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On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 23:43 -0800, Beth Leonard wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 09:32:36PM -0600, Gregg Fowler wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Thanks for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> both of you helping. I do find the debit and credit opposite of the way</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I would think of things. Until I saw that debit was taking money in and</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> credit method sending out, I kept getting the transactions backwards for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> a while. I think I have the hang of it now. Well, I least the basics of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> what I need to get started.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Debit/Credit is specific accounting terminology. To view the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">column headings in layman's terms, you may wish to go to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Edit->Preferences->Accounts(top option on the left)-></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">uncheck the "Use Accounting Labels" box.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Then your columns will say "Deposit" and "Withdrawl" instead</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">of "Debit" and "Credit" in your check book register. For</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">your credit card the columns will say "Payment" and "Charge"</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">etc. so that it's easier to know which column to type your</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">numbers into.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">--Beth </FONT>
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Thanks Beth,<BR>
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To me they just sound opposite of what you are actually doing. I think I will change the setting.<BR>
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