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2001-05-25 Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com>
* doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml: fix warnings * doc/sgml/C/xacc-quickstart.sgml: fix warnings 2001-05-24 Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com> * doc/sgml/C/xacc-features.sgml: fix docs * doc/sgml/C/xacc-account-summary.sgml: fix spelling git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@4280 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd
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@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ To get straight to work recording your finances, try the
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For more information about the many features that GnuCash
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offers, have a look at the <link linkend="xacc-features">Features
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</link> page.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="xacc-versioning">
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<title>Versioning</title>
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<para> </para>
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<para>The versioning scheme for GnuCash parallels that of the
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Linux kernel, where "even" sub-versions indicate versions that
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are intended to be stable, only seeing maintenance to fix bugs,
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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ purposes.
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<para>If this option is selected, the individual balances for
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parent (non-leaf) accounts are shown. Many people do not use
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parent accounts for transactions and thus this balance is not
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usefu.</para>
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useful.</para>
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<listitem><para>Show subtotals</para>
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<para>Show totals for groups of accounts including a parent and
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all their children, as well as by account type.</para>
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@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
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<para>Support for <emphasis><link linkend="xacc-currencyhandling">multiple
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currencies</link></emphasis> and <emphasis>currency trading accounts.
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</emphasis>
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(partial, still broken).
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(partial, still limited).
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Bank accounts may be established in different
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currencies, and trades at varying exchange rates may be
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made, in much the same way stocks trade at varying
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
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powerful, and reliable personal finance program. This virtually
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all-new version has an extensive list of features, and if you
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want to know everything GnuCash can do, check the
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<link linkend="xacc-features">features section</link of this manual.
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<link linkend="xacc-features">features section</link> of this manual.
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However, if you're like us and impatient to get some work done,
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that can wait until later.</para>
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@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@
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</title>
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<para>
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At its core, GnuCash is a tool for tracking <emph>transactions</emph>.
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A transaction is a record of money being removed from one "account"
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and placed in another. To take a simple example, say you have
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two bank accounts - a cheque account (that's checking, for the Americans
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in the audience . . .), and an investment account, and you transfer
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$500 from the cheque account to the investment account. GnuCash
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records that transfer.
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At its core, GnuCash is a tool for tracking
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<emphasis>transactions</emphasis>. A transaction is a record
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of money being removed from one "account" and placed in
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another. To take a simple example, say you have two bank
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accounts - a cheque account (that's checking, for the
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Americans in the audience . . .), and an investment account,
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and you transfer $500 from the cheque account to the
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investment account. GnuCash records that transfer.
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</para>
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<para>
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@@ -64,21 +65,22 @@
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</para>
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<para>
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Now, if you're going to keep proper track of your finances, you'll
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obviously want to create a variety of expense and income
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accounts for keeping track of various transactions you'll make -
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in fact, setting up the right set of accounts is the key to
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making GnuCash work for you.
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However, if you create many different accounts, it can be a pain
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to keep track of them all. GnuCash has a way of dealing with
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this, though. It lets you create a <emph>tree</emph>of accounts.
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For instance, you can create a "Utilities" expense account, and
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then create "Utilities:Power", "Utilities:Gas", and "Utilities:Phone".
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We term "Utilities" to be the "parent" account, and the three others
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to be "subaccounts". When you produce <link linkend="xacc-reports">
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reports</link> of your financial data, you can choose whether
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to display a summary of all "utilities" accounts, or data for
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each individual account.
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Now, if you're going to keep proper track of your finances,
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you'll obviously want to create a variety of expense and
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income accounts for keeping track of various transactions
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you'll make - in fact, setting up the right set of accounts
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is the key to making GnuCash work for you. However, if you
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create many different accounts, it can be a pain to keep
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track of them all. GnuCash has a way of dealing with this,
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though. It lets you create a <emphasis>tree</emphasis>of
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accounts. For instance, you can create a "Utilities"
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expense account, and then create "Utilities:Power",
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"Utilities:Gas", and "Utilities:Phone". We term "Utilities"
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to be the "parent" account, and the three others to be
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"subaccounts". When you produce <link
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linkend="xacc-reports"> reports</link> of your financial
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data, you can choose whether to display a summary of all
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"utilities" accounts, or data for each individual account.
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</para>
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<para>
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@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@
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If you have used another personal finance program that
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can export QIF files, such as Quicken or Microsoft Money,
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you can import the data into GnuCash. See the instructions
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for the <link linkend="xacc-quicken">QIF importer.
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for the <link linkend="xacc-quicken">QIF importer</link>.
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</para>
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<para>Once you've done that, you're ready to go - but first,
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@@ -150,11 +152,11 @@
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to group similar sorts of accounts - very useful
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when reporting your financial data. You can
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rearrange your accounts to use a more tree-like
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structure by using the <link linkend=xacc-edit-accounts">
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Account Edit Dialog.</link>
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structure by using the <link linkend="xacc-accountedit">
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Account Edit Dialog</link>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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@@ -163,14 +165,14 @@
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</title>
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<para>
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Once the druid has done it's thing, you'll end up
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at the GnuCash <link linkend="xacc-main-window">main
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at the GnuCash <link linkend="xacc-mainwin">main
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window.</link> To start entering transactions, select
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the appropriate account and click on the "open" button
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on the the toolbar. This brings up the account's
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<link linkend="xacc-regwin">register</link>, so you
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can enter transactions.
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You might also want to <link linkend="xacc-new-account">
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add more accounts</link> or <link linkend="xacc-edit-accounts">
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You might also want to <link linkend="xacc-newacctwin">
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add more accounts</link> or <link linkend="xacc-accountedit">
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change something</link> about
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existing accounts.
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</para>
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