Reconcilliation Woes

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Apr 20 12:54:35 EDT 2005


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Quoting Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>:

> On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> > In the first page of the reconcile process you insert the statement end
> > date and the statement ending balance from you bank. When you set the
> > statement ending date gnucash will GUESS at the statement ending balance
> by
> > inserting the register balance as of the date. You MUST change this to the
> > statement ending balance before proceeding.
> 
> Derek,
> 
>    Been doing the above. But, having just done April's reconciliation I see
> the problem ...
> 
> > Then reconciliation is as simple as marking off all transactions that are
> > on the statement, and adding any missing transactions (and then marking
> > them off as well). At the end you should have a "difference" of $0.
> 
>    The last cleared item is not changed from 'n' to 'c' when I click on it.
> The dialog box asking if I want to change the status is not presented. It is
> only if I click on another transaction's status field that the dialog box
> comes up. That's why the last one remains uncleared as far as gnucash is
> concerned.
> 
>    I could not find a menu item that would allow me to change the status of
> the last item from 'n' to 'c'.

Eh?  What do you mean?  In the reconcile window there are only checkmarks. 
There are no "n" or "c" in the reconcile window.  It sounds like you're
confusing the register window with the reconcile window.

-derek
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