The preferences dialog can be accessed from the main window menu, as Edit-Preferences. It lets you customize many aspects of the way HomeBank works. The following sections detail the settings that you can customize, and what they affect.

| Show splash screen | display a splash screen when HomeBank start | 
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| Load last opened file | load the last opened file when HomeBank start | 
| Post pending scheduled transactions | append scheduled transaction to accounts when HomeBank start | 
| Start on | define on which day and month the fiscal year start | 
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| Date range | default range initial value for the main window reports | 
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| Default | default folder to load/save HomeBank files | 
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| Language | define what language to use for the interface | 
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| Toolbar | tool-bar style to be used | 
| Enable rows in alternating colors | specify if the alternate lines colors should be used for tree-view/list-view (this depends on the current GTK+ theme an may not work) | 
| Uses custom colors | specify if amounts should be displayed with colors below | 
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| Preset | contains some Tango color preset to fast set the amount colors | 
| Expense | color used for expense | 
| Income | color used for incomes | 
| Warning | color used for amount in warning (overdrawn) | 

| Date range | Set the default range to be used for account window | 
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| Hide reconciled transactions | set the filter for account window not to default show reconciled transactions | 
| Always show remind transactions | set the remind transaction to always be display (ignore filters) | 
| Keep the last date | Set the date to be kept when you add several transaction successively | 
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Set the column to display and their order for the transaction list

| Date format | display format used for date | 
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| A date sample is displayed | 
| Symbol | Symbol that prefix the amount | 
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| Is prefix | define is the symbol is a prefix symbol | 
| Decimal char | Character to be used as decimal separator | 
| Grouping char | Character to be used as grouping separator | 
| Frac digits | Number of digits after decimal separator | 
| An amount sample is displayed | 
| Use miles for meter | use the mile labels and abbreviation for the vehicule cost | 
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| Use galons for fuel | use the galons labels and abbreviation for the vehicule cost | 

| Date order | set the default date order for file import 
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| Memo field | define what to do for memo field during import: 
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| Import | default folder to load files to import | 
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| Export | default folder to save files to export | 

| Date range | Set the default range to be used for account window | 
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| Color scheme | Set the default color scheme to be applied for charts 
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| Show by amount | set the by amount toggle on the statistics window to default be checked | 
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| Show rate column | set the rate column to be displayed by default | 
| Show details | set the detail toggle on the statistics window to default be checked | 
| Show details | set the detail toggle on the budget window to default be checked | 
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| Enable | enable euro minor currency support in HomeBank. see minor currency for more details. | 
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| Fill from | preselect of parameters for this tab | 
| Country | remind of the filled country from | 
| Value | change rate (value of 1 euro in your old national currency) | 
| Symbol | Symbol that prefix the amount | 
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| Is prefix | define is the symbol is a prefix symbol | 
| Decimal char | Character to be used as decimal separator | 
| Grouping char | Character to be used as grouping separator | 
| Frac digits | Number of digits after decimal separator |