[GNC] journal entries

[Dale Alspach]

I think Frank is on the right track. The original poster is coming from
Quicken which I have never used. I think it is similar to Quickbooks
which I have used a little. Journal entries are used for corrections,
some transfers between accounts, etc., in Quickbooks.

Gnucash does not have a special notion of journal entry. The General
Journal is just a view of all transactions from all accounts. This may
be what is confusing the original poster.

Dale

On 8/12/19 10:38 AM, Frank H. Ellenberger wrote:
> Am Mo., 12. Aug. 2019 um 17:21 Uhr schrieb David T. via gnucash-user
> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>:
>>
>> 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?
> :
> In the times of ink and paper, you had to enter (parts of) a
> transaction 3 times:
> Journal, Account A, Account B.
> 
> On computers it is different, e.g.
> you enter all details in account A and the relevant parts appear also
> in account B and Tools->General Journal.
> 
> HTH
> Frank
> 
>> 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
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