r20179 - gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C - Another bunch of multiple tags
Cristian Marchi
cmarchi at code.gnucash.org
Thu Jan 27 15:45:26 EST 2011
Author: cmarchi
Date: 2011-01-27 15:45:26 -0500 (Thu, 27 Jan 2011)
New Revision: 20179
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/20179
Modified:
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixb.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixd.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_budgets.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_pay.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_capgain.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_dep.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oth_assets.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_reports.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/legal.xml
Log:
Another bunch of multiple tags
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixb.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixb.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixb.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
<sect2 id="appendixb_general_hard2compile">
<title>Q: I heard it is too hard to compile <application>&app;</application>!</title>
- <para>A: This was probably true at the time when 1.6.0 was released. It is no longer true today, as almost every distribution ships with all the necessary libraries (except g-wrap, which means there is in fact "one" extra library to be installed before compiling <application>&app;</application>). However, by default, distributions won’t install the development packages of the required libraries, so you might need to start your distribution’s installer program and tell it to install not only the library packages but also the -devel packages. In general, it was noted that this problem concerns many applications in the gnome domain, and this also boils down to the fact that there is no such thing as "one monolithic gnome package".</para>
+ <para>A: This was probably true at the time when 1.6.0 was released. It is no longer true today, as almost every distribution ships with all the necessary libraries (except g-wrap, which means there is in fact <quote>one</quote> extra library to be installed before compiling <application>&app;</application>). However, by default, distributions won’t install the development packages of the required libraries, so you might need to start your distribution’s installer program and tell it to install not only the library packages but also the -devel packages. In general, it was noted that this problem concerns many applications in the gnome domain, and this also boils down to the fact that there is no such thing as <quote>one monolithic gnome package</quote>.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="appendixb_general_batchmode">
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
<sect2 id="appendixb_general_rewrite">
<title>Q: Why don’t you rewrite <application>&app;</application> in programming language xyz so that I can contribute easily?</title>
- <para>A: The quick answer is "We won’t". The longer answer is complex but still amounts to "We won’t". <application>&app;</application> is a large body of code maintained by a small group of developers who are comfortable in C and Scheme (Guile). Actually, 80% of it is in C and approx. 13% is in Scheme/Lisp. There is no valid reason that would justify rewriting this amount of existing code in a newer language. Also, creating language bindings to recent languages such as Python or Ruby or (insert your favourite language here) is labor intensive, and we’re already stretched pretty thin maintaining and developing the existing code.</para>
+ <para>A: The quick answer is <quote>We won’t</quote>. The longer answer is complex but still amounts to <quote>We won’t</quote>. <application>&app;</application> is a large body of code maintained by a small group of developers who are comfortable in C and Scheme (Guile). Actually, 80% of it is in C and approx. 13% is in Scheme/Lisp. There is no valid reason that would justify rewriting this amount of existing code in a newer language. Also, creating language bindings to recent languages such as Python or Ruby or (insert your favourite language here) is labor intensive, and we’re already stretched pretty thin maintaining and developing the existing code.</para>
<para>Having said that, this is an open source project and you’re free to do with it or contribute what you want. Just don’t expect much support if the reason for your changes is that you’re not willing to learn C or Scheme. Also, <application>&app;</application> used to have SWIG bindings (<ulink url="http://www.swig.org"></ulink>) which have been used for some perl programming code. According to a list discussion, these SWIG bindings might still be a way to include other languages into <application>&app;</application>, but currently they are unused and unmaintained.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
<sect2 id="appendixb_software_contribute">
<title>Q: How can I contribute to the <application>&app;</application> project?</title>
- <para>A: We’re working on a more formal process, but for now you should subscribe to the mailing list at <ulink url="http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user">http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user</ulink> and <ulink url="http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel">http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel</ulink> and discuss what you can contribute with the participants on the lists. Please be aware that <application>&app;</application> is a large body of code written in C and Scheme (see the FAQ above, "Why is <application>&app;</application> written in C?" if you want to know why). If these are languages that you are not willing to work with, consider contributing in other ways.</para>
