Where is gnucash register?

[Charles Day]

On Jan 25, 2008 9:36 PM, Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Charles Day wrote:
> > I know... the GnuCash GUI is brutally confusing for first-time users
> coming
> > from Quicken, particularly if you don't create GnuCash accounts *before*
> > importing the QIF file.  If you create the GnuCash accounts first, it's
> a
> > lot easier. Plus, there are a number of important bugs in the GnuCash
> > 2.2.1QIF importer, so I'd really suggest that you start over and
> > import your QIF
> > using GnuCash 2.2.3.  If you can wait for 2.2.4, so much the better,
> > because I've patched a number of QIF importer bugs even since the
> release
> > of 2.2.3. Hopefully these will get released in 2.2.4.
> >
> > But starting from where you are already... Go to File -> New -> New
> > Accounts Page. You'll see a list of accounts. Since you're a Quicken
> user,
> > you probably don't want to see income and expense accounts in the list,
> at
> > least initially, so go to View -> Filter By... and uncheck Income and
> > Expense. Now click on any of those accounts and you'll bring up that
> > account's register. If the register comes up blank (like shown in bug
> > 502649<http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=502649>)
> > then click anywhere in the register and the transactions will magically
> > appear. Hopefully someone can fix this soon, but for now its just an
> > annoyance.
> >
> > To the general GnuCash community: Why is the option to display a new
> > accounts page under the File menu anyway? It has nothing to do with
> files
> > or printing. The View menu seems more appropriate.
>
>
> Charles I've copied and marginally edited some of this for the FAQ in the
> wiki.
> wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GnuCash
> It is many years since I dropped Quicken, so would you look at the FAQ and
> comment?
> If you don't want to edit it yourself, private mail me.
>

OK, I've prettied it up a little. Good idea to put it in the FAQ. If the
changes I suggested earlier ever make it to release, then the question
hopefully won't remain "Frequently Asked".

Cheers,
Charles