2001-05-25 Dave Peticolas <dave@krondo.com>

* doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml: fix warnings

	* doc/sgml/C/xacc-quickstart.sgml: fix warnings

2001-05-24  Dave Peticolas  <dave@krondo.com>

	* doc/sgml/C/xacc-features.sgml: fix docs

	* doc/sgml/C/xacc-account-summary.sgml: fix spelling


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For more information about the many features that GnuCash
offers, have a look at the <link linkend="xacc-features">Features
</link> page.
</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="xacc-versioning">
<title>Versioning</title>
<para> </para>
<para>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,

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<para>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.</para>
useful.</para>
<listitem><para>Show subtotals</para>
<para>Show totals for groups of accounts including a parent and
all their children, as well as by account type.</para>

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<para>Support for <emphasis><link linkend="xacc-currencyhandling">multiple
currencies</link></emphasis> and <emphasis>currency trading accounts.
</emphasis>
(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

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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
<link linkend="xacc-features">features section</link of this manual.
<link linkend="xacc-features">features section</link> of this manual.
However, if you're like us and impatient to get some work done,
that can wait until later.</para>
@@ -39,13 +39,14 @@
</title>
<para>
At its core, GnuCash is a tool for tracking <emph>transactions</emph>.
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
<emphasis>transactions</emphasis>. 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.
</para>
<para>
@@ -64,21 +65,22 @@
</para>
<para>
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 <emph>tree</emph>of 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 <link linkend="xacc-reports">
reports</link> 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 <emphasis>tree</emphasis>of
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 <link
linkend="xacc-reports"> reports</link> of your financial
data, you can choose whether to display a summary of all
"utilities" accounts, or data for each individual account.
</para>
<para>
@@ -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 <link linkend="xacc-quicken">QIF importer.
for the <link linkend="xacc-quicken">QIF importer</link>.
</para>
<para>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 <link linkend=xacc-edit-accounts">
Account Edit Dialog.</link>
structure by using the <link linkend="xacc-accountedit">
Account Edit Dialog</link>.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -163,14 +165,14 @@
</title>
<para>
Once the druid has done it's thing, you'll end up
at the GnuCash <link linkend="xacc-main-window">main
at the GnuCash <link linkend="xacc-mainwin">main
window.</link> To start entering transactions, select
the appropriate account and click on the "open" button
on the the toolbar. This brings up the account's
<link linkend="xacc-regwin">register</link>, so you
can enter transactions.
You might also want to <link linkend="xacc-new-account">
add more accounts</link> or <link linkend="xacc-edit-accounts">
You might also want to <link linkend="xacc-newacctwin">
add more accounts</link> or <link linkend="xacc-accountedit">
change something</link> about
existing accounts.
</para>