In order to change the preferences (eg which periods are locked off) all the windows need to be shut down.
This is not helpful when you are 30 lines into a General Journal and go to save it onl...
In V17 you could make changes to preferences with windows open, now you have to close all windows before opening the preferences window. Bummer.... Would be good if it was changed back to how it was.
Hi Becky, Sarah40
Your 'new idea' is a duplicate to that made on 16/11/2012 it already has 47 votes with an "Under Consideration" status; it needs many more votes to make it a reality.
Please vote for it on this link CHANGE PREFERENCES WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN ALL WINDOWS and add your comments.
Thank you.