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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken Apps
Personally, I hate how command-A in Quicken is "Show Accounts" instead of "Select All." While there is no menu item for "Select All," you can assign your own key commands to Quicken menu items (or change and delete the existing ones) by holding the Command key and selecting the menu item. This hint is documented by Intuit on their website for Q2003, but I have used it in Q2004 as well. It's documented but not as widely known as it should be!

[robg adds: I had no idea this was possible; it also works fine in Quicken 2002 ... yes, it's been a while since I upgraded my copy of Quicken!]
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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken
Authored by: jeb on Sep 12, '03 10:59:49AM

Just confirming for all that this does -NOT- work in Quicken 2000. At least not on Move Transaction, which I desperately want to have a command.



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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken
Authored by: jeb on Sep 12, '03 11:15:02AM

Sorry everyone, I meant to type Quicken 2001 Deluxe.



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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken
Authored by: klktrk on Sep 12, '03 12:04:13PM

Hoorah! I just used this on Quicken 2003 to finally give a key command to the Reconcile function. I've been wanting this for a very long time.



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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken
Authored by: jlpage on Sep 12, '03 02:41:19PM

In Quicken 2003 Intuit changed the keyboard shortcut for "Print Checks" from Command+P to Shift+Command+P . ( Command+P now prints the Register.)

To me this was a dumb change since I print checks much, much more often than I print a register. Out of habit I now call up the "Print Register" window when trying to print checks!

This hint will not work to change the "Print Checks" shortcut back to Command+P , but it will allow you to change the command for printing the register to Command+R, so at least it has stopped me from calling up the "Print Register" command through habit.

Apparently the Quicken application is set to use Shift+Command+P to print checks, and the Shift+Command portion cannot be changed.



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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken
Authored by: Saintos on Sep 12, '03 04:49:15PM
It's all fine and dandy that quicken allows you to modify key commands in some of it's versions, but what i think we all (should) know about is MenuMaster from Unsanity. It is flat out amazing, allowing you to modify any and all commands, even deleting/modifying predetermined ones. Did I mention I'm an Unsanity whore?

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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken
Authored by: baltwo on Sep 12, '03 05:30:24PM

Works well for all single lettered shortcuts, in Q 2003, but doesn't allow changing any shift or option lettered commands. Also, you have to delete exisiting commands before using them for something else. I tried to delete the command for hide Quicken (CMD + H), but when you follow the steps, Quicken hides itself and doesn't bring up the edit command key window. Anyway, thanks for bringing this to our attention.



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Assign key commands to menu items in Quicken
Authored by: jbranning on Sep 14, '03 08:30:45AM

This method for assigning keyboard shortcuts also works in Entourage. Somehow I had managed to lose the Command-K shortcut to "Send and Receive All" email, so I tried this and restored it.



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