moving transactions between accounts

[Jon Lapham]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> Jon Lapham <lapham at extracta.com.br> writes:
> 
>>Derek, you were the person that came up with the original answer, do
>>you have any problem with this new version?
> 
> 
> Sounds fine to me.

Okay, committed.  It isn't exactly the same as what was suggested on the 
list, so all interested parties should take a look... specifically I 
changed the last sentence a bit and added some XML highlighting sugar.

http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/appendixb_using.html

B.3.1. Q: How can I move the transactions from account A into account B, 
thus combining them?

A: At present, Gnucash does not offer a way to move groups of splits 
from one account to another. You will need to move them one at a time. 
Open the register for account A and select the pulldown menu item View 
-> Style -> Transaction Journal to expose all the splits. For every 
split where the "Account" field shows account A reset it to account B. 
To do this quickly and safely, first use CTRL-c to copy the destination 
account name ("account B ") to the clipboard. Then highlight each 
reference to account A by double clicking on it and use CTRL-v to paste 
the destination account name. Pressing Enter after each paste silently 
moves the transaction out of the register.

Be careful! If you inadvertently set the "Account" field to an 
unintended location, you will need to search through all your accounts 
to find the lost transaction to correct your mistake.


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