diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-euro.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-euro.sgml index 94f3c43a59..f49029105d 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-euro.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-euro.sgml @@ -4,37 +4,30 @@ GnuCash and the EURO - GnuCash and the EURO - +GnuCash and the EURO Introduction - On January 1, 1999, eleven European Union countries formed an economic and monetary union (EMU) and started using a single currency - the euro. These countries locked the exchange rates of their national currencies to the euro and are sharing the new currency. - - -However, euro notes and coins will not be available until + However, euro notes and coins will not be available until January 1, 2001. Until then, the old national currency notes - and coins (French francs, Deutschmarks etc) will continue to - circulate. But in law they are part of the euro. Their value in + and coins (French francs, Deutschmarks, etc.) will continue to + circulate. But legally, they are part of the euro. Their value in euro is completely fixed. All kinds of cashless monetary transactions like cheques or wire transfers are possible in - euro - - -You can find more information about the euro at: http://europa.eu.int/euro . + euro. + You can find more information about the euro at: + http://europa.eu.int/euro . EMU Member Countries and Exchange Rates - - -The following table shows the EMU member countries and the + The following table shows the EMU member countries and the respective exchange rates of the euro to the old national currencies. More countries are expected to join the EMU later. @@ -128,10 +121,10 @@ EURO support in GnuCash - You can enable euro support in GnuCash in the international category of the preferences - dialog box. If your system locale specifies one of the EMU member currencies, euro support is + dialog box. If your system locale specifies one of the + EMU member currencies, euro support is enabled by default. diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-print-check.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-print-check.sgml index 79af1e3697..fd0620f702 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-print-check.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-print-check.sgml @@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ Printing Checks - Printing Checks - +Printing Checks You may print a GnuCash transaction as a check by selecting "Print Check" from the Transaction menu in a register display window. @@ -14,7 +13,9 @@ In the Print Check dialog, select the style of check form that you wish to use, the position of the check on the page, and the format for printing the date on the check. Clicking - OK will take you to the GnuCash Printing dialog, which will allow you to preview + OK will take you to the + GnuCash Printing dialog, + which will allow you to preview the check, select a printer and paper size, and start the print job. @@ -22,22 +23,21 @@ Check format -In order to print a check, it is necessary to know where the +In order to print a check, you must know where the pre-printed lines and boxes are on the check form. There are two widely-used standard check formats: Quicken/QuickBooks (tm) compatible, and Microsoft Money (tm) compatible. - - -By default, the check format is Quicken/QuickBooks, + By default, the check format is + Quicken/QuickBooks, which prints to any Quicken-compatible check forms. Custom Check Format - If you wish to print to a type of check form that is not in - the Check Format option menu, select Custom + the Check Format option menu, select + Custom in the format menu and enter the positions of the various check fields in the entry boxes below. @@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ Check position - Printable check forms are available in several styles. In general, each printable sheet is divided into three sections, and each section can be either a check or a stub. The Check @@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ Custom check position - If the preset check positions do not work correctly for your check forms, you may choose Custom from the Check Position option menu and enter a position for the check in the @@ -84,19 +82,15 @@ page to the lower left-hand corner of the check. The units of this measurement are those selected in the "Units" option menu. - Date format - Select your preferred date format from the picker. The picker shows examples using the date of December 31, 2000 for all formats, but your date will be substituted when printing. - - -The MM/DD/ and DD/MM/ formats are + The MM/DD/ and DD/MM/ formats are available, but they are strongly discouraged since they cannot always be distinguished from each other. Please use a format with a full or abbreviated month name instead of a number. @@ -105,7 +99,6 @@ Custom date format - If you wish to use another date format besides those available in the picker, select Custom and enter a date-formatting string in the Date Format entry in the diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-ticker.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-ticker.sgml index ef318511b9..d3ad146a18 100644 --- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-ticker.sgml +++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-ticker.sgml @@ -10,16 +10,14 @@ GnuCash provides a somewhat rudimentary automated stock quote gathering system. - - -If a GnuCash stock account is +If a GnuCash stock account is suitably configured, and the host computer is connected to the Internet, the program gnc-prices may be used to load stock and mutual fund price quotes from various web sites directly into GnuCash. -To make use of this facility, the following must be done: +This is what you do: @@ -68,8 +66,9 @@ directly into GnuCash. Quotes from Yahoo, Fidelity - Investments, T. Rowe Price and the Vanguard - Group should be in US Dollars (USD). + Investments, T. Rowe Price + and the Vanguard + Group should be in US Dollars (USD). @@ -79,8 +78,7 @@ directly into GnuCash. - Code list for European markets - +Code List for European Markets @@ -174,8 +172,7 @@ directly into GnuCash.
- Pseudo-symbols that can be used for TIAA-CREF quotes. - +Pseudo-symbols that can be used for TIAA-CREF quotes @@ -232,9 +229,10 @@ directly into GnuCash.
- + + A sample image is shown below: - + @@ -261,8 +259,7 @@ directly into GnuCash. will update the accounts at most once with the most recent trading days price data. - -Thus, if gnc-prices is run on Friday, Saturday, + Thus, if gnc-prices is run on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday, only two price entries will be made: one containing Friday's data, and one containing Monday's data, since the Saturday and Sunday runs will only retrieve the