I thought perhaps Quicken has a dialogue/wizard feature that appears as a paper check and works as an easily filled form that the user may repeatedly fill as if writing a paper check (QuickBooks had this, I imagine Quicken does too). This might be what the OP is asking to find. GnuCash doesn't have this feature. I think the previously mentioned tutorial should get the OP on the right track
Kind regards, Greg Feneis (Pixel 3) On Fri, May 13, 2022, 06:02 Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Michael, > > On Fri, May 13, 2022 8:50 am, Michael or Penny Novack wrote: > >> First, I highly recommend you read the GnuCash documentation. The > >> Tutorial and Guide are very useful in explaining the concepts, and the > >> Help is useful at explaining what the buttons do. > >> > >> Having said that, there are two ways to enter a transaction like a > >> Check. > >> The first is to open the Transfer Dialog (Ctrl-T) and enter the date, > >> amount, source (e.g. Assets:Checking) and destination (e.g. > >> Expenses:Rent). > >> The second is to open the account register of the checking account and > >> from there you can create a transaction for the expense. > > > > OR, in the second case, you could open the account for the expense and > > do it there. With gnucash, entering a transaction affecting just two > > accounts you can do it form the ledger account of either. But please > > note IF AN EXPENSE. When you write a check, this will be a credit to the > > checking account. The debit side of the transaction will usually be an > > account under expense BUT NOT NECESSARILY SO. For some examples: > > Considering the OP said "doesn't know accounting", I chose not to > introduce this because in the majority of cases it will just confuse the > user and they will enter the transaction incorrectly. Also, most humans > intuitively understand transactions from an Asset or Liability, but have a > much harder time "originating" a transaction from an Income or Expense > account. > > Yes, a user CAN enter a transaction from any account, but IMNSHO a newbie > user should be encouraged to enter them from an Asset or Liability account > to reduce the chance of errors and confusion. > > Thanks, > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ > 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.