[GNC] Credits and Debits

[Colin Law]

On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 at 23:47, John Clark via gnucash-user
<gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> ...
> The labels at the top of my GNC transaction pages are labeled ‘Deposit’ and “Withdrawal”. Money comes into the ‘deposit’ column, money ‘disappears’ in the ‘withdrawal’ column.
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> When I go to the bank I ‘deposit’ money in my account there, when I withdraw money from there, it disappears from my bank account.
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> I don’t need to change my sense of the ‘names’ depending on the account.
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> In the case of the credit card accounts, there are Payments (left column, putting money in) and Charges( taking money out).
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> Again the terms all in terms of my view, which is the important view for ‘my books’.

Which headings you get is defined by the setting of Preferences >
Accounts > Use formal accounting labels, as I mentioned in another
thread.

Colin