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April 21, 2024
Question

Changing Column Width in Reports on screen

  • April 21, 2024
  • 1 reply
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Hi,

 

I want to widen the column in an onscreen report so that I can read more of the Memo field. 

 

I've searched and only found: "In order to change the columns size you just need to click and drag the three dots at the end of any columns name."  However, this is not working.  I remember that grabbing the 3 dots (cursor would change also) used to work but it doesn't now.  All that I can do is change the order of the columns via mouse. 

 

I see the 3 dots.  I can move columns around but I CANNOT change the column width.  Even reducing the number of columns does nothing...at least I was hoping that the system would display the shown columns across the window but instead no widths change that way either.

 

Is this a bug?

 

Sure, a workaround is to export to Excel but that's not the result I'm looking for.

 

Thoughts??

 

Thanks,

QuickBooks Desktop User

 

 

1 reply

QuickBooks Team
April 22, 2024

Hello tpkleins,

 

Welcome to Community!  QuickBooks Desktop enables you to expand the columns on your reports, so you can view all of the elements.  I would be glad to help!

 

When you open the desired report, you can change the column width by hovering your mouse between the column headings and drag the scale width icon to the left or right.  Please feel free to submit a suggestion, if you would like to see additional options come available in future updates. 

 

If you have any other questions, touch base with us again.  We would be happy to assist!

tpkleinsAuthor
April 22, 2024

Thanks Trish, but it only seems to work for some things.

 

It works on "Chart of Accounts"

It does not work on any Reports, even with "Customize Report"...as it would seem to me that a "custom" report should allow the choice of columns AND their width.

 

I'm running Desktop Pro 2017 and I was able to adjust column width on reports before last update.

 

QUESTION: Can you send me a link to a previous version or the number to call?

 

Level 6
August 14, 2024

This always worked before. QB must have changed something in 2024 because it no longer works


Hi Thor5. Thanks for chiming in on this thread. I'll be happy to assist you going forward. To make sure we're both on the same page, could you elaborate more about the goal you're looking to accomplish in QuickBooks?