[GNC] n and c?

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 4/11/19 1:02 PM, Dennis Powless wrote:
> If you only need a simple “check” register to track balances on accounts, there are numerous free apps for this on iPhone and Android platforms.  Yes, a simple spreadsheet with a few columns could do the trick too....(libreOffice is free and open source).  Date, transaction name, debit, credit, total etc.....
>
> Gnucash is more of the whole package, ie quicken, msmoney, or others like it.
>
> Dennis 
>
> Sent from my iPhone


I tried to send my old version I used before GnC.  However, the list
refused by zipped attachment.  I did sent the zipped file directly to
the OP.

--Steve

>
>> On Apr 11, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>>
>> Todd,
>>
>> In one of my lengthy replies, I offered a suggestion to create a generic asset account and use that to make your payments from. This would allow you to still track expenses on the card, but not worry about payment details. (of course, as I also noted, the more info you record now, the easier it will be to adjust those entries in the future should you decide you later want to re-assign the payments to proper real accounts)
>>
>> Your other issues from what I can tell were with respect to comprehending the labels for the columns. I offered one solution via formal labels and viewing all splits at all times. Another is to never view those splits and leave the informal labels in place. (the default)
>>
>> A spreadsheet might be just as much or more work. (harder for reporting or else your manual entries can get tiresome and certainly hard to audit)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>>> On Apr 11, 2019, at 2:42 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4/11/19 6:03 AM, Robert Heller wrote:
>>>> At Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:01:27 -0700 ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo at zoho.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> On a credit card account, in the "R" column, what is "blank", "n", and
>>>>> "c" stand for?
>>>> c = cleared
>>>> y = reconciled
>>>> n = ?
>>>>> And does "R" stand for "reconcile"?
>>>> Yes
>>>> When you get your credit card statement, you match up what is on that
>>>> statement (charges, payments, interest, fees, etc.) with what you have in
>>>> GnyCash, and then reconcile your recorded balance (as of the statement date)
>>>> and the balance on the statement.  If things are good (everything matches),
>>>> you click the green circle and the c's change to y's.
>>> Thank you for the help!
>>>
>>> Sounds perfect.  The only problem is that I can't figure out
>>> how to dumb down GnuCash down from a Bookkeeping system to
>>> and register.
>>>
>>> I think I'd better just use a spreadsheet or go back to pencil and paper
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