Microsoft KB Archive/139014

= Money: How to do a Reverse Stock Split =

Article ID: 139014

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Money 2004 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Deluxe and Business Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2003 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2001 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 99 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 95
 * Microsoft Money 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Money 2000 Business & Personal Edition

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This article was previously published under Q139014



SYMPTOMS
Money allows you to enter stock splits. Occasionally, a negative stock split may occur because fewer shares exist after the split than existed before the split.

In this case, if you enter a decimal fraction (such as .05) for the number of shares received for each share in a stock split, you receive one of the following error messages. In Money 99 or earlier, you may receive the following error message:

Please enter a number between 1 and 65,535.

In Money 2000 or later, you may receive the following error message:

Please enter a whole number between 1 and 65,535.



RESOLUTION
Multiply both the shares received and the shares surrendered by an integer that converts the fractional number into a whole number.

For example, if a negative stock split grants 0.024 shares for each share, multiply both numbers by 1,000 to give the result that shares will be split 24 shares for every 1,000 shares.

For more information about stock splits and Microsoft Money, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

117333 Results of Entering a Stock Split in Money

Additional query words: w_money less reduce 97 6.0 7.0 8.0 dolly m2001 Negative fractional partial

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