replace "increase and decrease" with deposite and withdraw

[Dave H]

Dennison,

See if unchecking Edit > Preferences > Accounts > Labels > Use formal
Accounting Labels does what you want. My asset Accounts have headings of
Deposit / Withdrawal and this is unchecked in my preferences.

Cheers Dave H.

On 5 January 2016 at 10:46, DennisonBerwick <dennisonberwick at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Happy new year.
> I'm a newbie but excited to have found GnuCash.
> One thing is puzzling me and I've looked in the Manual and here on the
> Forum
> for an answer - how do I change the column headings in Accounts from
> decrease and increase to withdraw and deposit?  I wondered maybe if it
> wasn't possible - but I've just seen a video in which the columns are
> labelled with withdraw and deposit, which seems more logical.  I understand
> that maybe the thinking was decrease and increase is "simpler" but it's not
> clearer - after all, if I go to a bank I don't say I want to increase my
> cheque, I say I want to deposit it, or withdraw money.
>
> Sorry if this questions has already been answered.
> Many thanks
>
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