Getting started with a budget

Mike or Penny Novack stepbystepfarm at mtdata.com
Mon Jan 11 17:59:34 EST 2010


>Sorry, I guess I'm missing something myself.  I assumed when you said "books"
>you meant the accounts and transactions stored in a particular GnuCash data
>file.  Maybe there is some other feature that I don't know anything about.
>
>I only have a single GnuCash data file that I keep my personal financial data
>in.  I open that file and then I select "Open Budget" to open a budget
>associated with those accounts.
>
>I.e. you need to have your data file already opened like normal *before* you
>select "Open Budget".  Maybe that is where the problem is.
>
>Hope that is helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>Forest
>  
>
Very helpful!

I was being misled by the "open budget" being active even before I have 
opened a set of books (minor bug?). I now know how to get started.

Thanks

Michael

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