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  <title><application>&app;</application> Tutorial and Concepts Guide</title>
  <edition>V&manrevision;</edition>

  <copyright>
   <year>2009-2019</year>
   <holder>&app; Documentation Team</holder>
  </copyright>

  <copyright>
   <year>2010-2011</year>
   <holder>Yawar Amin</holder>
  </copyright>

  <copyright>
   <year>2010</year>
   <holder>Tom Bullock</holder>
  </copyright>

  <copyright>
   <year>2010-2011</year>
   <holder>Cristian Marchi</holder>
  </copyright>

  <copyright>
   <year>2006</year>
   <holder>Chris Lyttle</holder>
  </copyright>

  <copyright>
   <year>2003-2004</year>
   <holder>Jon Lapham</holder>
  </copyright>

  <copyright>
   <year>2002</year>
   <holder>Chris Lyttle</holder>
  </copyright>

  <copyright>
   <year>2001</year>
   <holder>Carol Champagne and Chris Lyttle</holder>
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    <publisher>
       <publishername>The &app; Documentation Team</publishername>
       <address>
         <email>gnucash-devel@gnucash.org</email>
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    <author><surname>The GnuCash Documentation Team</surname></author>
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        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v3.7</revnumber>
        <date>9 September 2019</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v3.6</revnumber>
        <date>30 June 2019</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v3.5</revnumber>
        <date>31 March 2019</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v3.3</revnumber>
        <date>30 September 2018</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v3.2</revnumber>
        <date>24 June 2018</date>
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          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v3.1</revnumber>
        <date>28 April 2018</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v3.0</revnumber>
        <date>1 April 2018</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.20</revnumber>
        <date>1 April 2018</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.19</revnumber>
        <date>16 December 2017</date>
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          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.18</revnumber>
        <date>24 September 2017</date>
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          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.17</revnumber>
        <date>2 July 2017 2017</date>
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          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.16</revnumber>
        <date>26 March 2017</date>
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          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
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      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.15</revnumber>
        <date>18 December 2016</date>
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          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
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      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.11</revnumber>
        <date>11 January 2016</date>
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          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.10</revnumber>
        <date>20 December 2015</date>
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          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.8</revnumber>
        <date>27 September 2015</date>
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          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
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      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.7</revnumber>
        <date>28 June 2015</date>
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          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.3</revnumber>
        <date>30 March 2014</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.2</revnumber>
        <date>2 March 2014</date>
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          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.1</revnumber>
        <date>26 January 2014</date>
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          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.6.0</revnumber>
        <date>29 December 2013</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.4.2</revnumber>
        <date>17 November 2012</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.4.1</revnumber>
        <date>1 July 2011</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Multiple authors</para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.3.16</revnumber>
        <date>November 7, 2010</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Jon Lapham
          </para>
          <para role="author">Bengt Thuree
          </para>
          <para role="author">Dave Herman
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v2.0.0</revnumber>
        <date>July 9, 2006</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Jon Lapham
          </para>
          <para role="author">Bengt Thuree
          </para>
          <para role="author">Dave Herman
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v1.8.3</revnumber>
        <date>Aug 2003</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Jon Lapham
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v1.8.2</revnumber>
        <date>Aug 2003</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Jon Lapham
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v1.8.1</revnumber>
        <date>May 2003</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Chris Lyttle
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide v1.8.0</revnumber>
        <date>Jan 2003</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Chris Lyttle
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; User Guide v1.6.5</revnumber>
        <date>June 2002</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Chris Lyttle
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>&app; User Guide v1.6.0</revnumber>
        <date>October 2001</date>
        <revdescription>
          <para role="author">Carol Champagne
          </para>
          <para role="publisher">&app; Documentation Team</para>
        </revdescription>
      </revision>
    </revhistory>

  <releaseinfo>
   This Guide contains a tutorial for using &app; and describes the concepts
   behind &app;.
  </releaseinfo>
  <legalnotice>
    <title>Feedback</title>
      <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the program or
        this documentation, follow the instructions at the
        <ulink url="&url-bug-wiki;">Bugzilla page of the GnuCash wiki</ulink>
        and use the
        <ulink url="&url-bug-start;">&appname; Bug Tracking System</ulink>. At first
        you want to <ulink url="&url-bug-browse;">browse</ulink> or 
        <ulink url="&url-bug-search;">search</ulink> it for already existing 
        bugs. Select the product <emphasis>&appname;</emphasis> for the program or
        <emphasis>Documentation</emphasis> for any parts of this documentation.
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<preface id="authors">
  <title>About the Authors</title>
  <para>
 	The GnuCash Documentation Team is a self-designated
	group of GnuCash users and developers who have volunteered to
	write this documentation for the benefit of the broader user
	base. People who are interested in joining this group are
	encouraged to express their interest on the GnuCash lists
	(<email>gnucash-users</email> and <email>gnucash-devel</email>) for further direction.
  </para>

  <para>Contributors on the team so far have been:
    <author>
      <firstname>Yawar</firstname> <surname>Amin</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>J. Alex</firstname> <surname>Aycinena</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Tom</firstname> <surname>Bullock</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Carol</firstname> <surname>Champagne</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Frank</firstname> <othername role='mi'>H.</othername> <surname>Ellenberger</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Mike</firstname> <surname>Evans</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Chris</firstname> <surname>Good</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Dave</firstname> <surname>Herman</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Geert</firstname> <surname>Janssens</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Jon</firstname> <surname>Lapham</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Chris</firstname> <surname>Lyttle</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Cristian</firstname> <surname>Marchi</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>John</firstname> <surname>Ralls</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Robert</firstname> <surname>Ratliff</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>Christian</firstname> <surname>Stimming</surname>
    </author>,
    <author>
      <firstname>David</firstname> <surname>T.</surname>
    </author>, and
    <author>
      <firstname>Bengt</firstname> <surname>Thuree</surname>
    </author>.

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<part>
    <title>Getting Started</title>
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<xi:include href="ch_basics.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_importing.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_configuring.xml" />
</part>
<part>
    <title>Managing Personal Finances</title>
<xi:include href="ch_cbook.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_expenses.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_cc.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_loans.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_invest.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_reports.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_capgain.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_currency.xml" />
</part>
<part>
    <title>Managing Business Finances</title>
<xi:include href="ch_bus_features.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_budgets.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_oth_assets.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_dep.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_python_bindings.xml" />
<xi:include href="ch_import_business_data.xml" />
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<part>
    <title>Appendices</title>
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<xi:include href="fdl-appendix.xml" />
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</book>
