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<chapter id="introduction">
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<chapterinfo>
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<date>2009-08-05</date>
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<releaseinfo>1.0</releaseinfo>
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</chapterinfo>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<sect1 id="what-is-kmymoney">
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<title>What is &kappname;?</title>
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<para>
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Put simply, &kappname; is a personal finance manager for &kde;. It enables
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users of open source operating systems to keep careful track of their personal
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finances by providing a broad array of financial features and tools.
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</para>
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<para>
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The principal goals of the project are:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<formalpara><title>Feature Parity</title>
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<para>
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&kappname; intends to provide all important features found in the
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commercially-available personal finance managers. Although this release
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is closer than ever to that goal, there is still work to be done.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<formalpara><title>Ease of Use.</title>
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<para>
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&kappname; strives to be the easiest open source personal finance
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manager to use, especially for the non-technical user.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<formalpara><title>Correctness.</title>
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<para>
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Based on tried and tested double entry accounting principles &kappname;
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ensures that your finances are kept in correct order.
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</para>
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</formalpara>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="what-kmymoney-is-not">
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<title>What &kappname; is not</title>
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<para>
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As a personal finance manager, &kappname; is not intended to scale to the
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needs of an average business. However, it would be possible to create client
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/ supplier / document features through plugins.
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</para>
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<para>
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&kappname; is not simply a clone of the commercially-available personal
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finance programs. Although many of the features present in &kappname; can be
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found in other similar applications, &kappname; strives to present an
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individual and unique view of your finances.
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</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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