Transaction details

Jeff Earickson jaearick at colby.edu
Thu Mar 27 15:17:19 EDT 2014


You probably want to use auto-split ledger under preferences->Register
defaults.  Then you can subdivide purchases and write into the big blank
line (to the right of the check number, left of the dollars) what it is.
That is your memo field.

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On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 2:34 PM, LeonardBVG <lvbroese at mac.com> wrote:

> I have just switched from Quicken to GnuCash. The switch was remarkebly
> easy.
> I have posted my first transactions and so far so good. However I noted one
> detail where I am not sure I am doing it correctly. Example:
> GnuCash
> Account name: Current Account
> Description: Walmart
> Transfer: Household Expenses
>
> Quicken
> Account name: Current Account
> Payee: Walmart
> Category: Household Expenses
> Memo:
>
> What I miss is a memo field to say, for example: wine and food. I am used
> to
> annotate my transactions and I do not understand how to do that.
> Many thanks for your help, Leonard
>
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