Fast data entry possible?

[John Ralls]

On Apr 23, 2011, at 6:23 PM, Eleanor Olds Batchelder wrote:

> I have four months of cash transactions to transfer from my home-grown spreadsheet system to Gnucash.  The hand input is rather tedious, each transaction requires not only data entry, but then clicking on account lists to get the right one.  For instance, I have 20 transactions a month for Groceries — isn't there a way to batch them (Cash in Wallet + Grocery Expense) for input using a csv file or some such?

There is no way to batch them, sorry. However, there is a keyboard shortcut to setting the account:
Tab to the account field and start typing the name of the top level account ("Expenses", perhaps). You'll need to type in only enough letters to disambiguate it; it will autocomplete. When it does, type a colon (":") and start the name of the next level, and so on. When the lowest level autocompletes, you can hit tab to move to the credit/debit field.

Regards,
John Ralls