budgeting

[Mark Petrofsky]

Thank you.
I didn't realize that there was anything out there in those fields, when I 
click in that area there is the barest hint of a shaded line and the even 
lighter area that corresponds to the column is almost invisible, but that is 
a matter for the  developers.
I'm sorry - had found the Estimate toolbar button.
I'm in gear again.

Mark P.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Fred Bone
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:11 AM
To: Mark Petrofsky
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: budgeting

On 20 November 2012 at 20:39, Mark Petrofsky said:

> After creating a Budget and looking over the Budget Options I tried to
> follow the instructions for entering a budget amount but neither method
> worked for me after 30 minutes or more of trying.

[...]
> When I open my budget account it shows a list of accounts and sub-accounts
> but no place to put in an amount. When I click on an account it opens that
> account as though it were in the not budgeting part of the software and
> I’m only able to enter expenses, accruals, etc.

When I create a new Budget it displays a list of top-level accounts. It
also displays twelve column headings, each showing the first of a month.

If I use the boxed "+" icons to drill down I can eventually find a
bottom-level account. If I click once against a bottom-leve account and
then click again (in that row) under a column heading, this produces a
data-entry cell, as suggested in the documentation, in which I can enter
an amount.

> I could not find found an Estimate Toolbar button but without a long
> history this is no use to me.

On my system (2.4.11 on WinXP-Pro) this is the fifth item on the toolbar
(when a Budget is the current tab) and appears between "Options" and
"Delete". Its function is duplicated by an Edit->Estimate Budget menu
item.

Perhaps if you give more detail of where your system doesn't correspond
to the above, and say which version and operating system you are using,
someone else may be able to pinpoint the source of your problem.