diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 9bbabb0151..6154d525c1 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ +2001-05-25 Dave Peticolas + + * doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml: fix warnings + + * doc/sgml/C/xacc-quickstart.sgml: fix warnings + 2001-05-24 Dave Peticolas + * doc/sgml/C/xacc-features.sgml: fix docs + + * doc/sgml/C/xacc-account-summary.sgml: fix spelling + * src/gnome/new-user-funs.c (gnc_ui_show_new_user_choice_window): jump to new user quickstart help when appropriate diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml index 2225980fbc..fb258f2b46 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml @@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ To get straight to work recording your finances, try the For more information about the many features that GnuCash offers, have a look at the Features page. + + Versioning - + The versioning scheme for GnuCash parallels that of the Linux kernel, where "even" sub-versions indicate versions that are intended to be stable, only seeing maintenance to fix bugs, diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-account-summary.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-account-summary.sgml index a079d6729c..57f7677e7a 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-account-summary.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-account-summary.sgml @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ purposes. If this option is selected, the individual balances for parent (non-leaf) accounts are shown. Many people do not use parent accounts for transactions and thus this balance is not -usefu. +useful. Show subtotals Show totals for groups of accounts including a parent and all their children, as well as by account type. diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-features.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-features.sgml index 70efe6d2f0..b744ec9321 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-features.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-features.sgml @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Support for multiple currencies and currency trading accounts. - (partial, still broken). + (partial, still limited). Bank accounts may be established in different currencies, and trades at varying exchange rates may be made, in much the same way stocks trade at varying diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-quickstart.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-quickstart.sgml index b0a6af6810..bfda1e5cba 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-quickstart.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-quickstart.sgml @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ powerful, and reliable personal finance program. This virtually all-new version has an extensive list of features, and if you want to know everything GnuCash can do, check the - features sectionfeatures section of this manual. However, if you're like us and impatient to get some work done, that can wait until later. @@ -39,13 +39,14 @@ - At its core, GnuCash is a tool for tracking transactions. - A transaction is a record of money being removed from one "account" - and placed in another. To take a simple example, say you have - two bank accounts - a cheque account (that's checking, for the Americans - in the audience . . .), and an investment account, and you transfer - $500 from the cheque account to the investment account. GnuCash - records that transfer. + At its core, GnuCash is a tool for tracking + transactions. A transaction is a record + of money being removed from one "account" and placed in + another. To take a simple example, say you have two bank + accounts - a cheque account (that's checking, for the + Americans in the audience . . .), and an investment account, + and you transfer $500 from the cheque account to the + investment account. GnuCash records that transfer. @@ -64,21 +65,22 @@ - Now, if you're going to keep proper track of your finances, you'll - obviously want to create a variety of expense and income - accounts for keeping track of various transactions you'll make - - in fact, setting up the right set of accounts is the key to - making GnuCash work for you. - However, if you create many different accounts, it can be a pain - to keep track of them all. GnuCash has a way of dealing with - this, though. It lets you create a treeof accounts. - For instance, you can create a "Utilities" expense account, and - then create "Utilities:Power", "Utilities:Gas", and "Utilities:Phone". - We term "Utilities" to be the "parent" account, and the three others - to be "subaccounts". When you produce - reports of your financial data, you can choose whether - to display a summary of all "utilities" accounts, or data for - each individual account. + Now, if you're going to keep proper track of your finances, + you'll obviously want to create a variety of expense and + income accounts for keeping track of various transactions + you'll make - in fact, setting up the right set of accounts + is the key to making GnuCash work for you. However, if you + create many different accounts, it can be a pain to keep + track of them all. GnuCash has a way of dealing with this, + though. It lets you create a treeof + accounts. For instance, you can create a "Utilities" + expense account, and then create "Utilities:Power", + "Utilities:Gas", and "Utilities:Phone". We term "Utilities" + to be the "parent" account, and the three others to be + "subaccounts". When you produce reports of your financial + data, you can choose whether to display a summary of all + "utilities" accounts, or data for each individual account. @@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ If you have used another personal finance program that can export QIF files, such as Quicken or Microsoft Money, you can import the data into GnuCash. See the instructions - for the QIF importer. + for the QIF importer. Once you've done that, you're ready to go - but first, @@ -150,11 +152,11 @@ to group similar sorts of accounts - very useful when reporting your financial data. You can rearrange your accounts to use a more tree-like - structure by using the - Account Edit Dialog. + structure by using the + Account Edit Dialog. - + @@ -163,14 +165,14 @@ Once the druid has done it's thing, you'll end up - at the GnuCash main + at the GnuCash main window. To start entering transactions, select the appropriate account and click on the "open" button on the the toolbar. This brings up the account's register, so you can enter transactions. - You might also want to - add more accounts or + You might also want to + add more accounts or change something about existing accounts.