imported quicken 2007, strange large window behavior

[Derek Atkins]

Erik Felthauser <efelthauser at gmail.com> writes:

> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Erik Felthauser <efelthauser at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Ubuntu 9.04, latest updates.
>>> GnuCash 2.2.6
>>> quicken 2007 qif (from WinXP)
>>>
>>> The window is too large for the screen and anywhere I click, the
>>> window moves, showing the left half, then the right half of window
>>> with another click.
>>
>> Define "too large"?
>> GnuCash requires a display of at least 1024x768.  Is your screen
>> smaller than that?
>>
>
> Thanks for your response. Yes, my resolution is 1024X768. My laptop is
> 15". The window cannot be shrunken to fit on the screen: it extends
> horizontally off the screen. Clicking anywhere toggles the screen
> leftward and rightward.

Can you show a screen dump of the window?
Do you have an unnecessarily large Gnome Font setting?

>>> No errors reported during qif import.
>>>
>>> In the accounts page there is an unlabeled column that is very long,
>>> which I believe is the cause. I can't adjust its width, and I can't
>>> deselect the column from the column list because it doesn't appear in
>>> the list. I tried making a new blank file, and it does not have this
>>> problem, so it is an issue with the imported file.
>>>
>>> Any idea how i can get rid of the column?
>>
>> Try changing the name of your file and reopening under the new name?
>>
>> * Exit GnuCash
>> * mv <oldname> <newname>
>> * Start GnuCash with the new file:
>>  gnucash <newname>
>>
>
> Renaming did not fix.

Can you show a screen dump of the window with the empty column?

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-derek

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