help for beginner; Orphan and imbalances

[Paula Hendricks]

what an interesting thread. i'm on a mac and that doesn't happen to me... the auto entry sits there but i tab over to it, change it and hit enter and all is well. single line entry. my orphans and imbalances only show up in the splits.

	ph

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On Sep 8, 2013, at 4:38 PM, Peter Kiessling wrote:

> I also use a MAC. I have noticed when I use single line entry (No auto split) that the speed entry feature will set up a transaction that I have done before and I can then enter the new amount on the one line, but since it is echoing a previous transaction and if I've entered a different amount this time, then Gnucash will generate an orphan or imbalance but not show me that unless I specifically open the split. This happened to me a lot in my haste to get a receipt entered quickly. Single line entry is fast if it is the same amount as a previous or a new entry.  Not so good if speed entry takes over and the amount is different.
> Two ways to avoid that is go to view drop down and check auto split which will work until you close and reopen Gnucash or go to preferences: register defaults: and then check auto-split. 
> Pete
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