> On Nov 3, 2017, at 2:55 AM, Cliff Williams <clifton...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Morning John >> >> Apologies for the confusion. >> >> I understand that GnuCash call their categories, accounts so was >> referring to those accounts listed under perhaps assets, income, >> expenses or liabilities. If I was to say open my checking account I >> would see a list of my transactions. If I then want to copy part of >> that list to say a separate spreadsheet it would not be possible as >> the copy, select and past function for that action is not enabled. In >> a similar way it is also disabled after conducting an 'edit/find' >> search transaction task. >> >> Is it possible to enable the function so that the user can copy >> snippets of information to for example an external spreadsheet. >> >> Hopefully my question is now a little clearer.
Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Ah, to copy data to a spreadsheet, run a report (the transaction report is a obvious choice for your example) and copy the report. An alternative for spreadsheets is to export data as CSV (File>Export>Export Transactions to CSV…) though you may find the result of that a bit difficult to use as it puts each transaction in multiple rows, one per split. One more thing: No, GnuCash doesn’t “call their categories accounts”. GnuCash is a double-entry accounting program and you need to understand double-entry accounting to be able to use it effectively. The Tutorial and Concepts Guide available from the help menu and www.gnucash.org <http://www.gnucash.org/> provides a very basic introduction. You should at least study that; some new users find that they need to get a basic accounting text or to take an introductory course to properly understand the principles. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
