With regard to Debit/Credit: common use of these terms is not the same as use in formal accounting. Take a look at the Guide beginning at https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/basics-accounting1.html <https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/basics-accounting1.html>
Cheers, David > On Sep 13, 2017, at 7:48 PM, Fross, Michael <mich...@fross.org> wrote: > > Keith, > > I unchecked "Use Formal Accounting Labels" in the Preferences Accounts > tab. This confused me as well, but the new "Deposit" "Withdrawal" make a > lot more sense to me. > > I'm interested to hear how this is correct in accounting speak. > > Michael > > On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Keith Winans <winanske...@gmx.com> wrote: > >> I only want to use the gnucash register to keep track of my deposits and >> payments. >> I would like to remove 'Num, Transfer, and R' from the list of columns. >> Is there any way to do this? >> >> Also, the Debit and Credit columns seem to me to be backward. >> I enter a deposit in the Credit column and it comes out as a negative. >> I enter a payment in the Debit column and it comes in as a deposit. >> Please clarify this for me please, this is my first time to use a check >> register program. >> Thanks, >> Keith >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> 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 > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.