Financial Review Assistance

[Jack Halem]

Hi Hilary,
I discovered how to utilize GNU Cash by myself.
I tried for several years utilize GNU Cash and failed miserably.
I was frustrated and angry.
Then I used the following approach and realized the good things about 
GNU Cash - plus I became a patient new user - I am still learning.
First I highly recommend that you use a Current Linux distributionas 
your operating system.
The current distributions of Ubuntu or what I highly recommend Linux 
Mint Mate edition allows simple installation of acurrent version of GNU 
Cash.
GNU Cash not only is easy to install in the recommended Linux 
Distributions I mentioned, it operates as if it came with the computer - 
like it was there all the time, just waiting to be usedby you.
*Secondly, any goo**d bookkeeper will easily see just how **ordinary the 
layout of GNU Cash**is*.
GNU Cash follows practical bookkeeping practices.
Also, if a bookkeeper is a good one they already know these principles 
and I discovered more helpful information.
The business book for GNU Cash by Ashok Ramachandran is very helpful.
The book not only gives direct help, it also teaches you the basic 
bookkeeping principles.
Having the book by my side was extremely helpful.
I used the book and the help contained in GNU Cash to answer every 
question and/or problem I had.
The book instructs you to turn off the automatic save feature - this 
prevents you saving you mistakes and having to start all over again.
_/Edit - Preferences - General t/__/hen set to zero./_

I am a very small business andmyself like people in business want 
"someone else" to do the work.
I discovered in using GNU Cash, doing it myself was the best answer - 
and one must be patient.
Without patience, I was doomed for failure.
Another great hit was when I saved my work into a WIP (Work In Progress) 
file of GNU Cash.
I then continued to do my learning using the WIP GNU Cash file.
_When I was satisfied with my progress, did I save my WIP GNU Cash file 
into my permanent GNU Cash file_.
This eliminated my having to start over again, which I had done so many 
times in the past.
I simply ended up with two GNU Cash files.
One on my desktop and another located in my home folder.
I just copy the desktop file onto other file, and I back up the second file.
Since I am still learning I use my desktop file for all mywork.
Once I am 100% certain that my desktop file of GNU Cash is OK, I then 
copy that file onto the one that I back up.
_I can't emphasize enough how much easier it is to use GNU Cash, on__ce 
I learned to be patient and realize that individ__uals were spending 
their time for free to__support and improve the program_.
Your needs are easily handled in GNU Cash - patience is the answer.
Since GNU Cash is Open Source and free to use - your bookkeeper and 
other interested parties can all share your WIP file and you can assist 
each other via Internet.
*I can't emphasize enough that patience and being practical minded **was 
the biggest asset for me in getting to **appreciate and utilize **GNU Cash*.
Yes my overall progress was slow - over two years - but again, once I 
started working "with" and "not against" the program, things began to 
fall into place.
I learned the hard way - I hope you can take the easy way.
Jack Halem.


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On 08/29/2013 12:48 PM, Hilary wrote:
> Hello GnuCash community,
>
> I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this request - I apologize 
> if it is not.  I work for a small non profit doing basic bookkeeping.  
> We're looking for someone with financial expertise, familiar with 
> gnucash and located in the tristate area who can assist with some 
> financial review of our books.  We have a small budget available for 
> this project.
>
> If anyone on this list is interested, or has potential contacts, 
> please let me know.
>
> It's much appreciated.
>
> Best,
> Hilary
> May First/People Link
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