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[Adrien Monteleone]

Christine,

Following what Michael said, with the register in question, or the main account tree open, open GnuCash preferences. (location depends on operating system; Mac, look under the GnuCash menu; Linux, try either the Tools or Edit menu; Windows, likely the Edit menu)

Go to the Accounts tab in the preferences pop-up.

Play with the setting for “Reverse Balanced Accounts” till the display suits your taste. (I have mine set to ‘Credit accounts’)

It’s just a matter of what you ‘think’ should normally be negative or not. Use the one that works best for you. You can change it again at any time.

Note, I never enter anything as a negative. (doing so just moves it to the other column anyway) I keep straight whether or not in order to ‘increase’ an account balance, I am supposed to debit or credit it. I enter everything as a positive amount. The Dr & Cr columns never show as negatives for me, only the balances do where appropriate. (which in this case is only those accounts without a ‘normal’ balance.)

Regards,
Adrien

> On Dec 10, 2017, at 6:33 PM, Christine via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> Whenever I have a DR and a CR the summary shows that although it balances
> all the amounts are showing as negative. Does anyone know what I have done
> wrong here as I cant work it out.
> 
> Christine 
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