[GNC] Creating new file and accounts

[Geoff]

James, good news - your reasoning is no longer valid.  If you check the 
release notes for version 4.0 you will see this sensational new feature 
was released:

"New type-ahead search added to sequential search when selecting an 
account in the register: Instead of typing the first few characters of a 
top level account, the separator, the first few characters of the next 
level account and so on you may instead type a few characters of any 
part of a full account name and the drop-list will be filtered to 
contain only matching accounts. Once you have a small enough list you 
can use the arrow keys to select the account that you want."

https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml

So don't delay, upgrade today, and give your tired typing fingers a well 
earned rest!

Regards

Geoff
=====
P.S.  THANK YOU to the crew that delivered this feature, it has made a 
huge difference to data entry usability.



On 20/02/2021 6:32 pm, Jamestk wrote:
> Hello good folks,
> 
> Having used GNC for many years the time has come to create a new data file
> along with associated accounts. Before doing so i wanted to reacquaint
> myself with the basic principals behind GNC operation, basically because i
> would like to simplify my data entry.
> 
> Firstly, is it necessary to create accounts under each heading such as
> 'expense' 'credit card', 'bank account' and so on?
> 
> My thoughts are yes if you intend to run balance sheet or cash flow reports,
> in my situation I export accounts individually into HTML then excel or
> similar
> 
> My reasoning is to reduce the number of keystrokes or scrolling when
> entering data, for example typing in a petrol receipt currently requires
> expense:car:petrol to be selected in drop down, it would be far easier to
> hit the shortcut key for petrol if petrol were a main and not sub account
> (if that makes any sense?)
> 
> To summarise, my main objective using GNC is very basic double entry book
> keeping to ensure cash ends up where it's sent and duplicate entries are not
> made, for any report I use excel.
> 
> Thanks for reading
> 
> 
> 
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