[GNC] Simple Update Question

[Geoff]

Hi Sharon

IMHO the biggest benefit you will get by upgrading is the reduced data 
entry work on transactions when choosing an account by being able to 
type in any part of an account name.

To illustrate, consider this account:
Expenses:Personal:Shoes

At present, you need to type something like "Ex:Pe:Sh" to get a match. 
With this new feature, you only need to type "sho" or "oes".  Doesn't 
seem like much on paper, but in practice it is a huge convenience.

This terrific feature was introduce in release 4.0:

"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


Also I find that the Multicolumn versions of the Balance Sheet & Income 
Statement are quite useful, but I can't remember when they were 
released.  I am currently using release 4.4, and they are under the 
Reports / Experimental menu.


Regards

Geoff
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On 28/07/2021 1:23 am, sc wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I successfully transferred from Quicken to GnuCash years ago, with no 
> troubles.  I'm a home user, nothing complex.
> 
> Is there any reason I should upgrade from Version 3.8?  Are the changes 
> mostly for business folks or are there changes that a home user would 
> enjoy?
> 
> Sharon
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