[GNC] GNUCash beginner setup

[David Carlson]

Jess,

The procedure that I follow is to first open the Imbalance-USD account (I
am in the USA) in the Auto-Split-Ledger view.

Then I select the transaction that I want to fix.  It probably already has
a split line for the bank or credit card account where the money was spent.

Then I Tab repeatedly until the curser in in a new line, and tab again into
the account field.

Then I type EX: and click on the dot symbol to open the drop-down account
list, where I select the desired expense account.

Then I move the curser to the amount in the Imbalance-USD line, enter
Crtl-X to remove the value.

Then I move the curser down to the new expense amount box and enter Crtl-V
to post the value there.

Then I press the Enter key to commit the transaction edit.

At this point the transaction is correct but it still has the undesired
Imbalance-USD split line.

Then I could put the curser on the Imbalance-USD line, right click and
select Delete Split.  If I do that, the transaction will disappear from the
Imbalance-USD register, indicating that split line has been removed from
the transaction.  However, I prefer to move the curser to the bank or
credit card account split line, Right Click  and select Jump to that
account register before removing the Imbalance-USD line so I can see the
transaction in it's final form.

Following this lengthy procedure allows me to see what I am doing.

If you follow this procedure and get different results, please let us know.


On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 10:07 AM jess <denzil at mpi-sws.org> wrote:

> I did check out the "Split View" too. But, I could not settle them in the
> "Imbalanced EUR" account even in the "Split View".
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David Carlson