Tutorial/Document: I'm not aware of anything on the official GnuCash websites, but you may do a general search and find something on YouTube or something.
Account vs Categories: I may get a lot of hate follow-ups for this, but this difference is more in philosophy and naming than in actual practice. Everything in GnuCash is an account; in Quicken, "accounts" are thing that hold actual money, such as checking, saving, CDs, or investments. On the other hand, "categories" are kind of "ideas" to track where the money goes. This may not be the best distinction; perhaps someone else could describe it better. Moving Transactions: There are a couple of simple ways to correct bad data entry: You can go to the transaction and edit it and change the wrong account to the right account. You could, if you prefer, just delete the bad transaction and re-enter it. I went from Quicken to GnuCash a few years ago. On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM Larry Weeks <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a tutorial or document that walks through how Gnucash is different > from Quicken, accounts versus categories, how to move transactions from > account to account if they were categorized wrong, etc? > > -- > > 3 John 1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are > walking in the truth. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
