Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-20 Thread Jack Slater
Bingo - Thx David! On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 11:41 AM, David Carlson wrote: > Jack > > Look under Edit>Preferences>Register>Register Defaults>Register Opens in > a New Window.. I tink that box should be unchecked by default, but it may > have changed. I think that setting goes with the data file

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-20 Thread David Carlson
Jack Look under Edit>Preferences>Register>Register Defaults>Register Opens in a New Window.. I tink that box should be unchecked by default, but it may have changed. I think that setting goes with the data file, so it may be different in different files. David C On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 11:25 A

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-20 Thread Jack Slater
Derek - Thx for this detailed suggestion. The light bulb is going on now and cleaning up the "view" helps a lot! I have another question. When I have opened 3 sub-account windows - they are all "pinned" in the same window pane as the main Accounts window pane - a tabbed approach. But from that po

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-15 Thread Jack Slater
Thanks Derek! That's a big help! Reading thru the documentation is today/weekend to do list! On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi Jack, > > Jack Slater writes: > > > I think I'm getting that understanding a little bit. Thanks! > > > > Debit Checking Account - Credit Rent -

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Jack Slater writes: > Ya I forgot to Reply All! > > Using your examples - > > If I bought a tractor, I would Debit an Equipment account and Credit > my Cash asset account? Correct. > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. -d

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi Jack, Jack Slater writes: > I think I'm getting that understanding a little bit. Thanks! > > Debit Checking Account - Credit Rent - paying a bill and knowing why (even > though in my Quicken mind the Rent account is just a category) > > I found a Transfer transaction on the tool bar that acco

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread D via gnucash-user
Jack, You've heard it twice, and I'll repeat myself: go read at least the Basics section of the Tutorial. It covers LITERALLY every issue you've raised thus far. Once you've read those chapters, I think you'll be clearer about Gnucash and its use. David On December 15, 2017, at 12:11 AM, Ja

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Jack Slater
See my last reply! I am backwards. I’m sure my Accounting classes in college in 1968-9 etc taught me the right way! > On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:58 PM, Mike or Penny Novack > wrote: > >> On 12/14/2017 5:23 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: >>> On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: >>> >>> H

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Jack Slater
gt; From: Jack Slater >>>> To: stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com >>>> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>> Bcc: >>>> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:51:19 -0600 >>>> Subject: Re: New User to GnuCash >>>> I think I'm getting that

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 12/14/2017 5:23 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: How could that be? I’m paying from Checking. That’s a debit is it not? If not then everything I’ve learned in 59 years is wrong! On Dec 14, 2017, at 4:08 PM, Alex Aycinena wrote: Nope, you have it

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Alex Aycinena
> > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Jack Slater > To: stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:51:19 -0600 > Subject: Re: New User to GnuCash > I think I'm getting that understanding a lit

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Alex Aycinena
message -- >> From: Jack Slater >> To: stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com >> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> Bcc: >> Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:51:19 -0600 >> Subject: Re: New User to GnuCash >> I think I'm getting that understanding a little b

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Jack Slater
I think I'm getting that understanding a little bit. Thanks! Debit Checking Account - Credit Rent - paying a bill and knowing why (even though in my Quicken mind the Rent account is just a category) I found a Transfer transaction on the tool bar that accommodates the type of transfer I am used to

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 12/14/2017 2:10 PM, Jack Slater wrote: I think I get what your saying and at this point (a) I have no clue how to manage/edit/adjust what I have to that type of structure nor (b) do I know enough yet to feel confident in making any changes! LOL.. I'm reconciling my November statement as we "s

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Jack Slater
I think I get what your saying and at this point (a) I have no clue how to manage/edit/adjust what I have to that type of structure nor (b) do I know enough yet to feel confident in making any changes! LOL.. I'm reconciling my November statement as we "speak" and had to add a few account transfer

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Fross, Michael
Hi Jack, I'm also a convert about a year ago to GNUCash. They are *all* real accounts. But if you are like me, your institutional accounts are not really in expenses where most of the category accounts lie. I have my traditional bank accounts in Assets (as well as brokerage accounts, home equit

