7).
If you mean the "Search" box in the upper right of all Quicken windows, that also works fine for me with Q10/Windows Vista and Q11/Windows 7.
I just installed Q11 today and haven't been following discussions involving Q11 bugs and installation problems. I suggest you start a new thread titled something like "Q11 Search problem". People who may be able to help you may not notice your question if it's buried under this "Short keystrokes" question.
Hi RC,
Actually I do see a change from Q10 to Q11. In all my Banking and CC account registers both ALT+S and CTRL+S bring up the split window, whereas only CTRL-S does so in Q11.
What confuses me even more than changes from window to window and release to release are behaviors that depend on Quicken Preferences. Between different versions of Windows, different versions of Quicken and different preference settings, we are ending up with a different Quicken program for every user :-)
I just noticed that there are buttons under (2-line display) or to the left of (1-line display) the transaction date to add notes and attachments. Were you aware of these? I don't think it gets much easier than this unless your mouse is in another room :-)
Looks like it's CTRL+SHIFT+A for account attachments. The previous methods are for transaction attachments.
Thanks; I just tried it and it didn't work.
Yes, that's the way I presently do it. It's not a big deal, but when entering a transaction, my hands are on the keyboard, so it would be a convenience if I could do it without switching to the mouse.
Yes, sorry if it I didn't make it clear that I was asking about transaction attachments.
Ken,
Looks like ALT+erh works in Q11 for Banking and Property accounts, but not for Investing accounts. Also, you have to make sure you select a transaction before you enter the sequence.
Does this agree with what you get?
If not, what happens on your machine?
If so, you might want to ask Intuit to make ALT+erh work for Investing accounts.
This isn't a bug - ALT sequences are simply an ALTernate way to select menu and submenu items and these change from window to window and even based on what type of item is selected within a window. Still, as RC noted, it can be frustrating to users when there are *unnecessary* changes or loss of functionality from release to release or from one context to another. This is definitely an unnecessary loss of functionality.
Jerry
No. I get to Reports and then H does nothing.
No, I don't particularly want it for investment accounts--mostly for bank and credit card accounts.
Reports are ALT+r. Are you entering ALT+e then ALT+r?
I have Q11 R7 with Windows 7 64-bit. Do you have a different release of Q11 or a different version of Windows?
Here's what happens on my computer:
Each preceding menu should still be visible when you tap the next letter key.
For me it works if I tap and release ALT then enter "erh" or if I hold down ALT while entering "erh". It doesn't work if I tap and release ALT before each letter. It also doesn't work if in step 3 the underlines are not visible under the main Quicken items when I tap the "e"; this may occur if you click a key or mouse button after you hit ALT or if you tap ALT twice or if you have a key repeat feature and you hold down ALT too long.
Do any of the above menus not appear or does the menu disappear before you enter the next letter?
Do any of the specified items not appear in the menu, or is the item grayed out, or is the specified letter not underlined?
I couldn't see any Quicken Preferences that might make our systems behave differently, but I just installed Q11 yesterday and may have missed something.
Could we please have a volunteer or two to try ALT+erh and tell us whether or not it brings up the Transaction Attachments window for them? It should work with both Q10 and Q11 and with Windows Vista 32-bit and Windows 7
64-bit. It's conceivable that Windows XP might gum up the works by intercepting ALT+e, ALT+r or ALT+h, but I doubt it.
Yes. Alt+e does nothing, alt+r brings up Reports, then alt+h does nothing.
Same as you--Quicken 2011 R7 under 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate.
Ahhhh! Gotcha! I was holding down alt, then pressing erh.
Yes, it works for me too. Thanks.
But that's what I though you meant and been trying. It doesn't work here.
My guess, but I may be wrong, is that the difference is in our keyboard device drivers.
ALT + multiple letters can be quite useful for rapidly navigating thru several levels of menu items. I think it's quite useful that we've exposed this anomaly in the way the ALT key behaves on different machines.
Thanks, Ken, this was a worthwhile exercise.
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