Little problem with GnuCash 2.4.0

Anthony Dardis adardis at gmail.com
Mon Jan 10 11:14:13 EST 2011


on my Mac, if you click and drag on the vertical line between Account and  
01/01/2011, you should be able to widen or narrow the Account column (just  
like Excel).



On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:49:30 -0500, Herbert Gutermuth  
<Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de> wrote:

> Dear Anthony,
>
> now I found out the "problem":
>
> On the budget data-entry-sheet the column "Account-Description" is "2  
> meters" wide, therefore in the beginning I did not notice the headlines  
> for the months periods, and consequently could not find the entry boxes.  
> In the meantime I entered the budget. It was somehow inconvenient to  
> work with that very wide first column "Account-Description", because I  
> had to move right with the cursor so far.
> The normal functionality to modify the column width (as on the basic  
> page "Accounts" or in excel) does not work on the budget page.
>
> Do you see a possibility to activate that one?
>
> Best regards
>
> Herbert
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> Datum: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:35:46 -0500
>> Von: "Anthony Dardis" <adardis at gmail.com>
>> An: "Herbert Gutermuth" <Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de>
>> CC: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Betreff: Re: Little problem with GnuCash 2.4.0
>
>> Best to reply to the list.
>>
>> Have you tried this: open your budget. You see the highest-level  
>> accounts
>> (Assets, etc.). Click to reveal the hierarchy. For one of the lowest  
>> level
>>
>> accounts (for example: Assets:Current:Checking), double-click under one  
>> of
>>
>> the month columns. An entry box should appear.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:43:21 -0500, Herbert Gutermuth
>> <Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de> wrote:
>>
>> > Dear Anthony,
>> >
>> > thanks for answering my mail before.
>> >
>> > I don't know the reason, but in my case your answer is only the theory
>> > (which I tried already before several times), when I try it, it does  
>> not
>>
>> > work.
>> >
>> > When I have created the budget with the respective accounts, I do not
>> > get any cell (month, total year), where could enter an amount. I have
>> > only a blank page behind the account names. The estimation function
>> > works, as I mentioned below in my mail, but makes no sense, as I have  
>> no
>>
>> > history in the system.
>> >
>> > I tried already to download the system a second time, but this leads  
>> to
>> > the same result.
>> >
>> > As back ground for you: I work with windows 7.
>> >
>> > Any idea?
>> >
>> > Would be fine to hear from you.
>> >
>> > Herbert
>> >
>> > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>> >> Datum: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:10:36 -0500
>> >> Von: "Anthony Dardis" <adardis at gmail.com>
>> >> An: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org, "Herbert Gutermuth"
>> >> <Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de>
>> >> Betreff: Re: Little problem with GnuCash 2.4.0
>> >
>> >> Create a budget by going to Actions > Budget > New. Give it a name by
>> >> clicking on Options.
>> >>
>> >> Add amounts by clicking on them, or
>> >> Select an account, and use the Estimate button
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:51:38 -0500, Herbert Gutermuth
>> >> <Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Dear team,
>> >> >
>> >> > I recently found your free software "GnuCash" and downloaded the
>> >> latest
>> >> > version  2.4.0. Thanks very much for your engagement. I think the
>> >> > concept is promising.
>> >> >
>> >> > I started to work with the software and created successfully all
>> >> > beginning balances, and also registered the first movements.  Now I
>> >> > wanted to set up my 2011 expense budget. I tried everything but
>> cannot
>> >> > find a place to manually enter any budget figure. The automatic
>> >> creation
>> >>
>> >> > works but without history it is not meaningful currently.
>> >> >
>> >> > Is there anything missing in the new version I downloaded, or can  
>> you
>> >> > tell me the "trick"?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks for your help in advance.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > Happy New Year!
>> >> > .. and best regards
>> >> >
>> >> > Herbert
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > (private user for my private household, Germany)
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