The KMyMoney Handbook

The KMyMoney Handbook

for KMyMoney version 1.0

Michael T. Edwardes

Thomas Baumgart

Ace Jones

Tony Bloomfield

Robert Wadley

Darin Strait

Roger Lum

Revision 1.00.00 (2009-08-10)

Copyright ? 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The KMyMoney Development Team

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover Texts, and with no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

KMyMoney, the personal finance manager for KDE.

This handbook describes KMyMoney version 1.0.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction What is KMyMoney? What KMyMoney is not

2. What's new in this release 3. Making the most of KMyMoney

Basic Accounting Defining the accounts (personal records) Defining the accounts (business records)

Mapping your finances to KMyMoney Accounts Institutions Categories Sub-Categories Payees Scheduled transactions

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Useful Tips 4. Using KMyMoney for the first time

Running KMyMoney for the first time The main window Creating a new file Creating accounts Schedules Categories Payees Quicken Interchange Format (QIF) Import Searching for transactions Reconciliation Backing up Contacting the developers / Reporting Bugs

Contacting the developers Reporting bugs 5. Institutions Institution Options New Institution Account Options 6. Accounts The Accounts View Creating an Account The Institution (Bank) name Account Credit Card Accounts Investment Accounts Loan Accounts Parent Account Review and save the account details Opening / viewing accounts Editing Account Information Deleting accounts 7. Categories Creating categories Editing a Category VAT Support Deleting categories 8. Payees Payees List Adding a Payee or Payer Renaming a Payee or Payer Deleting a Payee or Payer Additional Payee Details Personal Information Transaction Matching Settings Viewing Transaction History 9. Schedules

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Introduction Types of schedules

Bills Deposits Loans Transfers The schedule view The new schedule dialog Filling in the fields Modifying the schedule behavior Letting KMyMoney enter the transaction into the register Letting KMyMoney know when the schedule will finish Editing schedules Deleting schedules The calendar view Entering scheduled transactions Manually entering scheduled transactions Confirming the transaction to enter Letting KMyMoney enter the scheduled transaction(s) for you 10. Ledgers The Ledger View The filter area The transaction list The transaction input form Entering Transactions Using the transaction input form The fields of a transaction Directly inputting transactions into the list Starting the edit Split Transactions Editing transactions Deleting transactions Matching Transactions Understanding the Cleared State Changing Transaction Settings Other Functionality 11. Investments Investments in KMyMoney Investments Base Currency Investment Accounts Brokerage Accounts Creating an Investment Account Adding Investments to Your Account New Investment Wizard Editing an Investment Investment Transactions Activity

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Security Account Shares, Price & Total Amount Fees Interest Working With Foreign Investments Updating Prices Manual Price Updates Online Price Quotes Unimplemented Features 12. Currencies Base currency Account setup Entering transactions using different currencies Exchange rates for currencies Entering prices manually Online currency updates 13. Reconciliation What is reconciliation? The reconciliation wizard Statement details Interest Clearing transactions Completing Reconciliation 14. Reports Available Reports Income and Expenses Net Worth Transactions Cash Flow Investments Taxes Budgeting Forecast General Information Charts Favorites Configuring Reports Working With Reports Configuring Reports Working with custom reports Report Tab Rows/Columns Tab Chart Tab Other Tabs Graphs & Charts Viewing as a Chart Available Chart Types

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15. Importing and Export GnuCash Importer GnuCash Files Similarities, Differences, and Terminology Selecting Importer Options Import Report QIF Importer QIF format considered harmful How to import a QIF file Setting up a QIF profile Transaction matching Writing an import filter Special KMyMoney QIF extensions QIF Exporter OFX Importer Plugin Getting the plugin Importing an OFX file Importing Investments Web Connect Direct Connect Exporting an OFX file Writing Importer Plugins

16. Loans Understanding Loans Example Creating a New Loan Making Extra Principle Repayments On Loans

17. Budgets What is a budget? Your budgets Creating, changing, and deleting budgets Account List Assignments Update and Revert Budget Reports

18. Forecast What is a Forecast? Viewing Forecasts Summary Tab Details Tab Advanced Tab

19. KMyMoney Settings General Global options Views options Filter options Register Display tab

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