Question about Gnucash tutorial

[Tim T.]

Apologies, this was supposed to have gone to the list as well

TimT.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 14:44, Tim T.<tim.timmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 14:29, jomali<jomali3945 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Tim T. <tim.timmerman at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>  I'm working through the GnuCash tutorial (for Gnucash 2.2.6, Ubuntu),
>>> and I'm stumbling on the Split Transaction in 4.2.2.
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>> Update to the latest stable version of GnuCash (2.2.9)
> Having some trouble building that (slib related.. ) I'll have to spend
> some time on that tonight.
> (If anybody has a .deb for Ubuntu 9.04, I'd appreciate it.)
>
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>>>
>>>  Basically, I can't enter it as shown.
>>>
>>>  What I can do, following the instructions:
>>>  - Select the line, press split
>>>  - Enter the Employer's are us
>>>  - Enter the federal Tax ( entering 180 in the Deposit column)
>>>
>>>  And then I run out of lines ;-)
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>> You never run out of lines.  There is always one more blank line until you
>> hit Enter.
> That's not what I see (in 2.2.6)..
> Select the transaction. Press Split: a new line opens up (line 2)
> Click line 2: a third line opens up; enter something on line 2
> Click line 3 : no new line.
>
> So. I run out of lines.. But I understand that's not what's supposed to happen.
>
> Thanks for your help ! (I'll give 2.2.9 a try tonight)
>
> TimT
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>>>
>>>
>>>  Pressing return or tab moves the amount of 180 to the Withdrawal
>>> column, with an Account "Imbalance".
>>
>> Never press Enter until you have entered all splits for a transaction - use
>> the arrow keys or tab to go to the next split line.
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>> If the Imbalance line shows up, edit the account to whatever you want, edit
>> the amount to whatever is appropriate for that account, and press tab
>>>
>>> - What am I doing wrong ? How do I get more lines to input my split ?
>>>  (Or is the tutorial outdated ? )
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>  TimT.
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