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The main building blocks of GnuCash are files, accounts, and transactions. Creating a file to store your data is the first step, and this chapter will walk you through that process. Before you get started with files, it is also helpful to understand how GnuCash helps you organize your data using accounts and transactions. We will cover accounts and transactions in more detail in the next few chapters, but for now let's take a look at the basic structure.