Cliff, Glad you’ve got what you need.
No magic required: Mailing lists are just servers that accept incoming emails and resend them to everyone who’s subscribed. Regards, John Ralls > On Nov 5, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Cliff Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > John Ralls, > > Brilliant, you have solved my problem, thank you very much. > > As for using the 'list' I just did not understand what you meant. I thought > you were referring to keeping or the emails together in a list... > Hopefully this email has now been sent correctly to the right place. > > I'm also assuming you will see this reply though some internal process. > > Much appreciated and apologies for being a pain. > > Cliff > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Re: Copying fields in a filtered account sheet > Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 09:02:52 -0800 > From: John Ralls <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>><mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: Cliff Williams <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>><mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > CC: Mailing List Gnucash <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>><mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > > > On Nov 5, 2017, at 5:32 AM, Cliff Williams <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > Hi John > > Me again..............thanks for the prompt reply. > > I am aware of the transaction report facility and the fact that I can > download part of an account (that word again, sorry) but this is very > cumbersome way of obtaining small snippets of information. I was hoping to > be able to download exactly what I wanted by filtering unwanted data out > using the very good filter system provided. I was suggesting that the > easiest way to do this, in my opinion, would be to enable the copy and > pasting of data after it has been filtered. As mentioned earlier this is a > tried and tested method I used with my old AceMoney accounts application. > > Back to this 'Accounts' word, Gnucash has a tab showing 'Accounts'. I was > referring to those items. Gnush also goes on to talk of accounts with > transactions rather than categories with transactions, i.e > > Using Accounts vs. Categories > If you are familiar with other personal finance programs, you are already > accustomed to tracking your income and expenses as categories. Since GnuCash > is a double-entry system (refer to section 2.1), incomes and expenses are > tracked in accounts. The basic concept is the same, but the account structure > allows more consistency with accepted business practices. So, if you are a > business user as well as a home user, GnuCash makes it easy to keep track of > your business as well as your personal accounts. > > I am assuming that I am misusing the word or we have a cross understanding of > what I was trying to explain. Either way I am still seeking a good way of > obtaining snippets of specific data contained in a list of transactions. > (avoided the word accounts this time, :-). > > Regards > Cliff > > > I will not reply to you again if you don’t use the list. > > We use copying and pasting internally (of single transactions only) and in > order to enable copying to format the information in a way that would be > digestible to an external program we’d have to remove that long-standing > feature. > > Report>Account Report run from a Find register will do what you’re asking. > > Re: Accounts vs. Categories. Right. GnuCash is a double-entry accounting > program. That intro paragraph is an attempt to explain that to users without > being scary. Double entry (a.k.a. formal) accounting uses accounts to model > financial transactions. Simple “financial management” programs like Quicken > and KMyMoney don’t, and as a result are adequate for personal use but not for > business use. Effective use of GnuCash requires that users understand formal > accounting. If you don’t need or want a formal accounting tool then GnuCash > may not be the right program for you. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <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.
