Retroactively entering starting balance

[Tuomo Hartikainen]

On 2017-01-22 12:01, Rich Shepard wrote:
>    When creating a new account the opening balance tab is displayed, but not
> when editing an account. I don't see a way to do this in the GnuCash help or
> guide docs. Is there a way of retroactively entering an opening balance for
> accounts?

Simply transfer the opening amount from Equity:Opening Balance to the
desired account. That's all the dialog does when first creating the
account.

If you don't already have an account Equity:Opening Balance, create it
manually and set its type to Equity.

-- 
Tuomo Hartikainen