Q2012D decimal points

I'm probably going to be red-faced, but how do I get decimal points to
show in amounts in registers?

Hi, Cal.

"Cal Tinson" wrote in message news:jb0c3s$su8$...

> I'm probably going to be red-faced, but how do I get decimal points to
> show in amounts in registers?

All our faces get red now and then. ;<)

If you click Edit | Preferences | Register, is there a check in the box to
"Automatically place decimal point"?

That box is (intentionally) not checked in my Q2012D, so I have to remember
to actually press the "." before the pennies. When summing a long column of
dollar amounts on a 10-key adding machine in the olden days, entering that
decimal point cost an extra key-stroke that just slowed me down, so I
appreciated the automatic placement. But in Quicken, it's seldom a bother
to enter the decimal point.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
(Using Quicken 2012 Deluxe R 3 and Windows Live Mail in Win7 x64)

"R. C. White" <> wrote in
news: ecom:

> Hi, Cal.
>
> "Cal Tinson" wrote in message news:jb0c3s$su8$...
>
>> I'm probably going to be red-faced, but how do I get decimal points
>> to show in amounts in registers?
>
> All our faces get red now and then. ;<)
>
> If you click Edit | Preferences | Register, is there a check in the
> box to "Automatically place decimal point"?
>
> That box is (intentionally) not checked in my Q2012D, so I have to
> remember to actually press the "." before the pennies. When summing a
> long column of dollar amounts on a 10-key adding machine in the olden
> days, entering that decimal point cost an extra key-stroke that just
> slowed me down, so I appreciated the automatic placement. But in
> Quicken, it's seldom a bother to enter the decimal point.
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> (Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
>
> Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
> (Using Quicken 2012 Deluxe R 3 and Windows Live Mail in Win7 x64)

I might add that in some types of accounts (I think investment accounts)
the automatic decimal point entry doesn't "work" (even when that box is
checked). DAMHIKT.


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Best regards
Han
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On 11/28/2011 7:16 PM eastern, Han wrote:
> "R. C. White"<> wrote in
> news: ecom:
>
>> Hi, Cal.
>>
>> "Cal Tinson" wrote in message news:jb0c3s$su8$...
>>
>>> I'm probably going to be red-faced, but how do I get decimal points
>>> to show in amounts in registers?
>>
>> All our faces get red now and then. ;<)
>>
>> If you click Edit | Preferences | Register, is there a check in the
>> box to "Automatically place decimal point"?
>>
>> That box is (intentionally) not checked in my Q2012D, so I have to
>> remember to actually press the "." before the pennies. When summing a
>> long column of dollar amounts on a 10-key adding machine in the olden
>> days, entering that decimal point cost an extra key-stroke that just
>> slowed me down, so I appreciated the automatic placement. But in
>> Quicken, it's seldom a bother to enter the decimal point.
>>
>> RC
>> --
>> R. C. White, CPA
>> San Marcos, TX
>> (Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)
>>
>> Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
>> (Using Quicken 2012 Deluxe R 3 and Windows Live Mail in Win7 x64)
>
> I might add that in some types of accounts (I think investment accounts)
> the automatic decimal point entry doesn't "work" (even when that box is
> checked). DAMHIKT.

Thanks, RC and Han. I should have been more specific - I meant the
appearance of the registers themselves. What I see is a slight amount of
extra space between dollars and cents instead of a decimal point.

I'm beginning to think my previous version, Q2009D, was probably that
way too, but more visually distinct. If so, I'll be only slightly
red-faced <grin>!

Hi, Cal.

Aha! Amazing! I had never noticed that before.

> What I see is a slight amount of extra space between dollars and cents
> instead of a decimal point.

On my screen it shows up only in my Registers for Banking (checking, credit
cards, etc.) and Property (Home, Autos...) accounts. In registers for
Investing accounts, the dots are there. The dots do appear in my Portfolio
and other reports.

In a Checking account register, the 3 money columns (Payment, Deposit and
Balance) are all like this. When I select an entry, it is shaded (light
blue) all the way across my 2-line display. Thin white lines appear where
the periods should be, but there are no dots.

Looks to me like "a distinction without a difference". Interesting, but not
important. (My face is only a very light pink. <g>) Please let us know
when you determine how long it has been this way. I'm not going to reload
Quicken 1990 to see if appeared there. ;^}

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
(Using Quicken 2012 Deluxe R 3 and Windows Live Mail in Win7 x64)


"Cal Tinson" wrote in message news:jb2t2o$k8e$...

