turning off auto-fill

[Tommy Trussell]

On 2/9/07, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My workaround to shorting out the auto-fill is to type my entry, and if (as is
> often the case) GC insists on more than I want, I type some other character and
> then delete it, which derails the auto-fill. For example, my QIF import puts
> in:
>
> Description: COMPUSA #182763784657
>
> and I want:
>
> Description: CompUSA
>
> typing "CompUSA" will ALWAYS result in the auto-filling from the import. So, I
> type:
>
> "CompUSA.{backspace}"
>
> Result: "CompUSA" is now in the description. And, look ma, no mouse!
>
> Since I mostly import OFX and QIF and then edit the result (rather than typing
> transactions in), I do not know whether this clears out the rest of the
> transaction (although I imagine it would).

I've never used the OFX/QIF import for that purpose, but I can see how
that might be useful. Most of the time I'm entering stuff by hand, so
when I start to type Wal Mart it will pick up the transaction from the
last time, which is rarely the same because I buy different kinds of
things there, often requiring a split transaction.

On the other hand, the gas station is always gasoline and sometimes a
wash, so it's easier to deal with AutoFill on those.