James, good news - your reasoning is no longer valid. If you check the
release notes for version 4.0 you will see this sensational new feature
was released:
"New type-ahead search added to sequential search when selecting an
account in the register: Instead of typing the first few characters of a
top level account, the separator, the first few characters of the next
level account and so on you may instead type a few characters of any
part of a full account name and the drop-list will be filtered to
contain only matching accounts. Once you have a small enough list you
can use the arrow keys to select the account that you want."
https://www.gnucash.org/news.phtml
So don't delay, upgrade today, and give your tired typing fingers a well
earned rest!
Regards
Geoff
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P.S. THANK YOU to the crew that delivered this feature, it has made a
huge difference to data entry usability.
On 20/02/2021 6:32 pm, Jamestk wrote:
Hello good folks,
Having used GNC for many years the time has come to create a new data file
along with associated accounts. Before doing so i wanted to reacquaint
myself with the basic principals behind GNC operation, basically because i
would like to simplify my data entry.
Firstly, is it necessary to create accounts under each heading such as
'expense' 'credit card', 'bank account' and so on?
My thoughts are yes if you intend to run balance sheet or cash flow reports,
in my situation I export accounts individually into HTML then excel or
similar
My reasoning is to reduce the number of keystrokes or scrolling when
entering data, for example typing in a petrol receipt currently requires
expense:car:petrol to be selected in drop down, it would be far easier to
hit the shortcut key for petrol if petrol were a main and not sub account
(if that makes any sense?)
To summarise, my main objective using GNC is very basic double entry book
keeping to ensure cash ends up where it's sent and duplicate entries are not
made, for any report I use excel.
Thanks for reading
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