Because MS took it out.

"Jim" <tanner_ja[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Art McClinton wrote:

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Let me help you with your confusion. Many people prefer the
hierarchical list because they use a drop down list. Having the
separate sub-category makes that list much more compact. Picture a
person that fills out multiple schedule E IRS forms corresponding to
10 houses that he rents out. Each income and expense category for
them would need a unique sub-category for each property to get the
data to the right schedule E. Classifications cannot do that, as was
pointed out by a recent poster.

That may be an unusual example. Similarly, when I go to the
Transfers. That list stretches out to one line per account. So
getting down to Loan Payment: Sharkie's Bonecrushers means would I
have to have to type s-h-a-r k if I have a Rent:shared category?
Does that method even work for loan payments?

I am very confused by this thread and other threads that talk about not
having sub categories. Money 2005 allows sub categories. It does not
allow two separate fields on entry. To enter a category or sub category
you either type the name a colon and the subcategory. Or you can type
only the sub category and if it is a unique sub category it will supply
the primary category.

I for one do not see this as an issue to not go to Money 2005. All of my
categories and sub categories carried over to 2005. They did set up
some new top level categories that I needed to move to sub categories,
but that was a one time task.

So now when I want to enter Automobile : Gasoline I simply enter
gasoline and it finds it. When I want to enter Automobile : Maintenance
I can enter maintenance since the automobile is the first. However, Home
: Maintenance does require that I enter home:Ma which fills in the
remainder and I can tab out of the field. It is just a new way of doing
it.

Jim wrote:
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Only Microsoft knows for sure and they're not talking much about M05.

"Jim" <tanner_ja[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Michael,

Can you explain why its not there? I've been using these for > 10 years and
really liked that feature. I see that you can add them, but it's very
painful to have to scroll to the top to add it. Begin able to just tab
over was sooooo much easier.

Guess I'll stick with 2004 for now. I have the 2005 Trial version running
on a second computer, so I've kept two versions running, now I don't have to
worry about not being able to go back to 2004 from 2005.

Jim


"Michael Gordon, MVP" <gordonm[at]denison.edu> wrote in message
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If you're talking about category:subcategory (as opposed to category |
subcategory), that capability is not there in 2005.

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Michael Gordon
MVP


"Vasu" <vasu_suja[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Earlier version displayed me to enter the sub-categories
whereas the present one (2005) after the update, does not
shows the sub-cateogories