use of 'account codes'

[John R. Sowden]

I am attempting to give gc a review to see if it is for our business.  I 
entered a chart of accounts, including "account codes" from our existing 
chart of accounts.  Two problems:

1) I did not know the account balances of the Asset, Liability and Equity 
accounts at the time of entry.  Does this mean I cannot enter them now?, as 
the 'Balances' tab on 'edit account' has disappeared.

2) After about 35 years of using a rather consistant chart of accounts, I know 
the account numbers pretty well.  Instead typing in the name of an account, 
or scrolling through about 100 accounts in a scroll box, or learning a new 
way to describe the accounts ("a-shift-colon-c"), is there a way to enter an 
account number ("1010").  When I did this, gc advised me that the account 
does not exist.

tia,
-- 
John R. Sowden
AMERICAN SENTRY SYSTEMS, INC.
Residential & Commercial Alarm Service
UL Listed Central Station
Serving the San Francisco Bay Area Since 1967
mail at americansentry.net
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