Split transactions are killing me

[Will]

Liz,

Thanks for your help, it was clear, correct, and to the point. Much appreciated!

Cheers,

Will

"Liz [via GnuCash]" <ml-node+s1415818n4659318h23 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:

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>On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:59:45 -0800 (PST)
>"David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Will--
>> 
>> I agree that the distinction between Tab and Enter is a little...
>> confusing, and have questioned the distinction in the past. There are
>> places in the Help Guide and the Tutorial where the distinction is
>> hinted at, but I don't know whether it is explicitly brought up
>> anywhere. I think it would be best to put something into chapter 6 of
>> the Help document...
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>
>Some of this has altered over the years.
>So <Enter> wasn't always instant creation of imbalance, but the
>transaction wouldn't progress because it wasn't balanced. A warning
>would come up to fix the transaction.
>(that bit is dependent on memory)
>I suppose that when Gnucash was able to use a database backend which
>was saved after each transaction, that the <Enter> became the end of
>the transaction. Making imbalances annoys me too, but I now check the
>Imbalance account when it appears and edit the transaction that is
>incorrect.
>
>Liz
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