# Using This Document & Getting Help

This document is organized in two dimensions;

- From the GUI (Graphical User Interface) explaining the available options and their functions, with links to deeper descriptions and usage. GUIMenus

- By classifying Operations, Tasks, or Functions based on whether it is an Account, Transaction, Reporting or other oriented operation. Examples are;

  - Account Actions - setup-accounts

  - Transaction/Register Actions - ch_Common_Trans_Ops

  - Tools and Assistants - ch_AccRegTools

  - Reporting & Charting - Reports

  - Customization - custom-gnucash

## Accessing Help

This window is accessed by going to the Help menu and selecting either the Tutorial and Concepts Guide or the Contents (F1). AccTree-help-menu

The Help Window has a Toolbar for navigation. The Toolbar is described below;

- Back Used to navigate to topics previously viewed.

- Forward Used to navigate to topics previously viewed.

- Help Used to access various GNOME Help files.

- Search Enter search term to search GNOME Help files. Does not search &app; Help file.

The right side of the Help Window displays the currently opened help page. The left side of the Help Window contains the help Topics list tab. Selecting one of the help topics will load that page on the right side.

## &app; Tutorial and Concepts Guide

This guide is the counterpart to this help. It explains the concepts used in &app; and has a tutorial that takes you through using &app; to manage your accounts. It will appear if you choose Open the new user tutorial in the Welcome to &app;! menu.

To open this Guide manually go to Help Tutorial and Concepts Guide.

It is strongly recommended to read this guide if you are new to &app; or unfamiliar with accounting concepts.

## &app; On-line Assistance

There are several online channels you can access for more assistance.

&app; has several mailing lists:

- User List gnucash-user@gnucash.org - User questions and discussions. The developers and many very helpful users hang-out here.

- Development List gnucash-devel@gnucash.org - Discussion of issues related to the design and development of &app; and submission of patches.

Or you can chat live with the developers on IRC. Join them on #gnucash at irc.gnome.org.

The &app; web site has more details on these channels. You will also find pointers there to additional useful resources such as the &app; wiki and bug tracking system.