The Notes field is quite useful. I see a fair amount of requests for extra fields. I wonder how many don’t know about it. I also wonder how many people use each view option. Do most just stick with Basic and Single Line?
As I noted in the other thread, I didn’t discover this option until about 4 years into using GnuCash. And I like to poke around apps for the most part. (not sure how I missed it honestly) Regards, Adrien > On Jun 10, 2020 w24d162, at 10:30 AM, David Carlson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This brings up the idea that it might be worthwhile to change the default > view to Double Line View. > > David Carlson > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 8:47 AM Fran_3 via gnucash-user > <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I'll be darn'd... I can't beleive I am just discovering the view > "Double Line" option ! > > That is the answer I needed Adrien. Thank you! > > On Tuesday, June 9, 2020, 1:55:06 PM EDT, Adrien Monteleone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Personally, I consider “Description” to always be “Payee” no matter the > transaction. > > “For” would be more appropriate for the “Memo” line on the relevant split. > > If you have more than one debit split, use the “Notes” field. You’ll need to > turn on View > Double Line to be able to see it. With that, if you really > want to use "Description" for ‘For’ then you can use “Notes” for ‘Payee’ > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Jun 9, 2020 w24d161, at 12:37 PM, Fran_3 via gnucash-user > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > When making a routine random payment ... is there a way to have 2 fields... > > To:For: > > I have a number vendors that are routinely used but that are paid on the > > spot without them submitting, or us creating an invoice... > > If I just go to the bottom of the check register I only get a Description > > field... > > So unless I am very careful in how the entry is made... > > I may not be able to run easily a transaction report to get the total spent > > at a specific vendor. > > I try to enter vendor first and then what it was for... but consistency can > > be elusive. > > Yes, assigning it to an account gives me another tool but that is not > > vendor specific. > > thanks any help. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
