A help to me was to turn off 'Use Formal Accounting Labels" in the settings when I started (and have never enabled that.) I feel it is much easier to understand for non-accounting people.
On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 12:53 PM Mark via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Oct 20, 2023 09:06:46 Michael or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@comcast.net > >: > > > That might not be of much help (understanding the terms "debit" and > "credit") > > > > History might, … > > > My point was that you don't *have* to learn all that before GnuCash will > be useful to you. The history *is* helpful to understand the terms fully, > but to start using GnuCash, you can start with learning how to enter where > the money comes from and where it goes, and learn more as you need it. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.