How Do I Start A New Bank Account

[David Carlson]

On 1/7/2012 1:00 AM, Mark Phillips wrote:
> My version (2.4.8 on Debian) does not have a File->Recent History, but it
> does show the past three files opened in the File dialog.
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> writes:
>>
>>> I need to be able to switch back and forth - ie continue in 2012 with the
>>> old bank account in one file and the new bank account in anther file.
>>>
>>> I am maintaining the books for two clients, so I need to keep everything
>>> separate.
>>>
>>> If I go file -> new, will I loose access to the old bank account and it's
>>> associated gnucash files?
>>
>> No, you will have two separate data files, your current file and your
>> new file.  You can then swap back and forth (using File -> Open or just
>> the File -> Recent History), just like you would swap back and forth
>> between different word processor or spreadsheet documents.
>>
>> GnuCash just helps you by remembering the last file you had opened and
>> reopening it for you when you restart.
>>
>> Enjoy!
>>
>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> --
>>       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>>
> _______________________________________________
> gnucash-user mailing list
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user
> -----
> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> 


Ok,  I just recently noticed that if you are running in an os that
allows it, such as Windows or Linux, you can not only open a file by
double clicking on the file icon, you can also open a second file the
same way without closing the first.  Then you have two files open at once.