Re: [GNC] Big problem GC 4.6 wiping history list? Mac OS Big Sur

2021-07-03 Thread Anita Graves
receive the same as the attached screenshot. For sure, I do not know what I did to deserve this! Anita > On 1 Jul 2021, at 7:36 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > > >> On Jun 28, 2021, at 11:52 PM, Anita Graves wrote: >> >> Please see the attached screenshot: >> >

[GNC] Big problem GC 4.6 wiping history list? Mac OS Big Sur

2021-06-29 Thread Anita Graves
Please see the attached screenshot: I don’t know what to do but I refuse to delete the file I need to work with, or any of the other files in the history list. This all happened to me when I installed GC 4.6. Before I was using 4.1. Now, when I try to import a log file it gives the same scre

Re: [GNC] Changing report title of the General,Journal; was: Solving printer issues

2020-10-07 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
So I understand that the bug will be fixed in 4.3. Thank you very much! Glad to know that I did the right things and could not change the report title for the General Journal. However, I did not know it was a bug so I didn’t report it as such. Thanks everyone for your attention to this and y

Re: [GNC] Solving printer issues

2020-10-05 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
> On Sun, Oct 4, 2020 at 3:31 PM Frank H. Ellenberger > mailto:frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Anita, > > Am 04.10.20 um 21:56 schrieb John Ralls: > > On Oct 4, 2020, at 10:02 AM, Anita Graves > <mailto:anitagra...@mac.com>> wrote: > >> I h

Re: [GNC] Solving printer issues

2020-10-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
port button > in the toolbar and use the chooser dialog to put the report somewhere > convenient, then double-click on the exported file in Finder. That should > open it in your browser, where you can use command-P to open the print dialog > and the PDF drop down there to save it as a PD

[GNC] Solving printer issues

2020-10-03 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
of a page and I have tried many things to fix it. Thank you for your help! Anita Graves smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to

[GNC] Help with backing up Gnucash from a MacBook

2020-09-26 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
Hello everyone, Please tell me how to backup my Gnucash files on an external hard drive for safety & security. Thank you, Anita smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update yo

[GNC] Gnucash files on a thumb drive?

2020-09-26 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
Dear Gnucash friends, How can I put my Gnucash files on a thumb drive for the auditors. I use a Mac. Thank you, Anita smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscri

[GNC] Export & Import Account tree for a new file

2020-04-20 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
Dear Gnucash people, I have tried unsuccessfully nearly 20 times to export the account tree from last year and import it to a new file for this year. Do I have to close the book??? I do not want to do that. I just want a new account and I have created it, but not able to import the account

[GNC] This is the log file showing what I was working on when Gnucash crashed

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
LSA Nicosia (s) BE 175.gnucash.20181102145014.log Description: Binary data smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https:/

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
#x27;t use a mac and am not very familiar at all with how >>> OSX works. >>> >>> does "the screen with these 2 images" say anything else? can you describe >>> the 2 images? >>> >>> I appreciate that it is often hard to explain clearl

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
>> >>> remember, that I don't use a mac and am not very familiar at all with how >>> OSX works. >>> >>> does "the screen with these 2 images" say anything else? can you describe >>> the 2 images? >>> >>> I

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
GnuCash. The way to open a specific file on GnuCash > is to open GnuCash and then File -> Open from the menu. It's the ONLY way > you can open a specific data file on a Mac. > > -derek > > On Sun, November 4, 2018 10:25 am, Anita Graves via gnucash-user wrote: >>

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
these 2 images" say anything else? can you describe > the > 2 images? > > I appreciate that it is often hard to explain clearly what is going on, and > frustrating that we are not understanding exactly what you are seeing. > > Maf. > > > > On Sunday, 4 Nove

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
about what you do and what you can see. > > Where *exactly* do you see this superposition of the LNK file? What do you > click before you see it? what happens when you start gnucash - does the > "File > is locked" message still come up? > > MF. > > > > O

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
? How can I reverse the lock? Anita > On 4 Nov 2018, at 17:09, Colin Law wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 at 15:03, Anita Graves via gnucash-user > wrote: >> >> Oh, Geert, I do so wish you were right. However, I think you missed the >> sentence where I said that aft

