Actually on the Mac, that setting is in Gnucash > Preferences > Accounts > Label
On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 7:29 PM Peter S. Shenkin <shen...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is useful information! Thank you. I found Increase and Decrease > perfectly understandable until it didn't work. 😊 > > -P. > > On Mon, Aug 1, 2022 at 7:28 PM Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > >> Under "Edit/Preferences/Accounts/Labels" if you check the box you will >> get standard accounting labels with Debits and Credits. This may be less >> confusing to you than Increase and Decrease. >> >> Thank You, >> >> *Gyle McCollam* >> >> Gyle McCollam >> >> gmccol...@live.com <gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> >> on behalf of Peter S. Shenkin <shen...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, August 1, 2022 5:13 PM >> *To:* gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org <gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org> >> *Subject:* [GNC] Confusing and inconsistent headers in transaction entry >> and report forms >> >> Hi, I'm using Gnucash 4.11 on MacOS 11.6.8. >> >> There are two images attached, labeled Transaction entry and Transaction >> report. They are two different views of the same transaction, to a non >> profit that I am doing the books for. >> >> The transaction involves a deposit to our checking account from Wepay. >> It's >> a donation, which we account for under Revenue:Donations, which increases >> with a Credit, and the bank account will increase with a Debit, so this >> should be properly balanced. >> >> However, from the Transaction-entry screen shot, where the column labels >> are Increase and Decrease, I have to enter the Donation as a Decrease in >> order to make the Donation record increase. This is bizarre, is it not? >> >> You can see in the same image that the checking balance goes up. so it >> seems to be properly recorded as a debit; in addition, though not shown, >> the sum of Donations does goes up, which seems contrary to having to enter >> it as a Decrease. >> >> Now look at the second screenshot, the Transaction-report view for this >> transaction. What is especially strange here is that the labels of the >> Debit and Credit columns are exactly reversed. It says that the Checking >> side of the transaction is a Credit and the Donation side is a Debit, >> which >> is exactly backwards. >> >> Any insight, including any aspect due to my own foolishness and/or >> inexperience, would be appreciated. >> >> -P. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
