GnuCash User Manual


Table of Contents
About GnuCash
Introduction
Advanced Features
Versioning
Lead Developers
Fixers and Patchers
Supported Operating Systems
History
Editing an Account
Editing an Account
Account Types
Account Types
Asset and Liability Barcharts
Asset and Liability Barcharts
Asset and Liability Piecharts
Asset and Liability Piecharts
New Account Window
New Account Window
Adjust Balance Window
Adjust Balance Window
Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Payable
Prepaid Expenses
Depreciation and Capital Gains
Depreciation and Capital Gains
Capital Gains - Asset Appreciation
The Handling of Capital Gains in GnuCash
Caution about Valuation
Taxation of Capital Gains
Depreciation of Assets
Depreciation schemes
The Handling of Depreciation in GnuCash
A Word of Caution
Balance Tracking Report
Balance Sheet
Balance Sheet
Creating a "commodity"
Common Report Options
Common Report Options
Currency Handling and Double Entry Bookkeeping
Currency Handling and Double Entry Bookkeeping
How to set up a foreign-currency account
ISO Currency Codes
Understanding Double-Entry Accounting
What is Double-Entry Accounting?
Why Use Double-Entry Accounting?
The Rule of Double-Entry Accounting
Using Double-Entry in GnuCash
Creating Accounts
Creating Transactions
Changing Transactions
GnuCash and the EURO
GnuCash and the EURO
Introduction
EMU Member Countries and Exchange Rates
EURO support in GnuCash
Date Accelerator Keys
Date Accelerator Keys
The Gnome MDI
The Gnome MDI
Notebook View
Multiple Windows
Single Window
Selecting MDI Modes
GnuCash as a Web Browser?
GnuCash as a Web Browser?
Using Expense/Income Accounts
What are Incomes and Expenses?
Recording Income and Expenses
Using Income/Expense Accounts
Use of Terminology In Other Software
Income & Expense Barcharts
Income & Expense Barcharts
Income & Expense Piecharts
Income & Expense Piecharts
Locating transactions with the "Find Transactions" dialog
Locating transactions with the "Find Transactions" dialog
Overview
How to use the Find Transactions dialog
Setting up a search
Modifying your search
Preferences
Chart of Accounts and Account Numbering
Chart of Accounts
A Sample Chart of Accounts
GnuCash Help Main Window
User Documentation Overview
Extended Help/System Documentation
Account Window
Multicolumn Views
Multicolumn Views
Net Worth Barchart
Net Worth Barchart
Profit And Loss Statement
Stock Portfolio Report
Stock Portfolio Report
Printing Checks
Printing Checks
Check format
Custom Check Format
Check position
Custom check position
Date format
Custom date format
Printing
Importing Quicken Data Into GnuCash
Importing Quicken data into GnuCash
Overview
Introduction to the QIF file
How to use the QIF Import dialog
The "Files" Tab
The "Accounts" and "Categories" Tabs
The Account Picker
The "OK" Button
More hints
A Guide for Former Users of Quicken
Quicken (TM) User's Guide
Quicken Categories
Quicken QIF File Import
Creating QIF Files
Loading QIF files into GnuCash
Things To Note About QIF Import
The Reconciliation Window
Reconciling
The Register Window
The Register Window
Manipulating Transactions
Viewing Transactions
Reconciliation
Stock Portfolios
Register Keyboard Shortcuts
Reports
Reports
The Report Window
Multiple Reports In A Window
Web Pages as reports
Constructing custom reports
Tax Report / TXF Export
Stock Ticker
Stock Pricing and Ticker Symbols
Transaction Report
Detailed TXF Category Descriptions
TXF Export - Known Anomalies and Limitations
TXF Export of tax data
Hacking GnuCash Documentation
About DocBook
The GnuCash Documentation Set
GnuCash and Scheme
Scheme
Scheme Documentation
Guile Scheme
Stock Price Report
Stock Price Report
Report Development
Report Development
Report Overview
The options-generator function
Accessing GnuCash Data
HTML Generation functions
The rendition function
For More Information
GnuCash Y2K Readiness
GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
Version 2, June 1991
Importing MYM Files
Managing Your Money to GnuCash Conversion
Duplicate Transactions
List of Tables
1. Historical Development Stats
1. Bad Debt Expense Example
1. Turning an Accrued Gain into a Realized Gain
2. Accrued Gain becomes Realized Loss
3. Accrued Gain becomes Realized Gain
4. Accrued Gain Becomes Handsome Realized Gain
5. Example 1
6. Example 2
7. Example 3
1. ISO Currency Codes
1. EMU Exchange Rates
1. Accounting for Salary
2. A More Complex Paycheque
1. Code List for European Markets
2. Pseudo-symbols that can be used for TIAA-CREF quotes
1. Detailed TXF Category Descriptions