newbie starting with gnucash

[Josh Sled]

On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:49, James Bowes wrote:

> I have been watching this list for a while now. I would like to begin
> using Gnucash and I was thinking that I could set up a basic account
> with the standard stuff: assets, liabilities, expenses, etc.

When you create a new file you will be prompted through a Druid allowing
you to select various standard account-tree profiles.

If they don't work for you, you can move transactions and accounts
around pretty easily.


> Would I first set up a placeholder and then add the basic stuff as
> subaccounts? from there I was thinking I would import a bank statement
> to help me get a handle on the money flow.

If you're still not convinced, then "plan to throw one away" -- do a
prototype run [data-file creation + import] with the expectation that
you're going to throw the data file away at the end...

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