Forms facility.

[Bob Allen]

Ahaaaa. I have just re-read the last messages from Derek and....

All I have to do is open my cash account and work from there!!!

Simple when you know how :)

Thanks, Bob.



Bob Allen wrote:
> Thanks Derek.
>
> I don't have many asset accounts or bank accounts but I do want to 
> keep track of my income and expenses in different categories. I have 
> four income categories and about 20 expense categories.
>
> Maybe I shouldn't be using gnucash for this. I am very new to 
> accounting in general and I am living in Thailand so I can't afford a 
> good accountant or accounting package. GnuCash does seem to do 
> everything I want, it's just cumbersome for data entry and I don't 
> trust my staff to do it properly.
>
> Regards, Bob.
>
> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Please CC Gnucash-User on ALL replies....
>>
>> Quoting Bob Allen <boballen at ksc.th.com>:
>>
>>>> Um, pardon my ignorance, but what do you mean by "forms input 
>>>> facility"?
>>>>
>>>> -derek
>>>>
>>> I am running a small restaurant and have a set list of entries to 
>>> make each day. It would be nice if I could have a pop up form that I 
>>> fill in which would update all my registers instead of opening each 
>>> one individually, which is what I am doing at the moment.
>>
>> How many different bank and asset accounts do you have that you need
>> to open up that many registers?  In my company I generally need to only
>> open up three registers -- my main checking account, my billpay checking
>> account, and my credit card.   I rarely have to open up any other 
>> register
>> because all transactions I make touches one of these three accounts.
>>
>> No, there are no "forms" inputs, and no plans to create any.
>>
>> Depending on your locale and currencies you may just be able to enter
>> everything in the General Ledger/Journal.  But that only works if your
>> locale currency == the account currencies (e.g. you're in en_US and
>> all your accounts are USD).
>>
>> Good Luck,
>>
>>> Bob.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>
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