Bill Reminders in my Registers look like ordinary transactions

johnh1e

I am running Quicken for Windows 2019.  I have set up several Bill Payment Reminders, and when they become due, they appear in my register.  The help information for reminders says that these entries in the register appear "in tan", however mine appear just like an ordinary transaction which I have already entered manually.  It is therefore very difficult to discern the difference between an ordinary manual transaction (completed) and a "due bill" reminder which has not yet been entered.  Anyone else seeing this?  Is there any way to get the difference in color of these entries to actually work?  Thx.

Bob_L

The tan color applies to future transactions set to display in the register via the clock icon at the top of the register.

if you edit your reminder, you probably have it set as a reminder to remind you x days ahead of time.

Try using the clock icon to say 14 days ahead of time and see if that works better for you.  If the icon is not there you can also set that by clicking the gear icon just above the scroll bar for the register.

Bob_L

If you have the reminder set to “auto enter” then it will appear as a regular transaction.  On the other hand, reminders not yet due can be set to show in the register via the clock icon at the top of the register.  They show as tan.

johnh1e

Thanks Bob_L.  Appreciate the quick feedback.
I'm pretty sure I don't have anything set to "auto-enter".  I can't even see that as an option anywhere.  The transaction in the register is showing the "due but not yet entered" reminder as a normal transaction (color-wise), but when I select it, it only displays the icon for bill-reminder options (expected) and of those options is to "enter the transaction".  So what I'm seeing is what expected - but still not in a different color.  Hope that makes sense!  :-) 

Bob_L

The tan color applies to future transactions set to display in the register via the clock icon at the top of the register.

if you edit your reminder, you probably have it set as a reminder to remind you x days ahead of time.

Try using the clock icon to say 14 days ahead of time and see if that works better for you.  If the icon is not there you can also set that by clicking the gear icon just above the scroll bar for the register.

mshiggins

From C. D. Bales:
If you elect to display the register "Status" column, you will see an icon in that column that will distinguish between displayed reminders and entered transactions. If you don't remember the meaning of an icon, you can widen the column or hover your cursor on the icon to determine its meaning.