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<?php
include("lang.php");
$title = T_("Features");
$description = T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> is powerful accounting software. Below are details of some of the numerous features that <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> has to offer to its users.");
$page = basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
include("$top_dir/externals/header.phtml");
include("$top_dir/externals/menu.phtml");
?>
<div id="content">
<h1><?=$title?></h1>
<div>
<p><?=$description?></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#main-feat"><?php echo T_("Main features");?></a></li>
<li><a href="#advan-feat"><?php echo T_("Advanced features");?></a></li>
<li><a href="#data-feat"><?php echo T_("Data storing and exchange features");?></a></li>
<li><a href="#oth-feat"><?php echo T_("Other goodies");?></a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<h1 class="featuresection"><a id="main-feat"></a><?php echo T_("Main features");?></h1>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Double Entry");?></h2>
</div>
<div class="center">
<img class="featureimage" src="<?=$top_dir?>/images/features/<?PHP
/* Translators: This is an image name. Do not translate it!
Instead you can submit a translated image, like https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-htdocs/tree/master/images/features
If you already translated the guide, you can copy the image into /images/features/ as e.g. basics_AccountRelationships.ll.png
Else you can edit https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/blob/maint/guide/C/figures/basics_AccountRelationships.svg,
create a png from it and submit that.
See also https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Documentation_Update_Instructions */
echo T_("basics_AccountRelationships.C.png");
?>" alt="[Basic account relationship]" />
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Every transaction must debit one account and credit others by an equal amount. This ensures the books balance: the difference between income and expenses exactly equals the sum of assets and liabilities.");?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Checkbook-Style Register");?></h2>
</div>
<div class="center">
<img class="featureimage" src="<?=$top_dir?>/images/features/feature_register.png" alt="[Register]" />
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("The <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> checkbook-style register provides a custom, convenient and familiar interface to entering financial transactions.");?></p>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("The register supports common checking and credit-card transactions, as well as income, stock and currency transactions. The following features are also provided:");?>
</p>
<ul>
<li><?php echo T_("The ability to enter <b>split transactions</b>");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("The ability to mark a transaction as <b>cleared</b> or <b>reconciled</b>");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("<b>Autofill</b> of entered transactions");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("The ability to display <b>multiple accounts</b> in a single register window");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("A <b>summary bar</b> that displays all of the relevant account's balance information");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("Many options to <b>customize</b> the appearance and the display style");?></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Scheduled Transactions");?></h2>
</div>
<img class="featureimage" src="<?=$top_dir?>/images/features/feature_SX.png" alt="[Scheduled transactions]" />
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("You can create recurring transactions with a high level of customization of amounts and timeline. You can also set an automatic reminder when a transaction is due.");?>
</p>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("An assistant that runs when <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> is started allows scheduled transactions to be postponed without canceling or entering them before the due date.");?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Reports, Graphs");?></h2>
</div>
<img class="featureimage" src="<?=$top_dir?>/images/features/feature_graph-report.png" alt="[Graphs]" />
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> has an integrated module to display graphs of your financial data in the form of:");?>
</p>
<ul>
<li><?php echo T_("Barcharts");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("Piecharts");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("Scatter plots");?></li>
</ul>
<?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> also comes complete with a full suite of standard and customizeable reports, such as:");?>
<ul>
<li><?php echo T_("Balance Sheet");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("Profit & Loss");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("Portfolio Valuation");?></li>
<li><?php echo T_("and many others.");?></li>
</ul>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Graphs and reports can be highly and easily customized in appearance and contents, in order to fullfill every user's need.");?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Statement Reconciliation");?></h2>
</div>
<div class="center">
<img class="featureimage" src="<?=$top_dir?>/images/features/feature_reconcile.png" alt="[Reconcile]" />
</div>
<p class="justify"><?php echo T_("<b>Account reconciliation</b> allows the user to compare the transactions entered in an account against a bank statement. This operation is very useful to spot untracked transactions or data entry errors and ensure that your books match the bank's.");?></p>
<p class="justify"><?php echo T_("The <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> reconcile tool with running reconciled and cleared balances makes reconciling against bank statements an easy task.");?></p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Income/Expense Account Types");?></h2>
</div>
