Chapter 4. Transactions

Table of Contents

4.1. Basic Concepts
4.2. The Account Register
4.2.1. Simple Two Account Transaction
4.2.2. Multi Account Transaction
4.2.3. Features of the Account Register
4.3. Choosing a Register Style
4.4. Using Entry Shortcuts
4.5. Reconciliation
4.5.1. Reconcile Window
4.6. Putting It All Together
4.6.1. Opening Balances
4.6.2. Additional Transaction Examples

This chapter will give you the basic information you need to understand and use transactions in GnuCash. Whereas accounts are the framework and structure of a chart of accounts, transactions are the data which fills each account.