DovleEntry Help
DovleEntry keeps track of your money the way accountants do, without asking you to be one. Every transaction moves money from one account to another, and your net worth and your profit are always up to date. New here? Start with the quick start, or read how DovleEntry works.
Getting started
The window
The views
- Net WorthWhat you own and what you owe, and how it changed over the date range.Ctrl+1
- Profit & LossWhat came in and what went out during the date range, account by account.Ctrl+2
- TransactionsEvery transaction of the date range, where you write most of them down.Ctrl+3
- The tab of an accountThe entries of one account, seen from that account, with its balance.
- General LedgerThe entries of every account of the date range, one account after the other.
- Expenses by MonthEach expense account, month by month, with the totals of its groups.Ctrl+6
- Expenses by AccountYour expenses over the date range, from the account that took the most.Ctrl+7
Editing
- Editing basicsAdding, changing and removing things, in the tables and in their panels, and undoing.
- Accounts and groupsAdding, naming, grouping, moving and removing accounts, and the details of one.
- Entering transactionsWriting transactions down, their details, split transactions, and changing many at once.
- Dates, amounts and completionThe fastest ways to type dates and amounts, what completion does, and jumping to an account.
Planning ahead
Money
- CurrenciesAmounts in several currencies, exchange rates, and transactions between currencies.
- Reconciling with your bankChecking your accounts against the statements of your bank, entry by entry.
- Keeping track of cashA simple way to account for the money in your wallet without writing down every coffee.
Files
- Documents and savingOpening and saving documents, their files, the questions about unsaved changes, and the copies kept on the side.
- Importing and exportingBringing in the files of your bank, matching them with what you have, and exporting.
- PrintingPrinting any view, as it is on the screen, through a PDF document.
Settings and reference
- PreferencesThe settings of DovleEntry itself, the same for every document, and the properties of the open document.
- Keyboard shortcutsEvery key combination of DovleEntry, menu by menu.
- Questions and answersShort answers to the questions that come up most.
- About DovleEntryThe version of DovleEntry, where it comes from and the licenses of what it includes.