<p><?php echo T_("Income/Expense Account Types (Categories) allow you to categorize your cash flow. When used properly with the double-entry feature and equity accounts, these enable you to generate reports, such as Profit & Loss, that plain-vanilla systems cannot handle.");?>
</p>
</div>
<h1 class="featuresection"><a id="advan-feat"></a><?php echo T_("Advanced features");?></h1>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Small Business Accounting Features");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Simplify managing a small business with <b>Customer</b> and <b>Vendor</b> tracking, <b>Jobs</b>, <b>Invoicing</b> and <b>Bill</b> Payment, and <b>Tax</b> and <b>Billing Terms</b>.");?>
</p>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Using A/Receivable and A/Payable accounts you can even manage <b>payrolls</b> for your employees.");?>
</p>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> gives you also a tool to manage your business' <b>budget</b> so that you can easily plan your financial strategy.");?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Multiple Currencies");?></h2>
</div>
<img class="featureimage" src="<?=$top_dir?>/images/features/feature_currency.png" alt="[Multiple currencies]" />
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Different accounts can be denominated in different currencies. Currency movements between accounts are fully balanced when double-entry is enabled.");?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Stock/Mutual Fund Portfolios");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Track stocks individually (one per account) or in portfolio of accounts (a group of accounts that can be displayed together).");?></p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Online Stock & Mutual Fund Quotes");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Get Stock & Mutual Fund quotes from various web sites, update portfolio automatically. Additional pricing sources are added regularly.");?></p>
</div>
<h1 class="featuresection"><a id="data-feat"></a><?php echo T_("Data storage and exchange features");?></h1>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Experimental database support");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify"><?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> by default stores data in an <b>xml</b> format. Starting with version 2.4, <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> financial data can be stored in a <b>SQL database</b> using <b>SQLite3</b>, <b>MySQL</b> or <b>PostgreSQL</b>.");?></p>
<p class="justify"><?php echo T_("Note this feature is considered experimental. It works for most of the common use cases but some corner cases have been reported to result in data loss. The <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> developers fix each issue as it gets reported. There is however no full test coverage so there may still be scenarios left that result in data loss.");?></p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("QIF and OFX Import");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("If you are migrating from other financial software, <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> can import Intuit<sup>®</sup> Quicken<sup>®</sup> <b>QIF</b> files using a practical assistant.");?>
</p>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> is also the first free software application to support the <b>OFX</b> (Open Financial Exchange) protocol that many banks and financial services are starting to use.");?>
</p>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("A transaction matching system ensures that duplicate transactions are accurately recognized and automatically deleted during file import.");?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("HBCI Support");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> is the first free software application to support the German <b>Home Banking Computer Information</b> protocol, allowing German users to perform statement download and initiate bank transfers and direct debits.");?>
</p>
</div>
<h1 class="featuresection"><a id="oth-feat"></a><?php echo T_("Other goodies");?></h1>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Multiplatform");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> runs on many different operating systems including <b>Windows</b>, <b>MacOSX</b> and <b>Linux</b>.");?></p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Localization");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php printf (T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> handles internationalized dates and currencies. The application's menus and popups have been translated to %u languages, including Chinese, Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, and British English. Documentation is available in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish."), \PROG_TRANSLATIONS);?></p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Transaction Finder");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("A powerful transaction query dialogue can help you quickly locate a needle in a haystack.");?></p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Check Printing");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("Checks may be printed in standard formats on common check stocks. A customization GUI allows custom check layouts to be developed.");?></p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("Mortgage & Loan Repayment Assistant");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("A guided dialogue for setting up loan payments as scheduled transactions.");?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="featurecontainer">
<div class="featureborder">
<h2 class="featuretitle"><?php echo T_("User Manual and Help");?></h2>
</div>
<p class="justify">
<?php echo T_("<span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> is very well documented: along with the application <b>Manual</b>, new users can take full advantage of the <b>Tutorial and Concepts guide</b>. This document gives background information on accounting principles and how they are reflected in <span class=\"gnucash\">GnuCash</span> with many practical examples described step by step.");?></p>
</div>
</div>
<?php include("externals/footer.phtml"); ?>