Multiple account names

Liz edodd at billiau.net
Thu Nov 10 02:47:45 EST 2016


On Wed, 09 Nov 2016 08:33:39 -0500
Mike or Penny Novack <mpnovack at mtdata.com> wrote:

> Explanation --- if (except for the data entered) the two sets of
> books, when open, look very identical, there is always the chance of
> having the wrong one open. The suggestion by David is to have some
> VERY visible difference. The time "wasted" by a one time editing of
> all the account names (say a prefix) would be dwarfed by the time you
> would lose if you EVER by mistake of entering one organization's
> transactions into the other one's books. Especially if you did not
> notice immediately.
> 
> Michael D Novack

I have four sets of books. I have them set to open on different places
on the desktop, and don't shift them!
I can have all four open at once, but I know the place for each one,
and that helps me use the correct books.


-----------------------------
|             |              |
|     A       |      B       |
|             |              |
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|             |              |
|     C       |      D       |
|             |              |
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Liz


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