+ <para>A: We’re working on a more formal process, but for now you should subscribe to the mailing list at <ulink url="http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user">http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user</ulink> and <ulink url="http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel">http://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel</ulink> and discuss what you can contribute with the participants on the lists. Please be aware that <application>&app;</application> is a large body of code written in C and Scheme (see the FAQ above, <quote>Why is <application>&app;</application> written in C?</quote> if you want to know why). If these are languages that you are not willing to work with, consider contributing in other ways.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="appendixb_software_bugs">
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@
<title>Using <application>&app;</application></title>
<sect2 id="appendixb_using_moveAtoB">
- <title>Q: How can I move the transactions from account A into account B, thus combining them?</title>
- <para>A: At present, <application>&app;</application> does not offer a way to move groups of splits from one account to another. You will need to move them one at a time. Open the register for account A and select the pulldown menu item <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Transaction Journal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to expose all the splits. For every split where the "Account" field shows account A reset it to account B. To do this quickly and safely, first use <emphasis>CTRL-c</emphasis> to copy the destination account name ("account B ") to the clipboard. Then highlight each reference to account A by double clicking on it and use <emphasis>CTRL-v</emphasis> to paste the destination account name. Pressing <emphasis>Enter</emphasis> after each paste silently moves the transaction out of the register.</para>
- <para>Be careful! If you inadvertently set the "Account" field to an unintended location, you will need to search through all your accounts to find the lost transaction to correct your mistake.</para>
+ <title>Q: How can I move the transactions from account <quote>A</quote> into account <quote>B</quote>, thus combining them?</title>
+ <para>A: At present, <application>&app;</application> does not offer a way to move groups of splits from one account to another. You will need to move them one at a time. Open the register for account <quote>A</quote> and select the pulldown menu item <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Transaction Journal</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to expose all the splits. For every split where the <quote>Account</quote> field shows account <quote>A</quote> reset it to account <quote>B</quote>. To do this quickly and safely, first use <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>C</keycap></keycombo> to copy the destination account name (<quote>account B</quote>) to the clipboard. Then highlight each reference to account <quote>A</quote> by double clicking on it and use <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>V</keycap></keycombo> to paste the destination account name. Pressing <keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap> after each paste, silently moves the transaction out of the register.</para>
+ <para>Be careful! If you inadvertently set the <quote>Account</quote> field to an unintended location, you will need to search through all your accounts to find the lost transaction to correct your mistake.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="appendixb_using_merge2files">
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="appendixb_using_ListAll">
<title>Q: When I search for customers (or anything else for that matter), how can I return a list of everything?</title>
- <para>A: Enter a search criteria of <guilabel>matches regex</guilabel>, and place a single dot "." in the text field area. Then, click <guibutton>Find</guibutton>. The regular expression "." means to match anything.</para>
+ <para>A: Enter a search criteria of <guilabel>matches regex</guilabel>, and place a single dot <quote>.</quote> in the text field area. Then, click <guibutton>Find</guibutton>. The regular expression <quote>.</quote> means to match anything.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="appendixb_using_Dates">
<title>Q: How can I record a transaction on different dates (actual date and bank date)?</title>
- <para>A: You record the transaction on the date you write the check or initiate the transaction. When it "clears" the bank, you can click in the "Reconciled" field to "clear" the transaction (change the "n"on-reconciled to "c"leared).</para>
+ <para>A: You record the transaction on the date you write the check or initiate the transaction. When it <quote>clears</quote> the bank, you can click in the <quote>Reconciled</quote> field to <quote>clear</quote> the transaction (change the <quote>n</quote>on-reconciled to <quote>c</quote>leared).</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="appendixb_accounting">
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixd.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixd.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/appendixd.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
<entry>Font</entry>
<entry>string</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
- <entry>If supplied, this is the default font used to print all text items on this check. This field can contain any string that is acceptable by gtk as a font specifier. If this field is omitted, the default font is the font specified in the <application>&app;</application> preferences dialog. A typical string would be "sans 12".</entry>
+ <entry>If supplied, this is the default font used to print all text items on this check. This field can contain any string that is acceptable by gtk as a font specifier. If this field is omitted, the default font is the font specified in the <application>&app;</application> preferences dialog. A typical string would be <quote>sans 12</quote>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Blocking_Chars</entry>
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
<entry>Align_<emphasis>n</emphasis></entry>
<entry>string</entry>
<entry>optional</entry>
