Where is gnucash register?

Doug Laidlaw laidlaws at hotkey.net.au
Sun Jan 27 07:10:56 EST 2008


Perhaps it is heresy here, but KMymoney (http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/) is 
more like Quicken, with its categories, etc.  Personally, I think that 
Gnucash looks more like Quicken, and with proper revenue accounts, it is more 
flexible.  I tried both, and stuck with Gnucash, but part of the reason was 
what I was comfortable with.

Of course, KMyMoney is not available for Windows.

Doug.

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:41:22 pm Henry Fallon wrote:
> Charles (and Josh),
>
> Thanks for your informative replies. This experience makes me appreciate
> the genius of Quicken. It just looks like a checkbook. I'm not sure how to
> describe gnucash but it looks entirely too professional for my simple
> requirements in keeping my personal checkbook. For example, when I post a
> batch of checks to the register, I want to use a single register since my
> checks will be written to random accounts. I don't want to have to open up
> an account for each individual check and then close each account before
> they stretch way beyond the screen's boundaries.
>
> Disclaimer: The tutorial and help files didn't come with my copy of
> gnucash. I have since discovered them on the web and realize I have to do
> some homework before using gnucash again.
>
> Let me try to make a few constructive comments:
> --If memory serves me, the import screen was one of the first ones
> displayed when I opened gnucash. If I should have been setting up accounts
> prior to import, then why not warn me of that fact and give me the option
> to do so? Hint: maybe this would be a good fix for the next release.
> --Thanks for warning be about import bugs. I got maybe a hundred duplicate
> entries on my import and quickly decided to ignore them. The duplicates did
> not exist in Quicken and the final balance in GnuCash was correct. It
> wouldn't have been if the duplicates were real.
> --I will definitely wait for version 2.2.4 and go back to Quicken
> meanwhile.
>
> Before returning, I have a question about downloads from my bank but let me
> first search the forum to see if it has been answered. If not, I will start
> a new thread.
>
> Thanks again. I am impressed by the speed and quality of the answers.
>
> Henry Fallon
>
> On Jan 25, 2008 7:39 PM, Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 25, 2008 2:10 PM, henrymds <henryf61 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I can't find the register. I imported a single QIF file from Quicken in
> > > Windows XP to gnucash 2.2.1 in Ubuntu 7.10. Gnucash recognizes all my
> > > categories/accounts. A report summary has the correct final balance. A
> > > transaction report appears to have all the transactions listed but I
> >
> > can't
> >
> > > find the register anywhere.
> > > File > Open > Open is supposed to open an account tree somehow but all
> >
> > it
> >
> > > does is list the backups of my file.
> >
> > 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 2.2.1 QIF 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
> >
> > > TIA,
> > > henrymds
> > > --
> > > View this message in context:
> >
> > http://www.nabble.com/Where-is-gnucash-register--tp15097829p15097829.html
> >
> > > Sent from the GnuCash - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> > >
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