Tax Tables - how to rename entries?

[David Carlson]

On 3/8/2015 6:01 PM, MP99 wrote:
> On 3/8/2015 4:31 PM, MP99 wrote:
>> I have created various entries in the Tax Tables, which I would now like
>> to
>> rename. (I don't need to change which account they map to, just the names
>> which I now regret using.)
>>
>> There's no edit button on the Tax Tables dialog box. I believe I could do
>> it
>> by creating new entries, reopening all my bills and invoices, changing to
>> the new entries, closing (and re-assigning the payments), then I could
>> delete the old entries.
>>
>> Is there a better way to do this within the package?
>>
>> If not, is this something I could reasonably do by editing the file
>> directly?
>>
>> Many thanks for any help.
>>
>> cheers, Martin
>>
>> PS I did search for this subject, and the only other query I found doesn't
>> seem to have received an answer.
>>
>
> I am not sure what you want to rename, but if you want to rename the
> accounts it is very easy to go to the  accounts window and edit account
> names from there or even from an account register press Ctrl-E and
> change the account name. 
>
> If you want to change the account assignments to different tax table
> lines, that is a little more difficult as you have to do that in the
> Edit >Tax Report Options, which is somewhat tedious as you likely
> noticed when you set it up in the first place.
>
> David C
>
>
> Thanks, but I don't want to rename the accounts, and the actual account
> assignments are fine.
>
> In the Tax Table, there are two panes. I just want to change the names in
> the left pane, but there is no "edit" button to allow me to do this.
>
> To be clear, I want to change the name that I select from the list when I'm
> creating an invoice or a bill.
>
> cheers, Martin
>
>
>
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If that is a business feature, I am clueless.  I don't use that part.

David C