- <entry>If supplied, this is the alignment used to print this specific text item. This field must contain one of the strings "left", "center" or "right". If this field is omitted, the text will be left aligned. This field is only recognized when using gtk version 2.10 or later.</entry>
+ <entry>If supplied, this is the alignment used to print this specific text item. This field must contain one of the strings <quote>left</quote>, <quote>center</quote> or <quote>right</quote>. If this field is omitted, the text will be left aligned. This field is only recognized when using gtk version 2.10 or later.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>Text_<emphasis>n</emphasis></entry>
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="check_format_notes">
<title>Creating Check Format Files</title>
- <para>Creating your own check format file is a fairly simple task. The easiest way to start is to copy an existing check format file from the application directory (typically /usr/share/gnucash/checks) to the directory ~/.gnucash/checks. Make sure to change the guid so the new file will be accepted by gnucash, and change the title to something descriptive. Then change or add individual item fields as necessary. You can also create a new check file by clicking the <guilabel>Save Format</guilabel> button on the "Custom format" page of the check printing dialog.</para>
+ <para>Creating your own check format file is a fairly simple task. The easiest way to start is to copy an existing check format file from the application directory (typically /usr/share/gnucash/checks) to the directory ~/.gnucash/checks. Make sure to change the guid so the new file will be accepted by gnucash, and change the title to something descriptive. Then change or add individual item fields as necessary. You can also create a new check file by clicking the <guibutton>Save Format</guibutton> button on the <guilabel>Custom format</guilabel> page of the check printing dialog.</para>
<note>
<para>Key names are case sensitive. If you’re having problems with a check format file, ensure that all key names have capital letters as documented above.</para>
</note>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
within a common parent account.</para>
<para>A <application>&app;</application> account must have a unique name (that you assign) and one
- of the predefined <application>&app;</application> "account types". There are a total of 12 account
+ of the predefined <application>&app;</application> <quote>account types</quote>. There are a total of 12 account
types in <application>&app;</application>. These 12 account types are based on the 5 basic
accounting types; the reason there are more <application>&app;</application> account types than
basic accounting types is that this allows <application>&app;</application> to perform specialized
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
</tip>
<para>The final balance sheet account is <emphasis>Equity</emphasis>,
- which is synonymous with "net worth". It represents what is left over
+ which is synonymous with <quote>net worth</quote>. It represents what is left over
after you subtract your liabilities from your assets, so it is the
portion of your assets that you own outright, without any debt. In
<application>&app;</application>, use this type of account as the source of your opening bank
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
<para>You can now add to this basic top-level tree structure by inserting
some real transaction-holding sub-accounts. Notice that the tax accounts
- are placed within a sub-account named "Taxes". You can make sub-accounts
+ are placed within a sub-account named <quote>Taxes</quote>. You can make sub-accounts
within sub-accounts. This is typically done with a group of related
accounts (such as tax accounts in this example). <orderedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -544,19 +544,19 @@
<listitem>
<para>Account name <guilabel>Federal</guilabel> (account type
<guilabel>Expenses</guilabel>, parent account
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes</guilabel>)</para>
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes</emphasis>)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Account name <guilabel>Social Security</guilabel> (account
type <guilabel>Expenses</guilabel>, parent account
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes</guilabel>)</para>
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes</emphasis>)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Account name <guilabel>Medicare</guilabel> (account type
<guilabel>Expenses</guilabel>, parent account
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes</guilabel>)</para>
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes</emphasis>)</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
<para>Furthermore, you can increase your equity through income, and
decrease equity through expenses. This makes sense of course, when you
- receive a paycheck you become "richer" and when you pay for dinner you
- become "poorer". This is expressed mathematically in what is known as
+ receive a paycheck you become <quote>richer</quote> and when you pay for dinner you
+ become <quote>poorer</quote>. This is expressed mathematically in what is known as
the Accounting Equation:</para>
<para><emphasis>Assets - Liabilities = Equity + (Income -
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@
<para>You should now see the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> window, which
appears as shown below. The exact layout of the account tree will depend
on which default accounts you selected during the New Account Hierarchy
- Setup. In this example, the "Common Accounts" are shown.</para>
+ Setup. In this example, the <quote>Common Accounts</quote> are shown.</para>
<screenshot id="basics-Accounts">
<mediaobject>
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
<title>Topic Search</title>
<para>The online manual also provides a search function. To search for a
- particular topic, click the <guibutton>Search</guibutton> tab at the
+ particular topic, click the <guilabel>Search</guilabel> tab at the
bottom of the help window and type in your topic in the field provided.
