Using the register

[David Carlson]

Chuck.

Welcome to the world of GnuCash.

You need to read the help manual and perhaps search u-tube for help with
setting up GnuCash.

The short answer is that GnuCash Expense and Income accounts function very
similar to Quicken Expense and Income Categories.  The difference is in the
names and the fact that GnuCash is a rigorous double entry system compared
to the Quicken pseudo double entry system.

David C

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:50 PM, <cholmes27 at windstream.net> wrote:

> I am not a programmer. I am a very basic user coming from Quicken and want
> to know if it is possible to set up categories in the ledger for Gnu Cash.
> I want to use these to generate income and expense reports like I did in
> Quicken. In quicken entries, I would have a description of the bank
> transaction and then a category. Is it possible to do this in GnuCash? I
> may have set up the accounts incorrectly when I first used the program.
> Basically, I am exporting from my bank account into a QIF format that I
> open in GnuCash. What I would like to do is be able to have a column for
> categories instead of the Transfer column that appears when I open the
> account.
>
> If you provide an answer, it needs to be in very un-computer geek
> language. Have mercy on me!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chuck Holmes
>
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