Hello,
I've not been following gnucash for some time. I've just dug up some data
to get a checking account back in order. I only have about a dozen
transactions to enter. After entering a few checks and a couple of
deposits, I got a dialog box popping up saying that the current transaction
was not balanced. What does that mean?
This means that you need to understand how double entry accounting works. :)
I would suggest you start by reading the documentation: http://www.gnucash.org/docs/
Specifically, chapter 2, and I would especially recommend the first two sections:
http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v1.8/C/gnucash-guide/chapter2.html
Now, having given you these links, let me see if I can help you get started. You need at least 2 accounts for every transaction, and money cannot be created from nowhere. You cannot simply start using GnuCash by moving money from your checking account to an expense account. Why not? Because GnuCash does not know where that money come from originally. Simplifying a bit here, money can only arrive in GnuCash via an "Income" account, or the "Equity:Opening Balances" account. You need to put money in your accounts becore you can move it around.
So, typically, people *start* by setting their initial balances in the bank account as a transaction from "Equity:Opening Balances" to "Assets:Savings". "Equity::Opening Balances" is a special account to deal with just this very situation.
I hope this helps, and please read the manual and let me know if it explains things well.
-Jon
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