So John sez to all he sez:
 JR> I know that QUICKEN 6 has the ability to Shrink a file down to size by
 JR> taking all transactions from the top of the year and moving them to
 JR> another file.
 JR> What I would like to know is the proper way to take all transactions
 JR> and do this so nothing is lost and maybe seperate the years while
 JR> keeping the order right so that if an account was open last year and
 JR> not this year, it properly show through.
I use Quicken 3 for Windows, but I believe you will find similar features in 
DOS 6 version.  I keep about 3 years of history on my hard drive and all the 
older years on floppy.
I select "Year End Copy" from the File menu.  Once there, Q3W presents two 
choices, "Archive" and "Start New Year".  First, I run "Archive".  This 
copies the selected range of dates to the floppy.  Then, I run "Start New 
Year".  This writes (to a new file) all transactions after a selected date.  
It also protects uncleared transactions before the selected date.  Once the 
new file is created, you do what you wish with the old file, but start using 
the new file for daily transactions.
I'm not sure what you're concerned about when you say "keeping the order 
right".  Quicken will automagically maintain the balance of the account 
correctly by starting the account with a new opening balance.
Lamar
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