[GNC] A new start - somewhat strange

[David T.]

Norbert,

You are remembering a thread where the suggestion was to create accounts in the second currency for the major areas you anticipate tracking find in Riel.

To wit:
Expenses
- Groceries
- - USD
- - RIEL

Best,
David T.

On Sep 5, 2022, 06:45, at 06:45, Norbert Klein <nhklein at gmx.net> wrote:
>Thanks – moving on; I followed this:
>
>1) Just create a new file:
>  File -> New File (I called it spf2)
>
>2) Save to a folder in your personal workspace. Just like you'd do with
>your personal word processing files. - (I did it into gnucash on
>Documents)
>
>
>Now I get the list of
>
>Asets
>Equity
>Expenses
>Income
>Liabilities
>
>and their sub-accounts which I created.
>
>Question 1) I still think I should get a GnuCash Common Entry or
>something, when I click on the GnuCach icon on the desktop. Wrong?
>
>Question 2) Before I make entries into the accounts, I would like to
>select a second currency (the Cambodian Riel) which I am using almost
>daily, together with the US$ which is the main currency already set
>during installation. I did some reading of the GnuCash documents, but I
>did not find out how to start to do it. Any help with more detailed
>recommendations please.
>Some time ago, I saw on the list here a clear graphic example: the
>Groceries heading, with two subheadings with two different currencies –
>but my download was lost with my recent hard-disk crash.
>
>Thanks for the really helpful helps so far!
>
>Norbert
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