Thanks for the feedback! I'll get to that and read thru. Then if I am a typical Quicken fool I'll be back for more direction!
I'm wondering then if there is a way to designate the "real" accounts in the massive Account Listing so i can see/sort or make those stand out from the "non-real" accounts. On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 12:03 PM, D <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Jack, > > Welcome to Gnucash, and welcome to this list. > > Before you tinker with the account structure in Gnucash, I strongly > recommend that you read the Basics section in the Tutorial & Concepts Guide > (available on the Gnucash website). The 4 chapters there will give you a > better understanding of some of the fundamental ways that Gnucash differs > from Quicken. > > > Specifically, you will want to look at how Gnucash's double entry aspects > affect file structure. Gnucash doesn't have categories; rather, it uses > accounts for this purpose. Many refugees from Quicken find this a difficult > adjustment to make. > > After you have read these chapters, you will understand that you probably > will want to keep all those accounts--after all, you had the categories for > a reason! You'll also understand how Gnucash reflects a more formal > accounting system than Quicken. > > A quick way to determine whether to keep all those accounts: open each of > them up, and if there are transactions listed in the register, then you > won't want to delete that account. > > Rest assured, however, that if you did try to delete one of these > accounts, Gnucash would prompt you to designate where these transactions > should be moved. > > Hope this helps, > David > > > On December 14, 2017, at 10:07 PM, Jack Slater <theillini...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I dropped Quicken finally and have been trying GC for a few days. So far it > seems like a great replacement but I'm a total noob. > > My first question: > I did an import from Quicken and I guess I misunderstood the terminology > differences. When I look at the GC Accounts window - it is a complete > listing of both (what were names in Quicken) Accounts and Categories, now > just all listed as Accounts. > > I'd like to get rid of the Categories listings yet retain the "true" > Accounts but want to make sure that if I just delete them, I'm not harming > data "under the hood" so to speak. > > I hope I'm approaching the mailing list help process correctly and also > hope to get good enough that I could eventually help others. > > Thanks. > > Jack in Illinois > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
