[GNC] credit card opening balance

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 4/11/2019 12:58 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> On a credit Card account, they owe me $18.00 (I over paid).
> What do I enter for opening balance?  $18 or -$18?
> And do I put in Payment or Charge?
> When I enter a charge, why does "Transfer auto enter
> "Orphan-USD"?  What is "Orphan-USD" anyway?
> How do I tell the "transfer" column to bugger off and leave
> me alone, unless I specifically want to transfer something.
>
> Is there a way to turn "Transfer" off?
>
> Many thanks, 

Please read the material provided (or refer to any standard "bookkeeping 
101" text). Your questions indicate that you are having trouble 
understanding the fundamentals of "double entry bookkeeping".

THEN get back to us with questions about what you still don't understand.

Michael D Novack