An updated version of Morningstar Office is now available. It includes many new features and enhancements, including:
Home
View the new interactive training videos in the Video Tutorials section. From Home > Support + Training, click topic headings to open a list of videos in a new window. Choose to view a standard video or an interactive video.
Access new print tutorials for Importing from Principia and Importing from Fidelity Advisor Channel.
Go to Home > Support + Training > Tutorials.
Portfolio Accounting
In Practice, on the Clients and Accounts pages, scroll through all records on a single page, rather than clicking through multiple pages.
View all the securities in your practice on the Securities in Practice page.
Go to Practice > Securities in Practice.
View transactions for a security from the Securities in Practice page.
Go to Practice > Securities in Practice > select a holding > Action menu > View Transactions.
Find all transactions for a security with the global Find Transaction for Security menu option.
Go to Tools > Find Transaction for Security.
Manage all client and account settings in one place from the new Setting Assignments dialog.
Go to Tools > Settings > Setting Assignments.
Merge accounts within a client record.
Go to Practice > Clients > client window > Action > Merge Accounts.
Use the modeless Definition Master. You can now minimize the Definition Master and access the main application or other windows.
Go to Tools > Edit Definition Master.
Keep track of user-defined securities with the new Date of Creation column in the Definition Master.
Go to Tools > Edit Definition Master.
Select Limited Partnership as a security type when creating a user-defined security.
Go to Tools > Edit Definition Master > Security Wizard. From the Security Type field, select Limited Partnership.
Display inactive securities when adding transactions to an account.
Go to Practice > Clients > client window > Add Holding > Click magnifying glass > Add Security dialog.
Use the new Round Mutual Funds/ETFs to: drop-down in the transactions setting dialog box to select how many decimals to which to round mutual fund and ETF share prices.
Go to Home > Settings > Reports, Tax Lot Methods, Transactions, Management Fees > New Transactions Setting.
In the Transaction Wizard, when entering distribution reinvestments by share, view number of adjusted shares in the new Shares text box. The Shares box replaces the Amount Per Share box.
Go to Practice > Clients > client window > account window > New Transaction > Transaction Wizard.
Use new transaction types Accrued Interest Bought and Accrued Interest Sold.
Run a Quicktake report on multiple securities.
In Practice or Research, select securities and go to Action > Reports > Print Quicktake Report.
Portfolio Accounting Reports
Use the new Global Performance Summary Report to view start and end values, net flows, and actual net return for all transactional accounts in your practice.
Go to Reports > Management Reports > Global Performance Summary.
Access the new Global Money Balance report to view cash and money market balances in all transactional accounts.
Go to Reports > Management Reports > Global Money Balance.
See Average Annualized Returns on performance history reports.
Go to Practice > Accounts > account window > Reports > Performance.
Generate Portfolio Current Value report by Security Type or by Asset Class.
Go to Practice > Accounts > account window > Reports > Portfolio > Portfolio Current Value > By Asset Class or By Security Type.
Compare up to three benchmarks on the Performance Summary Report.
Go to Practice > Accounts > account window > Reports > Performance > Performance Summary Report.
View short- and long-term gains on sales by lot on the Realized Gain/Loss report, as well as a separate section for capital gain distributions.
Go to Practice > Accounts > account window > Reports > Portfolio > Realized Gain/Loss.
When generating an account statement, check the Change "Prepared For" Title box to change the name that appears on the cover page.
Go to Practice > Clients > client window > select account > Action > Reports > Account Statement.
View the benchmark listed on the account statement.
Go to Practice > Clients > client window > select account > Action > Reports > Account Statement.
Select a detailed asset allocation (14 asset classes) on the Current vs Model Portfolio report.
Go to Practice > Accounts > account window > Reports > Portfolio > Current vs Model Portfolio.
Select a detailed asset allocation (14 asset classes) on the Current vs. Target Asset Allocation report.
Go to Practice > Accounts > account window > Reports > Portfolio > Current vs Target Asset Allocation.
On portfolio reports, see the CUSIP displayed for securities without a ticker.
Go to Practice > Accounts > account window > Reports > Portfolio.
Report page limit increased from 100 to 1000 pages.
Research
View 529 Plans and 529 Portfolios in the College Savings Plans research universe.
Go to Research > College Savings Plans.
Print multiple Quicktakes by selecting securities in Research or Practice. From the Action menu, choose Reports > Print Quicktake Report.
Access new Equity Port Stats (Long) and Equity Port Stats (Short) views in Research.
In the Quicktake, view asset allocation illustrated by a bar chart and expressed in Long %, Short % and Net %. Applicable to Closed-End Funds, ETFs, Open-End Funds, Separate Accounts, VAs, and VLs.
See the Shorts and Derivatives fact sheets and the Shorts and Derivatives in Portfolio Statistics Methodology.
Display weekly returns on the Rolling Return chart.
Go to Research > select security > Action > Charts > Rolling Return > Rolling Period drop-down.
Where applicable, view Bid Price and Offer Price on the Price Chart for offshore funds.
Go to Research > Open End Funds > All Offshore Open-End Funds > select security > Action > Charts > Price.
Search and rank with the Prime Broker data point in the Hedge Funds universe.
Go to Research > Hedge Funds > View > Fund Operations.
Import
Import from FTJ Fundchoice. Morningstar Office now supports the FTJ Fundchoice file format.
Go to Import > FTJ Fundchoice.
Import securities and prices with the new Microsoft Excel import interface.
Go to Import > Microsoft Excel - transactions.