Re: I don't understand how "balance" is computed

Bernie Cosell <[email protected]> wrote:

} I have an account with all entries reconciled [I 'm pretty sure -- I wish
} you could limit a search to a single account!] and a balance of -300.00.
} The account balance was supposed to be zero .   So I deleted one 300 dollar
} payment...  and the balance didn't change.
} 
} why didn't deleting the transaction  change the balance??? [i tried
} changing it from reconciled to cleared to uncleared to voiding it and
} deleting it and the -300 balance didn't change].

I figured it out.  The problem was that I hadn't really saved the
deleted/voided transaction.   It *looked* like it was gone from the
register, but when I hit an extra <return> I got the usual {void a
reconciled transaction} and when I hit "yes" everything got balanced
properly
  /Bernie\
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Bernie Cosell                     Fantasy Farm Fibers
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