Ok, thanks. Yes, I'd always appreciated that about top-posting - not having to scroll to the bottom. I'd just recalled in the past having used mailing lists that didn't allow it.
Thanks, Patrick >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 <plafratt at 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 <apowell656 at 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 <plafratt at 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 <apowell656 at 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 <plafratt at 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 at 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 at 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.