Click the <guibutton>Search</guibutton> button to complete your search.
A list of choices should appear in the box below, clicking a choice will
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_budgets.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_budgets.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_budgets.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
have given some thought to your account hierarchy. For example, if
you want to budget a certain amount for your electric bill and a
certain amount for your water bill, you can’t have only an
- Expenses:Utilities account. Your accounts must be at least as
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Utilities</emphasis> account. Your accounts must be at least as
specific as your budget. </para>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
regardless of new search criteria.</para>
<note>
- <para>To return a list of all registered active vendors, set the search criterion to "matches regex", and place a single dot "." in the text field area. Make sure <guilabel>Search only active data</guilabel> is checked, then click <guibutton>Find</guibutton>. The regular expression "." means to match anything.</para>
+ <para>To return a list of all registered active vendors, set the search criterion to <quote>matches regex</quote>, and place a single dot <quote>.</quote> in the text field area. Make sure <guilabel>Search only active data</guilabel> is checked, then click <guibutton>Find</guibutton>. The regular expression <quote>.</quote> means to match anything.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
@@ -407,12 +407,12 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Checked (splits are accumulated) - a single transfer of
- $100.00 to the Expenses:Office Supplies account is recorded.</para>
+ $100.00 to the <emphasis>Expenses:Office Supplies</emphasis> account is recorded.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Not checked - the transaction created in the A/Payable
- account, shows two transfers to Expenses:Office Supplies account
+ account, shows two transfers to <emphasis>Expenses:Office Supplies</emphasis> account
$75.00 and $25.00. The memo fields in the splits indicate the
purchase of Letterhead and Envelopes (the item descriptions
entered on the bill) respectively.</para>
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
<sect1 id="bus-ap-jobs1">
<title>Vendor Jobs</title>
- <para>Vendor Jobs are used to group multiple bills from a single vendor. Use of the vendor jobs feature is optional. The feature is useful when you have multiple "jobs" for the same vendor, and would like to view all the bills for a single job.</para>
+ <para>Vendor Jobs are used to group multiple bills from a single vendor. Use of the vendor jobs feature is optional. The feature is useful when you have multiple <quote>jobs</quote> for the same vendor, and would like to view all the bills for a single job.</para>
<para>To use vendor jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application. You will see the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window. The editable fields are:</para>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>Billing Information - Billing ID</guilabel> - this
- is the customer’s PO Number or other "customer reference number".
+ is the customer’s PO Number or other <quote>customer reference number</quote>.
You should use it to identify your invoices to this customer (and
job, if you have one).</para>
</listitem>
@@ -671,12 +671,12 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Checked (splits are accumulated) - a single transfer of
- $575.00 from the Income:Sales account is recorded.</para>
+ $575.00 from the <emphasis>Income:Sales</emphasis> account is recorded.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Not checked - the transaction created in the A/Receivable
- account, shows two transfers from Income:Sales account $100.00
+ account, shows two transfers from <emphasis>Income:Sales</emphasis> account $100.00
and $475.00. The memo fields in the splits indicate the sale of
Nails and the Hammer (the item descriptions entered on the
invoice) respectively.</para>
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
<para>Customer Jobs are used to group multiple invoices to the same
customer. Use of the Customer Jobs feature is optional. The feature is
- useful when you have multiple "jobs" for the same customer, and would like
+ useful when you have multiple <quote>jobs</quote> for the same customer, and would like
to view all the invoices related to a single job.</para>
<para>To use customer jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice>
@@ -1011,16 +1011,16 @@
and choose a name for your new style sheet. When you click the
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button, the <acronym>HTML</acronym> Style Sheet editor window is
displayed. This window contains four tabs, Colors, General, Images, and
- Tables. The Colors tab allows you to change the colors of various sections
- of the invoice. The General tab allows you to set the Preparer and
- Prepared for information, and to enable links. The Images tab allows you
- to import graphics into the style sheet. The Tables tab allows you to
