On Sat, 2019-01-05 at 11:41 -0500, Mike Kerstetter wrote: > Hello all. I'm brand new to gnucash. I want it to do just the basics > of > keeping a register and reconciliation of a couple bank and credit > card > accounts. I had Money Sunset Deluxe and currently have Quicken (which > is > now charging a yearly subscription). I'm muddling through setting up > my > accounts and I am baffled at the seemingly backward credit and debit > columns in the register. A deposit to my Checking (or payment to my > credit card account) shows up under "DEBIT" and a charge to my > accounts > shows up under "CREDIT". The balance is correct. Am I doing > something > wrong in my set-up? > > Thanks, > > Mike Kerstetter
What others have said. In the meantime.... Uncheck the "Use formal accounting labels" box under Edit -> Preferences -> Accounts. -- N. B. Day 39.4042 North, 119.7377 West and 1387 meters up, Temp: -3.9 C (KRNO) Sat, 2019-01-05 at 09:34 PST (UTC -0800) Epicurus up 21:15, 1 user, load average: 1.27, 0.66, 0.35 Linux 4.18.0-13-generic Ubuntu Disco Dingo (development branch), GNOME Shell 3.30.1 This computer in service for 2900 days. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.