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[skip mersereau]

I am sure this is not an original question... but it is also not a complicated one.

I've set up a Gnucash book on my machine. I've entered accounts, opening balances and transactions. So far so good.
The transactions I've entered so far directly into the accounts themselves. Don't ask why... last night it seemed easier. I'm thinking that I ought to
be able to do this through the checkbook register directly though. Is that right?

Second question relates to dates. I'm entering old data. Catching up for a year all at once... calendar year 2008. Is there someway I can reset the default date to read from an entered value rather than default to the machine specific date? I suppose the problem arises each time I switch accounts for direct entry... and if I could figure out the checkbook register entry instead... it would not be a problem more than once as the date would carry forward as long as I remained in the checkbook.

Thanks!