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
ote: > > Op zondag 4 november 2018 14:59:39 CET schreef Anita Graves via gnucash-user: >> Dear Gnucash folks. I just >> read on the Internet that the file extension .LNK is a Windows file >> shortcut. What does that mean I don’t use Windows and thought I had >> down

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
nager, this might explain some > of > the behaviour you are seeing. > > Also, your screenshot didn't make it through to the list - so not sure what > screen you are seeing! > > HTH, > Maf. > > > >> On Sunday, 4 November 2018 08:43:41 GMT Anita Graves via

[GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
Dear all you GnuCash geniuses, I had a GnuCash crash and suddenly I tried to reopen the file and it gave me the option to quit, or open anyway, and I quickly and without thinking or knowing any better, clicked ‘open anyway’ and that was the end of my life as we know it. Besides the fact that n

Re: [GNC] Accidentally Created .LNK file and now my entire GnuCash file is overwritten and I can't get back to work

2018-11-04 Thread Anita Graves via gnucash-user
- so not sure what > screen you are seeing! > > HTH, > Maf. > > > >> On Sunday, 4 November 2018 08:43:41 GMT Anita Graves via gnucash-user wrote: >> Dear all you GnuCash geniuses, >> >> I had a GnuCash crash and suddenly I tried to reopen the file and it g

Re: How to show the accounts in alphabetic sequence on the eguile

2018-03-28 Thread Anita Graves
No codes. Sent from my iPhone > On 26 Mar 2018, at 22:24, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Hi, > > Anita Graves writes: > >> Dear Gnucash folks, >> > [snip] >> But in the eguile report they are listed out of alphabetical order: >> >> earm

How to show the accounts in alphabetic sequence on the eguile

2018-03-26 Thread Anita Graves
Dear Gnucash folks, I would very much appreciate help to know why the eguile report does not list my sub-accounts in alphabetical order under each parent account. For example, I have the checking account with sub-accounts debit card earmarked International Fund earmarked National Fund earmarke

Fwd: What is the blue line all about?

2018-03-26 Thread Anita Graves
I correct in my understanding? Thank you, Anita Graves > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Anita Graves > Subject: Fwd: What is the blue line all about? > Date: 25 March 2018 at 5:43:45 PM GMT+3 > To: "gnucash-user@gnucash.org" > > Today I entered a tran

Fwd: What is the blue line all about?

2018-03-26 Thread Anita Graves
entry dated 23.03.2018. I have entered the date twice thinking I have made some kind of error, but no matter what I do, this blue line is there and it is not supposed to be. Any help is greatly appreciated! Many thanks to you all - I LOVE Gnucash! Anita Graves > Begin forwarded message: >

Lost my file

2018-02-26 Thread Anita Graves
Dear folks, Can you help me rebuild my file from a log file? Thanks so much Anita Graves ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Printing reports without spliting text across pages

2017-08-09 Thread Anita Graves
Jeffrey, I failed to say that I use a Mac, not Windows and not a pc. I don’t know if that makes a difference. I think not. Anita > On 9 Aug 2017, at 5:42 PM, Anita Graves wrote: > > Jeffrey, I suggest you change your print image to about 97% in your print > program. That w

Re: Printing reports without spliting text across pages

2017-08-09 Thread Anita Graves
Jeffrey, I suggest you change your print image to about 97% in your print program. That worked for me. Anita > On 9 Aug 2017, at 5:37 PM, Jeffrey Black wrote: > > > On 9 August 2017 at 11:31, Geert Janssens wrote: >> On woensdag 9 augustus 2017 02:47:52 CEST Jeffrey Black wr

Re: Printing reports without spliting text across pages

2017-08-09 Thread Anita Graves
Jeffrey, I have had success with using the printer app—reduce the image to 97% and see what happens…. Anita > On 9 Aug 2017, at 4:04 PM, Mike or Penny Novack > wrote: > > On 8/8/2017 8:47 PM, Jeffrey Black wrote: >> The last post I can find on this is from 2013, and there were no satisfactory >

