How do I enter the existing list of stocks I own in a brokerage account. When I try, it doesn't work

[David Carlson]

On 4/24/2013 4:44 AM, Liz wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:33:25 -0600
> "Tom & Louise" <t_lmoody at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> I guess the subject line says it all.  The old MS Money seems more
>> intuitive and simpler.  I tried importing from Money and that turned
>> into a bad idea.  I had to uninstall GnuCash and start on my other
>> laptop.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tom,               TomAnon at shaw.ca
>> _______________________________________________
> Tom, can you describe a little more how you imported the stocks, and
> how it went wrong.
> I'm sure the uninstall and try on a second machine was frustrating, but
> perhaps a call here earlier would have provided help quicker.
>
> And please sign up to the mailing list, or you will be waiting for me
> to approve your posts each and every time.
>
> Liz
> _______________________________________________
>
Tom, You did not have to un-install GnuCash.  You can simply start a new
file.  In fact, that is a good way to try things on a test file before
committing them to your regular data file.

David C