[GNC] Ease of entry

[Kalpesh Patel]

Whenever I need repeated text in Windows, I tend to type it into Notepad, capture it to clipboard buffer and use shift-insert to paste away ...

Just to answer OP, GNC does not have any built in facility to automate as such. You'll need help from the OS facilities for such needs, which have been mentioned by various folks. YMMV based on the workflow you adopt.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sherlock <sh025622 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2026 12:47 AM
To: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Ease of entry

Hi Richard,

Assuming you're still using Windows, I suggest you consider using AutoHotkey.  Mapping a hotkey to copy the amount entered in a field, and then tab over and paste the amount 3 times should be straight forward. 
See https://www.autohotkey.com/


Regards,

Sherlock


On 1/9/26 2:44 PM, R Losey wrote:
> Greetings, all.
> 
> I have multiple occasions in which I have a 4-way spilt - all of the 
> amounts are the same and I'm finding it tedious to enter the same 
> number four times.
> 
> I know GnuCash has variables, but I think they only work for Scheduled 
> Transactions.
> 
> Is there a way to make the data entry easier? Perhaps (if not using a 
> variable), a keyboard shortcut?
> 
> Thanks to the maintainers for a great program!
> Thanks to the people in this group, from whom I have learned much!
> 
>