In microsoft.public.money, Drew Carter wrote:

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You can't.

What I would do is to keep the original account, but do a transfer
of the balance to the NewInvestmentAccount(cash). Close the first
account if you like. Then do future transactions in the new account.

Alternatively you could do a QIF export of the old account as a
loose QIF. Delete the old account. Then import the QIF file as a new
or recovered account into the NewInvestmentAccount(cash).

However if that old account included transfers, the result may have
problems you would have to find and adjust. Keep a copy of the file
before trying your changes in case you want to return to what you
had.

Please pardon my ignorance, but I've been trying to figure out how to do
what you've suggested for about an hour, and I can't seem to get it.

I can create a new investment account and make it a watch account. However,
how do I make this existing account an investment account? Thanks.

-Drew


"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup[at]please.tnx> wrote in message
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In microsoft.public.money, Drew Carter wrote:

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You could create the account as an Investment Account, and make it a
Watch account.

Do your cash operations in the Cash Transactions register.

I have a joint account with my roommate that we keep our rent/utilities in.
I don't want it to show up in my money (or, I at least don't want it to
factor into my total account balance). I can't delete the account, unless I
remove all accounts for this bank. Is there anything I can do here?
Thanks.

-Drew