[GNC] question

[Greg Feneis]

I thought perhaps Quicken has a dialogue/wizard feature that appears as a
paper check and works as an easily filled form that the user may repeatedly
fill as if writing a paper check (QuickBooks had this, I imagine Quicken
does too). This might be what the OP is asking to find.  GnuCash doesn't
have this feature.  I think the previously mentioned tutorial should get
the OP on the right track


Kind regards, Greg Feneis
(Pixel 3)


On Fri, May 13, 2022, 06:02 Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Michael,
>
> On Fri, May 13, 2022 8:50 am, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
> >> First, I highly recommend you read the GnuCash documentation.  The
> >> Tutorial and Guide are very useful in explaining the concepts, and the
> >> Help is useful at explaining what the buttons do.
> >>
> >> Having said that, there are two ways to enter a transaction like a
> >> Check.
> >> The first is to open the Transfer Dialog (Ctrl-T) and enter the date,
> >> amount, source (e.g. Assets:Checking) and destination (e.g.
> >> Expenses:Rent).
> >> The second is to open the account register of the checking account and
> >> from there you can create a transaction for the expense.
> >
> > OR, in the second case, you could open the account for the expense and
> > do it there. With gnucash, entering a transaction affecting just two
> > accounts you can do it form the ledger account of either. But please
> > note IF AN EXPENSE. When you write a check, this will be a credit to the
> > checking account. The debit side of the transaction will usually be an
> > account under expense BUT NOT NECESSARILY SO. For some examples:
>
> Considering the OP said "doesn't know accounting", I chose not to
> introduce this because in the majority of cases it will just confuse the
> user and they will enter the transaction incorrectly.  Also, most humans
> intuitively understand transactions from an Asset or Liability, but have a
> much harder time "originating" a transaction from an Income or Expense
> account.
>
> Yes, a user CAN enter a transaction from any account, but IMNSHO a newbie
> user should be encouraged to enter them from an Asset or Liability account
> to reduce the chance of errors and confusion.
>
> Thanks,
>
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> -derek
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