[novice level] how to accomplish this scenario

[David Carlson]

On 6/11/2012 4:11 PM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Running GC 2.4.10 on win7
>
> I've not got much out of the help guide under help menu... not to say
> it isn't a good one, but it starts right out with telling of concepts
> that are above my paygrade.
>
> I'm posting here in the hope that some experienced users can tell me
> before I spend as much more time as I have already painstakingly
> inserting lots of detailed info, only to find I'm either not
> understanding what should happen or expecting things that are not in
> the cards.
>
> My needs are very fairly simple, just home budgeting type use.
> Maybe a little beyond simple due to having my finance setup strung out
> between 3-4 banks.
>
> 1)
> I hoped to be able after inserting all income and all bills to be able
> to see a presentation showing a months worth of activity including due
> dates and etc. that I could just glance at and know when to do various
> actions that will allow me to avoid those nasty $34 dollar overdrafts.
>
> It would be a serious plus if dates that are close at hand would show
> up in some attention getting fashion
>
> Another big plus if I can print out such a display from GC.
>
> 2) My finances are scattered across at least 3 banks.  Since there are
> good reasons why that is the case, I hoped to centralize all that in
> GC so that the display mentioned above would contain info from all
> banks.
>
> 3)
> I hoped to be able to do my online banking work through GC.
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>
> Can any of you experienced folks tell me if the above things can be
> done with GC, if I keep pounding away at the help files, online
> resources and bugging this group?
>
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