Harald, The following section in the GnuCash help manual gives the details of creating a transaction entry in GnuCash (https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-help/trans-enter.html).
It assumes that you have the register (table of transactions for a specific account) open. You can do this in the Accounts tab which is the first window GnuCash opens at by double clicking on a specific account, e.g. an Asset:Current Assets: Checking Account if you have initially created a default Common Account heirarchy when you first opened GnuCash. Gnucash is a formal double entry accounting package. To use it effectively you will need at least some basic information on double entry accounting which is presented in the section headed The Basics in the Getting Started section of the guide (https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v3/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_basics.html) that John referred you to earlier. The help manual referenced above is a description of the GnuCash interfaces and how to use them while the Tutorial and Concepts guide is more oriented at how to perform common accounting functions using GnuCash. To track a single expense you will require a minimum of two accounts, one Asset account to record where the cash (e.g. Asset:CurrentAssets:Cash in Wallet) you are paying for drugs is coming from and an Expense account to record your purchases of drugs from the pharmacy (e.g. Expense:Pharmacy:Drugs) and each purchase is recorded as taking money from your cash account ( a credit to it) and a corresponding debit entry to the Expense:Pharmacy:Drugs accountto record receiving the drugs in return for the money. If this is the only expenditure you really want to track GnuCash will possibly be overkill for you and a simple spreadsheet may better meet your needs. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
