Using our basic example contained in the transaction analysis tutorial, we have the following transactions to post to our basic ledger accounts (columnar format being the more widely used):

You know now that all transactions must have a minimum of two entries, and that the entries must balance once entered per transaction. So placing the following transactions from our analysis breakdown into your ledger would produce a similar following result:

With the columnar format you can ascertain your ledger now maintains a running balance, so unlike the T-Account balancing requirement, you just keep going with the narrative format ledger.