Tips on data input

[Kash]

If you're entering even a couple of transactions at a time, it's easier 
to work in a spreadsheet than directly in GnuCash, and most banks will 
export transactions in .csv format, which you can manipulate in a 
spreadsheet program then convert to qif format, which gnucash can import.

There are macros available to convert spreadsheets into qif format. Look 
up calc2qif for OpenOffice or xl2qif for Excel.



On 12/6/2012 10:28 PM, Chris Henderson wrote:
> Wondering if people would share some of the ways they enter data in
> GnuCash. I would like to know methods that are tried-and-true, easy to
> follow and that would stick over the long-haul.
>
> I used GnuCash solid for about 6 months two years ago and given up
> because of the tedious and laborious nature of entering data about
> various expenses and fund transfers from one account to another. I had
> a physical file folder where I used to collect all the receipts and
> used to write down various expenses incurred from various accounts for
> myself and my spouse. At the end of the month, I would enter the data
> in GnuCash. But it was tiresome. Most of our transactions were using
> cards but some were on cash.
>
> I am currently using GnuCash version 2.4.11 on OS X Mountain Lion.
>
> Thanks.
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