On 11/28/2011 7:16 PM eastern, Han wrote:
> "R. C. White"<> wrote in
> news: ecom:
>
>> Hi, Cal.
>>
>> "Cal Tinson" wrote in message news:jb0c3s$su8$...
>>
>>> I'm probably going to be red-faced, but how do I get decimal points
>>> to show in amounts in registers?
>>
>> All our faces get red now and then. ;<)
>>
>> If you click Edit | Preferences | Register, is there a check in the
>> box to "Automatically place decimal point"?
>>
>> That box is (intentionally) not checked in my Q2012D, so I have to
>> remember to actually press the "." before the pennies. When summing a
>> long column of dollar amounts on a 10-key adding machine in the olden
>> days, entering that decimal point cost an extra key-stroke that just
>> slowed me down, so I appreciated the automatic placement. But in
>> Quicken, it's seldom a bother to enter the decimal point.
>>
>> RC
>
>
> I might add that in some types of accounts (I think investment accounts)
> the automatic decimal point entry doesn't "work" (even when that box is
> checked). DAMHIKT.

Thanks, RC and Han. I should have been more specific - I meant the
appearance of the registers themselves. What I see is a slight amount of
extra space between dollars and cents instead of a decimal point.

I'm beginning to think my previous version, Q2009D, was probably that
way too, but more visually distinct. If so, I'll be only slightly
red-faced <grin>!

"R. C. White" wrote

Hi, Cal.

Aha! Amazing! I had never noticed that before.

> What I see is a slight amount of extra space between dollars and cents
> instead of a decimal point.

On my screen it shows up only in my Registers for Banking (checking, credit
cards, etc.) and Property (Home, Autos...) accounts. In registers for
Investing accounts, the dots are there. The dots do appear in my Portfolio
and other reports.

In a Checking account register, the 3 money columns (Payment, Deposit and
Balance) are all like this. When I select an entry, it is shaded (light
blue) all the way across my 2-line display. Thin white lines appear where
the periods should be, but there are no dots.

Looks to me like "a distinction without a difference". Interesting, but not
important. (My face is only a very light pink. <g>) Please let us know
when you determine how long it has been this way. I'm not going to reload
Quicken 1990 to see if appeared there. ;^}
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I have Q2002 installed, and it looks pretty much the same as Q2012 for
non-investment accounts. I see a vertical line where the period would be in
both versions ... it stands out slightly more in Q2002 than in Q2012.

Q2002 doesn't have any decimal points in investment account "registers". I
believe the decimal points started to appear in investment accounts when
their display was changed from "register" to "transaction list" (Q2003 or
Q2004).

On 11/29/2011 10:51 AM eastern, R. C. White wrote:

> In a Checking account register, the 3 money columns (Payment, Deposit
> and Balance) are all like this. When I select an entry, it is shaded
> (light blue) all the way across my 2-line display. Thin white lines
> appear where the periods should be, but there are no dots.

Hi, RC - Ditto in my 1-line display. However, I see the dots (regardless
of the "Automatically place decimal point" setting) if I select the
entry with the cursor in Payment or Deposit!

BTW, with good lighting and my best glasses, my tired old eyes can see a
VERY faint vertical grid line between dollars and cents. That's why I
said "I'm beginning to think my previous version, Q2009D, was probably
that way too, but more visually distinct".

"R. C. White" wrote

If you click Edit | Preferences | Register, is there a check in the box to
"Automatically place decimal point"?

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Basically what that box does is control whether Quicken will assume the
position of the decimal point when you key amounts into register fields.

With the Preferences box unchecked, when you enter "123" (no quotes) in a
register amount field, Quicken will assume you keyed a whole number, and
enter $123.

With the Preferences box checked, Quicken will assume there was a decimal
point, so when you key "123" (no quotes) in a register amount field, Quicken
will assume you keyed a number representing dollars and cents and enter
$1.23.

Hi, John.

Yes, that automatic decimal placement is what I thought Cal was asking
about. But his second post clarified the question, and led to my noticing -
for the first time - the "missing" decimal points.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(Retired. No longer licensed to practice public accounting.)

Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
(Using Quicken 2012 Deluxe R 3 and Windows Live Mail in Win7 x64)


"John Pollard" wrote in message news:jb337b$ve7$...

"R. C. White" wrote

If you click Edit | Preferences | Register, is there a check in the box to
"Automatically place decimal point"?

-----------------------------------------------------

Basically what that box does is control whether Quicken will assume the
position of the decimal point when you key amounts into register fields.

With the Preferences box unchecked, when you enter "123" (no quotes) in a
register amount field, Quicken will assume you keyed a whole number, and
enter $123.

With the Preferences box checked, Quicken will assume there was a decimal
point, so when you key "123" (no quotes) in a register amount field, Quicken
will assume you keyed a number representing dollars and cents and enter
$1.23.