1 N_( "The GnuCash online manual has lots of helpful information. \ 2 You can access the manual under the Help menu.") 3 4 /* Translators: You can replace the link, if a translated page exists. */ 5 N_( "Mailing lists are the preferred form of communication in the \ 6 GnuCash community. For announcements of new releases, user groups etc. \ 7 see the table at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists") 8 9 N_( "The GnuCash developers are easy to contact. As well \ 10 as several mailing lists, you can chat to them live on IRC! \ 11 Join them on #gnucash at irc.gnome.org") 12 13 N_( "You can easily import your existing financial data from Quicken, \ 14 MS Money or other programs that export QIF files or OFX files. In the \ 15 File menu, click on the sub-menu Import and click on QIF or OFX file, \ 16 respectively. Then, follow the instructions provided.") 17 18 N_( "If you are familiar with other financial programs such as Quicken, \ 19 note that GnuCash uses accounts instead of categories to track \ 20 income and expenses. For more information on income and expense \ 21 accounts, please see the GnuCash online manual.") 22 23 N_( "It is possible to change which columns display in the Chart of \ 24 Accounts. Just locate the triangle at the far right of the column \ 25 headings, and click it to see the different columns available.") 26 27 N_( "Click the right mouse button (control-click in Mac OS X) in the \ 28 Accounts tab of the main window to bring up the \ 29 account menu options. Within each register, clicking the right \ 30 mouse button brings up the transaction menu options.") 31 32 N_( "Create new accounts by clicking the New button in the main window \ 33 tool bar. This will bring up a dialog box where you can enter \ 34 account details. For more information on choosing an account type \ 35 or setting up a chart of accounts, please see the GnuCash online \ 36 manual.") 37 38 N_( "Every transaction has a \"Notes\" field where you can put useful \ 39 information.\n\n\ 40 To make it visible\n\ 41 select \"View\" in the menu bar and check \"Double Line\" or\n\ 42 check \"Double Line Mode\" in Preferences:Register Defaults.") 43 44 N_( "To enter multiple-split transactions such as a paycheck with \ 45 multiple deductions, click the Split button in the tool bar. \ 46 Alternatively, in the View menu, you can choose the register \ 47 style Auto-Split Ledger or Transaction Journal.") 48 49 N_( "As you enter amounts in the register, you can use the GnuCash \ 50 calculator to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Simply type \ 51 the first value, then select '+', '-','*', or '/'. Type the \ 52 second value and press Enter to record the calculated amount.") 53 54 N_( "Quick-fill makes it easy to enter common transactions. When you \ 55 type the first letter(s) of a common transaction description, \ 56 then press the Tab key, GnuCash will automatically complete \ 57 the remainder of the transaction as it was last entered.") 58 59 N_( "Type the first letter(s) of an existing account name in the \ 60 Transfer register column, and GnuCash will complete the name from \ 61 your list of accounts. For subaccounts, type the first letter(s) \ 62 of the parent account, followed by ':' and the first letter(s) of \ 63 the subaccount (e.g. A:C for Assets:Cash).") 64 65 N_( "Want to see all your subaccount transactions in one register? \ 66 From the Accounts tab in the main window, highlight the parent account \ 67 and select Edit->Open Subaccounts from the menu.") 68 69 N_( "When entering dates, you can type '+' or '-' to increment or \ 70 decrement the selected date. You can use '+' and '-' to increment and \ 71 decrement check numbers as well.") 72 73 N_( "To switch between multiple tabs in the main window, press \ 74 Control+Page Up/Down.") 75 76 N_( "In the reconcile window, you can press the spacebar to mark \ 77 transactions as reconciled. You can also press Tab and Shift-Tab to \ 78 move between deposits and withdrawals.") 79 80 N_( "To transfer funds between accounts with different currencies, \ 81 click on the Transfer button in the register toolbar, select the \ 82 accounts, and the Currency Transfer options for entering the exchange \ 83 rate or the other currency's amount will be available.") 84 85 N_( "You can set the Security Editor screen to display the Quote Source \ 86 of a security, which makes it easy to see which online sources your \ 87 securities use. Click the triangle at the far right of the column \ 88 headings to change the display.") 89 90 N_( "You can pack multiple reports into a single window, \ 91 providing all the financial information you want at a glance. \ 92 To do so, use the Sample & Custom->\"Custom Multicolumn Report\" \ 93 report.") 94 95 N_( "Style Sheets affect how reports are displayed. Choose \ 96 a style sheet for your report as a report option, and use \ 97 the Edit->Style Sheets menu to customize style sheets.") 98 99 N_( "To raise the accounts menu in the transfer field of a register \ 100 page, press the Menu key or the Ctrl-Down key combination.") 101 102 N_( "The scheduled transaction editor comes with a very flexible \ 103 frequency configurator. Basic frequencies to schedule a transaction \ 104 include daily, weekly and monthly. But more advanced schemes can be \ 105 set up as well. Some examples:\n\nTo schedule a transaction every \ 106 three weeks, you can choose the weekly basic frequency and then \ 107 set 'Every 3 weeks'.\n\nTo schedule a transaction every year \ 108 you can choose the monthly basic frequency and then set 'Every \ 109 12 months'.") 110 111 N_( "If you work overnight, you should close and reopen your working \ 112 registers after midnight, to get the new date as default for new \ 113 transactions. It is not necessary to restart GnuCash.") 114 115 N_( "To search through all your transactions, start a search (Edit->\ 116 Find...) from the main accounts hierarchy page. To limit your search \ 117 to a single account, start the search from that account's register.") 118 119 N_( "To visually compare on screen the contents of 2 tabs, \ 120 in one of the tabs, select Window->New Window with Page \ 121 from the menu to duplicate that tab in a new window.") 122 123 N_( "There is a theory that if ever anyone discovers what \ 124 the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly \ 125 disappear and be replaced with something even more bizarre and \ 126 inexplicable.\n\ 127 There is another theory that this has already happened.\n\n\ 128 Douglas Adams, \"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe\"") 129 130 /* Douglas Adams should be the last tip. Insert new tips in front of it. */ 131