Re: How to close a financial year & how to keep 'earmarked' funds

2017-05-25 Thread Anita Graves
everything is in the same file? > On 25 May 2017, at 6:28 PM, Maf. King wrote: > > On Thursday, 25 May 2017 16:05:27 BST Anita Graves wrote: > >> >> I would very much like to know how these funds should be entered in the >> accounts. You take money from the asset accounts

Fwd: How to close a financial year & how to keep 'earmarked' funds

2017-05-25 Thread Anita Graves
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Anita Graves > Subject: Re: How to close a financial year & how to keep 'earmarked' funds > Date: 25 May 2017 at 6:05:27 PM GMT+3 > To: Derek Atkins > Cc: doncram , DaveC49 , > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > I

Re: How to close a financial year & how to keep 'earmarked' funds

2017-05-25 Thread Anita Graves
I am astounded at the amount of help you dear people offer! Thank you very much. After glancing at all the replies, I have decided to back away from any idea of ‘closing the file’ for the previous year. I say this because a) I am a novice at GnuCash and b) I have an accountant who will take a

Re: Handling religious organization 'earmarked' funds and in-kind contributions

2017-05-25 Thread Anita Graves
nking about it, instead of Equity:OpeningBalances you could use an account > called something like Equity:BalancesForward if it makes it clearer! > > HTH, > Maf. > > > > On Thursday, 25 May 2017 12:35:26 BST Anita Graves wrote: >> Yes, Maf. If you read my latest messag

Fwd: Handling religious organization 'earmarked' funds and in-kind contributions

2017-05-25 Thread Anita Graves
age: > > From: Anita Graves > Subject: Re: Handling religious organization 'earmarked' funds and in-kind > contributions > Date: 25 May 2017 at 2:11:07 PM GMT+3 > To: "Maf. King" , Gnucash Users > > Hi again, folks! This message is about ‘earmarked’ fund

Re: Handling religious organization 'earmarked' funds and in-kind contributions

2017-05-25 Thread Anita Graves
to the next (i.e., from one year to the next. I opened a new file for a new year by exporting the account tree and started with 0 balances in every account. Thanks for help! Anita > On 18 May 2017, at 5:50 PM, Anita Graves wrote: > > Yes, you are right…I forgot to cc the list and I w

Re: How to post transactions re 'earmarked' contributions, and how to post in-kind contributions

2017-05-19 Thread Anita Graves
certain types of non-profits, > but my understanding is that tax-deductible donations to non-profits cannot > be earmarked by the donor. > > If that’s the case, it would save you some accounting work. > > Regards, > > Adrien > >> On May 18, 2017, at 10:03 AM,

How to post transactions re 'earmarked' contributions, and how to post in-kind contributions

2017-05-18 Thread Anita Graves
Dear All, I am the treasurer for a religious organization and we have contributions coming in that are earmarked for a certain purpose. I propose to enter these as separate Asset child accounts and then spend them in the corresponding expense account. Do I have that right? What do I do with

Re: Balances forward of unused cash advances from previous year

2017-05-18 Thread Anita Graves
Maf, Exactly—the bank shows our actual lump asset, but we care about the movement of these ‘earmarked’ funds and keep them in our reports, so we know at a glance how much spendable money in the bank we actually have, as opposed to what the bank statment gives as our balance. Anita > On 18 May

Handling religious organization 'earmarked' funds and in-kind contributions

2017-05-18 Thread Anita Graves
>>> But forget widgets. Henceforth, I'll assume that your pre-paid expense is >>> for curtains. Maybe it is macadamia nuts. It really doesn't matter! >>> >>> When the money left you bank last year, you book a transaction into >>> Assets:PreP

Balances forward of unused cash advances from previous year

2017-05-18 Thread Anita Graves
Dear All GC friends, In the previous financial year, there were some funds advanced to two different persons for two different expense categories that appear in the account tree of that year. In both of these accounts, there are now expenses to record to use up those cash advances, and I have

How to close a financial year

2017-05-16 Thread Anita Graves
Dear Friends, How does one close the file for one financial year and open a new one with the same account tree for the next financial year. I am not sure where in the manual these things will be covered. I managed to export my account tree but don’t know how to turn around and import it in a n