[GNC] Switching from Quickbooks and getting started

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Hello, Christine, and welcome to GnuCash!

One way to get started is:

 1. Read through GnuCash's Tutorial and Concepts Guide
    <https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=4&lang=C&doc=guide>,
 2. Download the GnuCash app <https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml>
 3. Install the GnuCash app: do the usual thing on Windows and macOS,
    and read <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation> for Linux or
    if you encounter problems
 4. Run GnuCash, create a simple new account hierarchy and new book,
    purely for experimentation. Import data. Try things out. Make
    mistakes. It's only a test book, not your real data.
 5. Now start over and make your real account hierarchy and new real
    book. Start importing data for real.
 6. As needed, read the GnuCash Help manual
    <https://www.gnucash.org/viewdoc.phtml?rev=4&lang=C&doc=help>.
 7. As needed, get help from the community. Send mail to this list,
    follow suggestions at <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Getting_Help>.
 8. Consider how well you understand the fundamentals of double-entry
    bookkeeping. GnuCash requires you to use double-entry concepts, it
    does not attempt to hide them from you. If double-entry bookkeeping
    is new to you, maybe read an introductory accounting textbook.

Are those clues helpful? Best regards,
     —Jim DeLaHunt


On 2022-06-02 12:13, Christine McSweeney wrote:
> I have been using Quickbooks for personal finances and a small business for
> which I generate invoices.  Haven't a clue for how to set up gnuchash
>
> *Christine*
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