Personal preference. For example, depending on the nature of the conversation, (like for multiple points/questions to discuss) I’ll use in-line, but I usually use top posting, as in this case.
While I see it occasionally, bottom-posting is the least used in these parts as it means you have to scroll to read the reply. Regards, Adrien > On Jan 11, 2019, at 11:08 AM, Patrick <plafr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Andre, > > Thanks for the advice. This definitely gives me some possible alternatives > to consider. > > I am not able to find a page that gives the etiquette rules for this > mailing list. Is top-posting preferred on this list? I noticed that some > people do and some don't. > > Thanks, > Patrick > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 6:24 AM Andre Powell <apowell...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Patrick, >> The method that I use for budgeting is well "old-fashioned". My salary is >> paid every fifteen days and my wife once a month, hence the two-week setup, >> and the quarterly view because in my prior career we managed our P&Ls >> monthly but with quarterly plans so mentally I am kind of used to that way >> of thinking (or maybe I don't want to scroll so much). >> >> When income comes in is when I actually use the budget to plan where the >> money is going to go (a mixture of Dave Ramsey and YNAB). I use the >> Bills/Invoice feature to keep track of the bills that need to be paid, but >> they don't get paid until they are planned for. >> >> For monitoring purposes, I use the Budget Report to do exactly that. You >> can set it up to see a period before and after your current account period >> (mine being set at a quarter), which will show your carryover. I am always >> striving for a balanced budget (move/spend less money to make sure that the >> budget is balanced. But in theory, you could create a second report with a >> longer view (perhaps yearly) to see your overall progress with the period >> before. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:30 AM Patrick <plafr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Andre, >>> >>> Thank you for the response. For each two-week period within the quarter, >>> did you just have to copy the budget entries from each column to the next? >>> That is what I would like to avoid, if possible. >>> >>> I would like to use one budget so that it is easy to see carryover from >>> one budget period to the next. If I create a new budget for each quarter, I >>> don't know of a way to get cumulative surplus/deficit for each budget >>> category from the previous quarter. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Patrick >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 4:15 AM Andre Powell <apowell...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Patrick, >>>> I made a template and under the Budget menu just make a duplicate/copy >>>> as needed (my accounting period is quarterly and the budgets are every two >>>> weeks). >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 10:34 PM Patrick <plafr...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I recently started using GnuCash. Is there a way to copy one month's >>>>> budget >>>>> to the next month? I have a budget with a large number of entries, and >>>>> copying each entry individually is somewhat cumbersome. >>>>> >>>>> Any help is appeciated. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Patrick >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >> >> -- >> Andre >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.