[GNC] Shortcuts and Sorts

[David Carlson]

I missed the question about sorting by the reconciliation status.  After
you have several months data reconciled, there is little need to sort that
way, as almost all the unreconciled items will be near the end anyway.
GnuCash has a View > Filter by > Status which you can use to (temporarily
or permanently) hide all reconciled transactions, or do a lot of other
things as well.

When you use the reconcile feature, no reconciled items will appear, so
they are not cluttering up that process.


On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 5:14 PM <pyz01 at cox.net> wrote:

> I have to say that I am with David on this one.  The autocomplete is one
> of the most handy items that GnuCash has - IMO.  Your rent or mortgage are
> usually the same amount each month.  If you are on any kind of budget plan
> - your electric, phone, gas bill, garbage bill, water bill, all have the
> potential to be the same every month.  If you have a landscaper, pool
> maintenance person, pest control service, etc., those are usually the same
> every month.   And it is not just the amount - it is the contra-account
> that they go to as well (being pre-filled).
>
> Finally, with respect to the reconciliation, many people write very few
> checks anymore (I think I wrote one check last month).  So to me, (though
> many disagree), the R and n usage is moot (I don’t use it and don’t care
> to).  My bank balance and my GnuCash balance are almost always the same.
> But even in the case where you write many checks and need the recon
> feature, sorting would not be something I would do -- I prefer having
> everything in date order as the program has it natively.
>
> Regardless of all of that -- I moved away from Quicken 3 years ago and it
> was the best move I ever did.  This program is a gem -- and beats the hell
> out of paying $70 or $80 or more every year just to do what this one does
> for free (and does a better job I might add!).  And the developers are
> pretty darn good - keep the
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+pyz01=cox.net at gnucash.org> On
> Behalf Of David Carlson
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 2:40 PM
> To: Walter Busch <webusch at hotmail.com>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Shortcuts and Sorts
>
> I would say that it takes very little more time to type Ctrl-A in the
> amount field before typing the desired amount.  If you really don't want
> any fields pre-populated, type some bogus character before the autocomplete
> kicks in to prevent it from acting.
>
> I don't have that issue in my workflow pattern, so I don't recall the best
> way to trick it into submission.
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 4:02 PM Walter Busch <webusch at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Have two questions.
> >
> > In Quicken I could sort by the reconcile column, but don’t find that
> > in this program.
> >
> > In Quicken I could stop autofill (shortcuts) I don’t write checks or
> > entries for the same amount all the time.  It is stupid to think that
> > I go to the grocery store and I buy something for exactly the same
> > price each time.  Or that my electric bill is the same every month.
> > It takes me more time to correct the auto filled amounts.  How do I
> > turn this off?  I can’t find that in the help.
> >
> > Otherwise, I really like the program over Quicken.  I was using an
> > older version of it and they now want to charge every year for
> > personal use if I update the program.  I don’t want to pay money each
> > year for any program for personal use.  One time, yes.
> >
> > Thank you for the program and please help.  If these aren’t options,
> > can they be in a future release?
> > Walt
> >
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> > Windows 10
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