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread Jack Slater
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

Re: New User to GnuCash

2017-12-14 Thread D via gnucash-user
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 s

Re: New user questions

2017-10-04 Thread Christopher Lam
Re: mileage recording I record business mileage using an unused currency (ZMK, whose display symbol I've changed to 'km') - this means I maintain one datafile rather than multiple spreadsheets, and using a different currency avoids accidentally mixing up numbers. If I visit my accountant, travell

Re: New user questions

2017-10-03 Thread jeffrey black
On 9/29/2017 5:43 AM, Maf. King wrote: > Hi Wesley, > > Welcome to GC & the list. > > On Friday, 29 September 2017 01:07:00 BST Wesley Vick wrote: >> Greeting > I >> have begin entering all my expenses since Jan 1 2017. I have finally >> finished entering all the expenses and entered the balance

Re: New user questions

2017-09-29 Thread Maf. King
On Friday, 29 September 2017 20:52:44 BST Stroller wrote: > > On 29 Sep 2017, at 01:07, Wesley Vick wrote: > > > > Greeting > > I am a 30 years veteran of Law Enforcement and I have been working part > > time with a security firm. I own my own police car, uniforms, equipment, > > etc. I have trie

Re: New user questions

2017-09-29 Thread Stroller
> On 29 Sep 2017, at 01:07, Wesley Vick wrote: > > Greeting > I am a 30 years veteran of Law Enforcement and I have been working part time > with a security firm. I own my own police car, uniforms, equipment, etc. I > have tried to produce my own records system until, I found your software.

Re: New user questions

2017-09-29 Thread Maf. King
Hi Wesley, Welcome to GC & the list. On Friday, 29 September 2017 01:07:00 BST Wesley Vick wrote: > Greeting I > have begin entering all my expenses since Jan 1 2017. I have finally > finished entering all the expenses and entered the balance of my checking > account. Here is my problem. All the

Re: New user

2017-09-02 Thread Geert Janssens
On zaterdag 2 september 2017 06:23:52 CEST David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > John, Peter, > Whatever the reason for Morris to want this (I, for example occasionally > want to see all the payments to/from one payee), the fact remains that > GnuCash already offers this functionality, although it i

Re: New user

2017-09-01 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
John,  Peter,  Whatever the reason for Morris to want this (I, for example occasionally want to see all the payments to/from one payee), the fact remains that GnuCash already offers this functionality, although it is buried in View->Sort by (our whatever that menu option is). So, Morris is mostl

Re: New user

2017-09-01 Thread prl
In addition to John Ralls' comments, what do you want to achieve by doing a sort on the description? Would it be better achieved by doing a search on the register (which can be case-insensitive), or by looking at the register that contains the other split in the transactions of interest (resp.

Re: New user

2017-09-01 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 31, 2017, at 8:54 AM, morris hindle wrote: > > Please direct me to the proper place to ask these questions: > > 1) When I do a sort (for example) on Description, it is apparently case > sensitive. No one does case sensitive search or sort anymore. How do I set > the sort to be case (a

Re: New User - Help!

2017-08-05 Thread Dave H
Well the simple answer is "wherever you saved it" - if you saved a Word or Excel document somewhere on your pc would you expect others to know exactly where you had saved it :-) I'm assuming you're using Windows here because of the file path name but I could be wrong. Anyway GnuCash thinks you sav

Re: New user questions

2017-06-20 Thread Colin Law
On 19 June 2017 at 22:54, Wesley Vick wrote: > Greeting > > I am a 30 years veteran of Law Enforcement and I have been working part time > with a security firm. I own my own police car, uniforms, equipment, etc. I > have tried to produce my own records system until, I found your software. I > h

Re: New user questions

2017-06-20 Thread Maf. King
On Monday, 19 June 2017 22:54:19 BST Wesley Vick wrote: > Greeting > > I am a 30 years veteran of Law Enforcement and I have been working part time > with a security firm. I own my own police car, uniforms, equipment, etc. I > have tried to produce my own records system until, I found your softwar