"This account register is read-only. If you want to edit transactions in this register, please open the account options and turn off the placeholder checkbox."

[Veronica Kendik]

Sorted! Thank you so much for your help.

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From: gnucash-user
[mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+veekendik=gmail.com at gnucash.org] On Behalf Of
Sean Porterfield
Sent: 24 July 2015 01:13
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: "This account register is read-only. If you want to edit
transactions in this register, please open the account options and turn off
the placeholder checkbox."

On 07/23/15 19:28, Veronica Kendik wrote:

> When opening gnucash, I'm getting the following error message: "This 
> account register is read-only. If you want to edit transactions in 
> this register, please open the account options and turn off the 
> placeholder checkbox." This is the first time this has happened, previous
use has been fine.
> 
> Can someone point me to the accounts option section as I can't seem to 
> see this? Or is this the accounts tab?  Do I have to check each and 
> every account separately and individually to see if it's been marked 
> as placeholder account or is there a quicker way to identify 
> placeholder accounts?

You have a register (account) open, so the tab title should indicate which
account it is you need to change.  Even so, you should be able to just click
Edit Account from the Edit menu (or Ctrl-E) to make that change.

On the accounts tab, click the arrow over the far right column and check the
Placeholder entry to see the placeholder flag for each account.
--
Sean Porterfield

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