How difficult is it (really) to reorganize a Chart-of-Accounts after the fact?

[David Carlson]

On 1/4/2015 11:40 AM, jcard21 xxxxxxx wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Mark Phillips
> <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
>> Interesting....I am using Gnucash 2.6.1 on Ubuntu, and the columns are
>> labeled differently...
>>
>> Account          Left            Right
>> checking         Deposit         Withdrawal
>> income           Charge          Income
>> expense          Expense         Rebate
>>
>> use formal accounting labels is unchecked.
>>
>> Mark
> Mark,
>
> I'm using gnuCash 2.6.3 on Windows 8.1 ...
>
> I opened up gnuCash to see what could be causing our different headings.
>
> My checking/savings account-types = "Asset" ...
>       I changed them to "Bank".
>
> My credit cards account-types = "Liability" ...
>      I changed them to "Credit Card".
>
> I re-opened the registers ... no change on the headings.
>
> So, I closed gnuCash and re-opened gnuCash; then opened the registers,
> and the headings were changed to yours, above, EXCEPT I still have
> "Tot " in front of each heading ...
>
> Account-Type      Left           Right
> Bank .......... "Tot Deposit" & "Tot Withdrawal"
> Expense ....... "Tot Expense" & "Tot Rebate"
> Income ........ "Tot Charge"  & "Tot Income"
> Credit Card ... "Tot Payment" & "Tot Charge"
>
> So, they are similar, except for the "Tot".
>
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Did you notice that the headings change depending on whether the focus
is in a split line versus in the description line?

David C