Entering Stock Information

Dave Peticolas dave@krondo.com
23 Jan 2002 22:27:43 -0800


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On Tue, 2002-01-22 at 14:59, Michael Ward Cole wrote:
> I am using Gnucash 1.6.4 on a Debian potato/testing distribution with
> linux kernel 2.2.20.  I am trying to enter stock information.  I am
> making an account under the Assets:Stock:stockname.  I then open the
> account and see the line registry to enter a description, shares, cost,
> buy or sell.  I enter the number of shares and the cost and the buy
> amount.  But when I leave the line, it converts the number of shares to
> equal the buy amount and the cost to $1.  This is perplexing to me.  I
> have never used this before so I am just trying to learn how to use it.
> Any help would be greatfully appreciated.

Have you entered a security for the stock account?
Use the Edit Account dialog to do so.

dave


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