| Your typing skills aren't perfect, of course. What's | | | | have a record of the transaction's existence. |
| more, you will sometimes enter transactions into | | | | Use the Delete command to permanently remove |
| your Quicken registers using bad source | | | | a transaction from the register. Quicken asks you |
| documents (an erroneous deposit slip, for | | | | to confirm the deletion with a message box. |
| example). These little errors shouldn't cause you | | | | Delete appears as a command button at the top |
| much concern, because Quicken provides a rich | | | | of the Register window and as an Edit menu |
| set of tools for fixing data-entry mistakes. | | | | command, and Delete Transaction appears as a |
| Fix-It Basics | | | | command on the shortcut menu that you see |
| If you make a mistake entering a transaction, all | | | | when you click the Edit command button. |
| you need to do is change the erroneous piece of | | | | Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Data |
| data. If you haven't yet recorded the transaction, | | | | Once you're comfortable with the two fix-it tools |
| you can move the selection cursor to the | | | | just described, you may want to use the more |
| incorrect field. If you have recorded the | | | | powerful fix-it commands Quicken provides: Copy, |
| transaction, you need to find the transaction and | | | | Cut and Paste. |
| then highlight it either by clicking it with the mouse | | | | With the Copy, Cut, and Paste commands, you |
| or by using the up arrow and down arrow keys. | | | | can copy or cut the contents of one text or |
| Then, you highlight the incorrect field by clicking it | | | | combo box and paste them into another text or |
| or by using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys. At this | | | | combo box. This means that you can move text |
| point, you can replace the incorrect entry by | | | | easily if you've stuck something into the wrong |
| typing over it. | | | | text box. It also means you can type something |
| You can also edit the incorrect entry rather than | | | | once and then copy it (or a portion of it) as many |
| replacing it altogether. Use the Backspace key to | | | | times as you need. |
| erase characters to the left of the insertion bar | | | | To copy and cut text box contents, you follow |
| and then type the correct data. You can also | | | | the same basic process: |
| reposition the insertion bar with the arrow keys, | | | | 1. Select the text box containing the text. |
| erase characters to the right with the Delete key, | | | | 2. Position the insertion bar at the start of the |
| and then type the correct data. | | | | chunk of text you want to copy. |
| Once you make your fix, record the transaction | | | | 3. Highlight the rest of the chunk of text by |
| with the new, updated information--for example, | | | | dragging the mouse or by holding down the Shift |
| by selecting the Enter button. | | | | key and then using the left and right arrow keys. |
| Two Fix-It Tools Everyone Should Use | | | | 4. Once you've selected the text, choose the Edit, |
| Two of the fix-it tools Quicken provides are so | | | | Copy or Edit, Cut command. |
| easy and so handy that everyone--even new | | | | Copying duplicates the selected text and stores |
| users--should learn to use them. The Edit | | | | the duplicate copy in the Windows Clipboard, a |
| Transaction menu's Void command the Edit | | | | temporary storage area. Cutting moves the |
| Transaction menu's Delete command. (The | | | | selected text to the Windows Clipboard. |
| following descriptions are intentionally brief, by the | | | | 5. To indicate where you want to place the copied |
| way. Your best bet for learning these tools is to | | | | or cut item, first identify the text or combo box |
| just start using them as soon as possible.) | | | | by selecting it. Then use the mouse or the arrow |
| Use the Void command to void, or "cross out," a | | | | keys to move the insertion bar within the text or |
| transaction already entered into the register. | | | | combo box to the location where you want to |
| Quicken marks the transaction as void so it isn't | | | | place the text. |
| included in account balances or category titles but | | | | 6. Once you've indicated the destination location, |
| leaves the transaction in the register so that you | | | | choose Edit, Paste. |