[GNC] Don't understand why I have what I have

[Maf. King]

On Sunday, 14 April 2019 09:12:20 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:

> > Maf.
> 
> The docs described the mouse and minus sign?  Can you give me a
> link.  There must be a bunch of neat tips there!
> 
> :-)
> 

there are neat tricks documented all over the place.

https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/trans-edit.html

OK,  that link doesn't explicitly say "click in the number cell and press the 
- key"  but one has to assume a certain level of computer savvy from a user 
who has written a bespoke database system and is thinking of using a 
spreadsheet rather than GC.

So GC permits you to click in a cell to edit it.  just like pretty much any 
other box-based data entry program.

You've been told that you recorded a transfer of $15 between 2 accounts when 
it should have been a transfer the  opposite way (ie -15)

If you are in basic ledger view, as Adrian had earlier suggested you try, what 
is such a radical trick about clicking in the number field and pressing - to 
swap the direction of the money flow?  ( Granted, If you are still  in GL view, 
you have to "click & press" twice (once for each split) - though when every 
purchase transaction is to the same expense account, GL or even auto-split 
view seems overkill anyway, IMHO). 

I think this level of editing a transaction is covered in the docs, assuming 
you've entered a few transactions and somewhat got the hang of clicking around 
in a new program's interface first.

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Maf