GnuCash system

[Alex Aycinena]

Arnold,

On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Arnold Schippers <schippaf at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> Dear Alex
>
> Sorry for lack of information on previous email. I have just downloaded a
> version of GnuCash accounts, your email address was in the tutorial section
> of this program, and in hindsight may
> not have been there for my purpose, which is to find somebody who might be
> able to advise
> me if there are any tutorial classes being held.
> If your not involved with this group, please accept my apology for
> disturbing you.
>
> Regards
>
> Arnold
>

Welcome to gnucash and I hope it helps you with your personal accounting
needs.

There is a very active gnucash-user mailing list which should be used for
questions like this. I have replied with a copy to the list. You should go
to www.gnucash.org to subscribe to the list. You can also manage your own
subscription from there (like if you decide later you want to un-subscribe,
you can do it yourself).

There are a number of reasons you should ask questions on the list:
- you are more likely to get a response from several people looking at your
questions rather than just one
- there may be someone else who is better positioned to give a good answer
than the person you otherwise may choose to ask
- other people who may have similar issues will benefit from you questions
and answers you get

Also, from monitoring the list you will learn a lot if you choose to go on
using gnucash. Most users don't expect to be directly contacted with
questions. But you are encouraged to ask any question you want on the list,
as long as it is pertinent to gnucash.

There are not any tutorial classes for gnucash, to my knowledge. However,
most people find that the Tutorial and Concepts Guide which is provided
with the product (and is also available online) is very useful for getting
started.

One issue that new users sometimes struggle with is basic accounting
principles. If you have some modest background with basic accounting
concepts, the guide should be adequate to get you started with using
gnucash as a tool for accomplishing your accounting goals. However, if you
have no background in accounting at all, then it all may seem overwhelming.
In that case, I would suggest that you first get an introductory book on
accounting (online, library, used book store, whatever) so that you
understand "what" you are trying to do first, then use the Tutorial and
Concepts Guide to learn "how" to do it using gnucash as the tool.

Regards,

Alex