[GNC] Using GnuCash as an Accounting Tutor

[Adrien Monteleone]

+1.

Those two preferences will most closely resemble pen & paper and should 
greatly assist them learning accounting.

Also turning on View > Notes, doesn't hurt as my own accounting text 
uses explanatory notes on some journal entries.

Finally, if you prefer they enter transactions in a combined journal as 
a pen & paper method would, and then simply view them in each account, 
there is Tools > General Journal. (by default I think only the last 30 
days, but you can change that with 'View > Filter by...' Sadly, there is 
no way to turn off the filter by default, and it has to be reset each 
time the General Journal is opened if desired.

*note, 'journal entry mode' is officially titled "Transaction Journal." 
(I use it exclusively, though some folks like "Auto-Split" which does 
the same but only for the currently focused transaction)

Regards,
Adrien

On 9/10/23 9:13 AM, Michael or Penny Novack wrote:
> 
>> I currently use examples built in Excel but am exploring the 
>> possibility of
>> moving to GnuCash, which allows its users to think in terms of 
>> double-entry
>> accounting using debits and credits, and to make entries using these 
>> terms.
>> It allows students to create different types of accounts
>> (asset/liability/equity), make journal entries for them using proper
>> accounting terminology, and then create financial statements.
> 
> You just have them choose the options "formal" (use debit and credit) 
> and "journal entry mode" (otherwise just when entering "splits")