/* Sort order: Imagine a first time user. When is your tip useful? */ N_( "The GnuCash online manual has lots of helpful information. \ You can access the manual under the Help menu.") /* Translators: You can replace the link, if a translated page exists. */ N_( "Mailing lists are the preferred form of communication in the \ GnuCash community. For announcements of new releases, user groups etc. \ see the table at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists") N_( "The GnuCash developers are easy to contact. As well \ as several mailing lists, you can chat to them live on IRC! \ Join them on #gnucash at irc.gnome.org") N_( "You can easily import your existing financial data from Quicken, \ MS Money or other programs that export QIF files or OFX files. In the \ File menu, click on the sub-menu Import and click on QIF or OFX file, \ respectively. Then, follow the instructions provided.") N_( "If you want to know in which directories your recent GnuCash files \ are stored, hover over one of the entries in the history menu\n(File[->\ Most Recently Used-List]).\nThe full path is displayed in the status bar.") N_( "If you are familiar with other financial programs such as Quicken, \ note that GnuCash uses accounts instead of categories to track \ income and expenses. For more information on income and expense \ accounts, please see the GnuCash online manual.") N_( "It is possible to change which columns display in the Chart of \ Accounts. Just locate the triangle at the far right of the column \ headings, and click it to see the different columns available.") N_( "Click the right mouse button (control-click in Mac OS X) in the \ Accounts tab of the main window to bring up the \ account menu options. Within each register, clicking the right \ mouse button brings up the transaction menu options.") N_( "Create new accounts by clicking the New button in the main window \ tool bar. This will bring up a dialog box where you can enter \ account details. For more information on choosing an account type \ or setting up a chart of accounts, please see the GnuCash online \ manual.") N_( "Every transaction has a \"Notes\" field where you can put useful \ information.\n\n\ To make it visible\n\ select \"View\" in the menu bar and check \"Double Line\" or\n\ check \"Double Line View\" in Preferences:Register Defaults.") N_( "To enter multiple-split transactions such as a paycheck with \ multiple deductions, click the Split button in the tool bar. \ Alternatively, in the View menu, you can choose the register \ style Auto-Split Ledger or Transaction Journal.") N_( "As you enter amounts in the register, you can use the GnuCash \ calculator to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Simply type \ the first value, then select '+', '-','*', or '/'. Type the \ second value and press Enter to record the calculated amount.") N_( "Quick-fill makes it easy to enter common transactions. When you \ type the first letter(s) of a common transaction description, \ then press the Tab key, GnuCash will automatically complete \ the remainder of the transaction as it was last entered.") N_( "Type the first letter(s) of an existing account name in the \ Transfer register column, and GnuCash will complete the name from \ your list of accounts. For subaccounts, type the first letter(s) \ of the parent account, followed by ':' and the first letter(s) of \ the subaccount (e.g. A:C for Assets:Cash).") N_( "Want to see all your subaccount transactions in one register? \ From the Accounts tab in the main window, highlight the parent account \ and select Edit->Open Subaccounts from the menu.") N_( "When entering dates, you can type '+' or '-' to increment or \ decrement the selected date. You can use '+' and '-' to increment and \ decrement check numbers as well.") N_( "To switch between multiple tabs in the main window, press \ Control+Page Up/Down.") N_( "In the reconcile window, you can press the spacebar to mark \ transactions as reconciled. You can also press Tab and Shift-Tab to \ move between deposits and withdrawals.") N_( "To transfer funds between accounts with different currencies, \ click on the Transfer button in the register toolbar, select the \ accounts, and the Currency Transfer options for entering the exchange \ rate or the other currency's amount will be available.") N_( "You can set the Security Editor screen to display the Quote Source \ of a security, which makes it easy to see which online sources your \ securities use. Click the triangle at the far right of the column \ headings to change the display.") N_( "You can pack multiple reports into a single window, \ providing all the financial information you want at a glance. \ To do so, use the Sample & Custom->\"Custom Multicolumn Report\" \ report.") N_( "Style Sheets affect how reports are displayed. Choose \ a style sheet for your report as a report option, and use \ the Edit->Style Sheets menu to customize style sheets.") N_( "To raise the accounts menu in the transfer field of a register \ page, press the Menu key or the Ctrl-Down key combination.") N_( "The scheduled transaction editor comes with a very flexible \ frequency configurator. Basic frequencies to schedule a transaction \ include daily, weekly and monthly. But more advanced schemes can be \ set up as well. Some examples:\n\nTo schedule a transaction every \ three weeks, you can choose the weekly basic frequency and then \ set 'Every 3 weeks'.\n\nTo schedule a transaction every year \ you can choose the monthly basic frequency and then set 'Every \ 12 months'.") N_( "If you work overnight, you should close and reopen your working \ registers after midnight, to get the new date as default for new \ transactions. It is not necessary to restart GnuCash.") N_( "To search through all your transactions, start a search (Edit->\ Find…) from the main accounts hierarchy page. To limit your search \ to a single account, start the search from that account's register.") N_( "To visually compare on screen the contents of 2 tabs, \ in one of the tabs, select Window->New Window with Page \ from the menu to duplicate that tab in a new window.") N_( "There is a theory that if ever anyone discovers what \ the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly \ disappear and be replaced with something even more bizarre and \ inexplicable.\n\ There is another theory that this has already happened.\n\n\ Douglas Adams, \"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe\"") /* Douglas Adams should be the last tip. Insert new tips in front of it. */