[GNC] journal entries

[David T.]

I'm not sure how this is a challenge, especially since both John and 
David C. pointed you in the right direction in the docs. Perhaps you are 
associating the term "Journal entry" with something special?

To begin, set your View preference to "Basic" and on the 
Preferences:Accounts tab, uncheck "Use formal accounting labels."

In the Chart of Accounts, double-click Assets:Cash

In the Cash account register:

  * Type the date of the transaction, for example, today is August 12,
    2019, so I would enter 8/12/19 because I use US style dates. Your
    date preferences might have this as 12-08-2019, or even 2019-08-12!
  * After entering the date, press the Tab key twice, which will move
    the cursor two columns to the right, to the Description field
  * Type a Description. For example, if you purchased Ibuprofen(r) from
    CVS, you might enter a description like "CVS"
  * Press the Tab key one time, and move the cursor to the Transfer column
  * In the Transfer column, select Expenses:Drugs
  * Press Tab *two more times* to the Decrease column
  * Enter the amount for the drugs.
  * Press the Enter Key

What part of this wasn't clear in the documentation?

David


On 8/12/2019 8:20 PM, Harold via gnucash-user wrote:

>   I have searched, looked, and read what I could find about journal entries in GC but I am no closer to understanding what I need to do to enter a journal entry. I am not an accountant and am using GC for my personal bookkeeping. I have entered journal entries in Quickbooks in the past but don't understand how to do it in GC. Can anyone nudge me in the right direction?Thanks,Harold
>
>      On Sunday, August 11, 2019, 5:15:41 PM CDT, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>   
>   
>
>> On Aug 11, 2019, at 11:56 AM, Harold via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>> I want to start tracking the cash payments that I make for drugs. I have been searching about making a journal entry in Gnucash but haven't found anything yet. Where do I find how to enter a journal entry in Gnucash using Linux?
>> _______________________________________________
> Have you studied the Tutorial and Concepts Guide [1]?
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
> [1] http://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=3???=C&doc=guide or Help>Tutorial and Concepts Guide from inside the program.
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