On 2025-05-26 14:48, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user wrote: > b) IF you are having trouble with the "user friendly" column names > switch to "formal" where the left column will always be "debit" and > the right column always "credit" regardless of where in the ledger > you place the account. The "user friendly labels" change according to > the type of the account.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds the "user friendly" labels confusing. If you do too, you might want to switch to the standard "debit" and "credit" as Michael suggests. (To do that, Edit » Preferences » Labels and tick "Use formal accounting labels.") Write the following on an index card and refer to it until it's in your memory. I predict that will happen sooner than you might think. Debits always increase asset or expense account balances, and credits always reduce them. Credits always increase liability, equity, or income account balances and debits always reduce them. Stan Brown Tehachapi, CA, USA https://BrownMath.com _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
