Debit a 'Checking Account' Only

[John P. New]

On Monday, July 19, 2010 10:11:59 am Mike Leone wrote:
> On 7/19/2010 9:48 AM, John P. New had this to say:
> > If all of the transactions in the "Imbalance" account are to become
> > transactions in a "Checking" account, then simply edit the "Imbalance"
> > account (Edit>Edit Account when in the Accounts tab) and change the name
> > of the "Imbalance" account to "Checking",  Make sure that you choose the
> > correct values for the various options, especially "Account Type" and
> > "Parent Account", and you should be set.
> 
> Well, that wouldn't change the balance of the existing Checking account,
> tho. Your solution would work, if there was a new account that you
> wanted to transfer all these "Imbalance" entries to, but wouldn't work
> to transfer them (or their totals), if there already was an existing
> "Checking" account.

Correct, and point taken.

It wasn't clear from the original post whether the "Checking" account already 
existed. I assumed the account didn't already exist because It seemed like 
this was a new installation of GNUCash with a new set of accounts and a new 
user.

John New