I would also suggest trying the View>Auto Split Ledger>and View>Transaction Journal menu options to see how those affect what you see while you are experimenting.
I also happen to like to use the Double Line view. In fact I wish the double line view was the out-of-the-box default. David C On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Mike or Penny Novack < [email protected]> wrote: > On 8/23/2017 2:47 AM, Janet Saxby via gnucash-user wrote: > >> Hi, >> Can someone explain how to split transactions between accounts without >> creating an imbalance? >> Regards, >> Janet >> > Beyond what the tutorial might say, some advice to make easier. > a) Until you are experienced, do not attempt two way spits (transactions > split on BOTH the debit and credit side). > b) Begin with the unsplit side whichever that is. Enter in THAT account > but before selecting the other side account(s) hit "split". > c) Change the other side amount to the correct amount for the first > account on the other side, enter the account, and hit enter. The remaining > balance will say the account is Imbalance. That should be the amount of the > next split or larger. If larger, change to the amount of the next split and > specify the account and hit enter, and you repeat "c". If the exact amount, > when you have specified the account and hit enter the transaction will be > in balance. > > d) When you are faced with a two way split, you might (for now) use > multiple transactions. For example, if manually opening a new set of books > (creating the CoA with all accounts zero and then making the opening entry > you could use two opening entries (one for the debits and one for the > credits) > > Michael D Novack > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
