<title>Enter a transaction directly into the account register</title>
<category>accounts</category>
<klink type="prcdr">How do I enter a transaction directly into the account register?</klink>
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<tease>Why?</tease>
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<p>You can see more of your transactions at once if you enter them directly into the <glossary>account register</glossary>, rather than in the <glossary tNum="287300">transaction forms</glossary>.</p>
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<li>Go to the account that you want to work with.</li>
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<li>On the <emph>Accounts & Bills</emph> menu, click <emph>Account List</emph>.</li>
<li>Click the appropriate account.</li>
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<li>In the upper right of the page, clear the <emph>Show Transaction Forms</emph> check box.</li>
<li>Double-click the first blank line in your account register.</li>
<li>Enter the appropriate information, and then click <emph>Enter</emph>.</li>
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<tease>Tip</tease>
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<p>Rather than manually entering information, you can click <emph>Common Transactions</emph> and then click <emph>Withdrawal</emph>, <emph>Deposit</emph>, or <emph>Transfer</emph> to select a transaction that you make regularly.</p>
