How can I fix a spelling mistake in a memorized transaction?

[Patrick Doyle]

Ahhh... That makes sense.  Thanks.

--wpd


On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Patrick,
>
> Patrick Doyle <wpdster at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Suppose I entered a transaction payable to "Fred Smit".  Then, later I
>> realize that I misspelled his name.  It is really "Fred Smith".  How
>> can I fix that?
>>
>> If I edit the transaction, save it, and then try to enter another
>> transaction to Fred, autofill comes up with "Fred Smit" again.
>>
>> How can I fix this?
>
> It's unclear if you mean the issue is in the Autofill or if it's a
> Scheduled Transaction that's wrong?
>
> If it's Autofill then you need to go and correct all the history of
> broken transactions.  Once you do that (removing all instances of the
> wrong name) then save, exit, and restart gnucash to clear the cache.
>
> If it's an SX you'll need to correct that from the SX Editor.
>
>> --wpd
>
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> -derek
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