Question on autofill of description field

[Edward Doolittle]

I find it makes more sense to enter transactions by hand once every day or
every few days. You will probably do less work in the end, formatting will
be as you like it, and your data may be more up-to-date. Downloaded data
from the bank can then be used to reconcile against your data; if the bank
is supplying all the data, reconciliation is meaningless.

If you're trying to enter a description like "Mangos Cafe" and there's
already a description like "MANGOS CAFE RESTAURANT", you can try the
following: Type the description in the case you want. While you are typing,
GnuCash will offer the most recent consistent autocompletion; just ignore
what it is offering. Then put two (or perhaps more) spaces at the end.
GnuCash will realize that autocompletion is not possible and will restore
the case you selected.

On 29 January 2015 at 17:10, Matt Kowske <jmk at cmail.nu> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a little problem going through transactions for my account that
> have been downloaded via OFX. The description field is typically
> downloaded as the payee name in all caps with some location data
> following it, like: "MANGOS CAFE RESTAURANT". After downloaded
> transactions I go through each one and assign accounts and fix the desc
> field. In this case, I would like it to be "Mangos Cafe". I tab over and
> start to type "Mangos Cafe", but it autofills this as "MANGOS CAFE
> RESTAURANT". It's very awkward to get the case right. I typically add a
> space somewhere, like "M angos Cafe" and then have to go back and remove
> the space, then tab to the next field. Is there a feature I'm missing
> somewhere that can match "MANGOS CAFE RESTAURANT" and automatically
> translate this to something else? Or a better way to do the entry
> manually? Thanks!
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Edward Doolittle
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