balancing gnucash against bank checking account (fwd)

[Dale Alspach]

If you clear the items that have posted, then what you want is the
difference between the shown balance and the cleared balance.

However if you are just reconciling against a statement, use the 
reconcile feature of gnucash.

Dale Alspach

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Jesse Guardiani wrote:

> Howdy list,
> 
> First, my setup: gnucash 1.8.3 on FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE
> 
> I'm wondering if there is an easy way to view
> the unreconciled balance? Basically, is there a
> quick way to see the sum of my outstanding
> checks/debits/deposits?

I take it the silence generally means "no", then?


> 
> This would make balancing against the bank a
> good bit easier for me.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

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