[GNC] 1) How to "jump" to a date in ck register? 2) Form for writing a check? 3)finding checking transactions to apply to bills?

[Adrien Monteleone]

> On Mar 16, 2020 w12d76, at 4:53 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
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> 1) If I want to jump to a place in the check register... as opposed to find a transaction... say I want to jump to 2-12-2019 and see transactions in that area... is there a way to do this other than grabbing the mouse and scrolling up and down the register?

Not that I’m aware of, but if it does exist, it will be covered in the Help document.

Not sure about Win or Linux, but on Mac CMD-Up or CMD-Down jumps up and down transactions rapidly. (you can also hold it down)

If you know you want to work within a certain date range, or starting or ending with one, you could use Edit > Filter. (or do a Find for dates)


> 2) Is the a form and a shortcut key for simply creating a new check as opposed to paying a bill?Other than going to the bottom ot the check register and entering it there?

If you mean to ‘Process a Payment’ to a bill or invoice, I don’t think so. There is a such a window (via the Invoice toolbar, or via Business > Customer/Vendor) but I don’t know how to bring it up via the keyboard. (again, check the Help file) Those shouldn’t be entered directly in a register anyway under normal circumstances, but that can be fixed if they already exist. (see below on #3)

The Action menu has a ‘Blank Transaction’ entry that will jump to the next open transaction. There is also a ‘Blank’ toolbar button that does the same thing. (a keyboard shortcut would be nice, allegedly on Mac, it is supposed to be CMD-Down, but it only moves one transaction rather than to the blank one)


> 3) I've imported a bunch of checking transactions in to gnuCash, many of which were bill payments. Now I have to find those transactions that have yet to be applied to pay a bill. Is there an easy way to do this?

The process for each one is to find it in the check register, right-click and choose ‘assign as payment’ then select the bill you want to assign it to, etc.

As for ‘finding’ them, that depends on what kind of info is entered into them. The Find facility is pretty useful if you have some common text or other info you can search on. Also, don’t forget the usefulness of an exclusionary search if that gets you a useable list that is more manageable.

Regards,
Adrien