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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Using the Double Entry Feature</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>What is Double Entry?</h2>
Double entry is an accounting methodology used by proffesionals
to make sure that all accounts are properly balanced. When accounts
balance, the likelyhood that a data-entry error has been made is much
less. For large, complex accounts with many transactions, it is easy
to make errors that might go undetected for a long time. Double-entry
is a crucial technology for catching those errors.
<p>
A dobule-entry transaction is a transaction that appears in two
accounts. One account is debited by an amount exactly equal to
what the other is credited. Thus, all transactions are always
transfers between two accounts. Since they always appear with
a plus sign in one account, and a minus sign in the other, the
total over all accounts will always be zero, and thus, balanced
accounts are guarenteed.
<p>
Double-entry is already familiar to most people as a transfer
from one bank account to another, where money is withdrawn from
one and deposited in another. Far less familiar is the idea that
double entry can be used to track income and expenses as well as
bank transfers. See the "Income/Expense" help window for more
information.
<h2>Using Double Entry</h2>
To use the double entry, click on a box in the column marked
"Transfer From" on the left-hand side of the register. A menu
will drop down, listing all of the accounts from which a transfer
may be made. Select one. When you record the transaction,
the double-entry will automatically be made, and the transaction
automatically appear in all windows showing the transfered-from
and the transferred-to accounts.
<p>
To change a double-entry transaction, edit it in any window in
which it appears. Any changes made will be automatically
reflected in both accounts and all windows displaying the
transaction. Similarly, when a double-entry transaction is
deleted, it is deleted from both accounts; blanaces are
automatically recalculated for both accounts.
<p>
To change the transfer account, simply select a new account
from the pull-down menu. When you record the transaction,
it will automatically be delected from the old account, and
inserted into the new account.
</body>
</html>

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<body>
For help on a specific topic:
<ul>
<li><a href="xacc-gpl.html" name="SEC001">Creating a new account</a>
<li><a href="xacc-gpl.html">Creating a new account</a>
<li><a href="xacc-about.html">Creating a new account</a>
<li><a href="xacc-about.html">About X-Accountant</a>
<li><a href="xacc-gpl.html" name="SEC001">License</a>
<li><a href="xacc-gpl.html">License</a>
<li><a href="xacc-accwin.html">Account Types</a>
<li><a href="xacc-accwin.html">Creating a new account</a>
<li><a href="xacc-double.html">Using Double Entry</a>
<hr>
</body>
</html>
</html>