Split credit card transaction

[jcard21 xxxxxxx]

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Elmer Schartow <elmobud at tm.net> wrote:
>
> jcard21.   Thank you for addressing my attitude!!  My apologies. You're
> dealing with a grumpy 82 year old man whose XP computer crashed and is on a
> steep learning curve with Windows 8, Thunderbird, Gnucash, and almost all
> other issues...
> ...snip...

Elmer, Do this in gnuCash:

Edit > Preferences > Register Default

- Click the radio-button in front of "Auto-split Split ledger", and

- Check the check-box in front of "Double line mode".

Next, open up the Account Register where you want to enter a
transaction (txn). The bottom-most new/empty txn DATE should be
selected.

To change the date, you can press the + or - key to increase or
decrease the day +1 or -1 at a time.

(You'll be using the Tab and Shift+Tab key to move forward and back
between fields within the txn.)

Next, move the cursor via pressing the tab key once to enter a check
number (or leave blank).

Next, move the cursor via pressing the tab key once to enter the Payee.

Next, move the cursor via pressing the tab key once to enter the txn
Note (or leave blank).

Next, move the cursor via pressing the tab key twice to enter a split
Memo (or leave blank).

Next, move the cursor via pressing the tab key once to the split#1
Account field. If you are in your Checking Account, this should be
(for example) Assets:CheckingAccount. Do not change this.

Next, move the cursor via pressing the tab key twice to the split#1
amount (amt) field, and type in the amt to be deducted from your
checking account, i.e. the amt of the check.

Next, move the cursor via pressing the tab key 3 times to the split#2
Account field, and select your Expenses:Account ... (for example)
Expenses:Rent. You will have to click on the little arrow to pop up
the list of Accounts to select. Just scroll up or down to select the
one you want.

IF you need more split lines, just keep tabbing and entering your
split#n Account and split#n Amount.

Before you press enter to commit the txn, make sure you don't have any
Orphan-USD split accounts listed. If you do, that mean you didn't
assign an Expense:Account for that split amount.

Also, the two amount columns for this txn should total up/be equal to
each other.

Now, you can press the Enter key to commit/save the txn.

NOTE: When you move your cursor Off the txn, that txn will collapse,
showing the Payee line and the Note line.

NOTE: When you move your cursor back onto the txn, it will expand
again to show all the splits.

I hope this helps.

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jcard21