+ Tables. The <guilabel>Colors</guilabel> tab allows you to change the colors of various sections
+ of the invoice. The <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab allows you to set the Preparer and
+ Prepared for information, and to enable links. The <guilabel>Images</guilabel> tab allows you
+ to import graphics into the style sheet. The <guilabel>Tables</guilabel> tab allows you to
adjust the spacing around the tables which make up the invoice.</para>
<para>To include a company logo, banner heading and background image, use
your favorite graphics application such as The Gimp or OpenOffice Draw to
save the images in either GIF or PNG format. Then import them into the
- style sheet using the Images tab.</para>
+ style sheet using the <guilabel>Images</guilabel> tab.</para>
<para>Below is an example that imports all three types of images.</para>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_pay.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_pay.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_pay.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
<sect1 id="bus-pay-concepts1">
<title>Basic Concepts</title>
<para>Payroll is a financial record of wages, net pay, paid vacations, and deductions for an employee. Basically, anything that relates to giving money or benefits to an employee. Payroll is one of the more complex tasks in accounting, because there are many different accounts, people, and agencies involved in paying salaries.</para>
- <para>Payroll is typically accounted for as an expense. Sometimes accountants "store" some payroll expenses in a short term liability account. This is useful for things such as payroll taxes, which may be paid at a different time than the employee. The employee might get paid biweekly, while taxes are paid quarterly. This chapter presents a methodology which expenses payroll immediately for salaries, but stores taxes in liability accounts.</para>
+ <para>Payroll is typically accounted for as an expense. Sometimes accountants <quote>store</quote> some payroll expenses in a short term liability account. This is useful for things such as payroll taxes, which may be paid at a different time than the employee. The employee might get paid biweekly, while taxes are paid quarterly. This chapter presents a methodology which expenses payroll immediately for salaries, but stores taxes in liability accounts.</para>
<note>
<para><application>&app;</application> does not have an integrated payroll system. While you can track payroll expenses in <application>&app;</application>, the calculation of taxes and deductions has to be done outside of <application>&app;</application>.</para>
</note>
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
-Assets
-Checking
-Liabilities
- -Tax1 (short term "storage" account)
- -Tax2 (short term "storage" account)
+ -Tax1 (short term <quote>storage</quote> account)
+ -Tax2 (short term <quote>storage</quote> account)
-Expenses
-Salaries
-Tax1
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
<sect2 id="bus-pay-protocolthree2">
<title>Step 3: Pay the Employee</title>
- <para>Go to the account from which the employee will be paid, for example your Assets:Checking account. Open a split transaction and enter the real values using the Transaction Map above as a guide. Repeat this for all employees.</para>
+ <para>Go to the account from which the employee will be paid, for example your <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> account. Open a split transaction and enter the real values using the Transaction Map above as a guide. Repeat this for all employees.</para>
<tip>
<para>This manual process is tedious, especially if you have a large number of employees.</para>
<para>One <application>&app;</application> tool you certainly want use when entering employee payroll is duplicate transaction (use the <guibutton>Duplicate</guibutton> toolbar button). This saves you from having to enter all the transaction splits for each employee. You still need to change the amounts of money to match each employee’s real payroll values, but you will not have to build the split for each employee.</para>
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="bus-pay-examplegovt2">
<title>Pay the Government</title>
- <para>The Liabilities:Tax1 and Liabilities:Tax2 accounts continue to track how much you must pay to the government agencies responsible for each. When it is time to pay these agencies, make a transaction from the checking account to the liability accounts. No expense accounts are involved. The main account will then appear like this for this example:</para>
+ <para>The <emphasis>Liabilities:Tax1</emphasis> and <emphasis>Liabilities:Tax2</emphasis> accounts continue to track how much you must pay to the government agencies responsible for each. When it is time to pay these agencies, make a transaction from the checking account to the liability accounts. No expense accounts are involved. The main account will then appear like this for this example:</para>
<screenshot id="bus-pay-ex4">
<mediaobject>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_capgain.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_capgain.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_capgain.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
less predictable.</para>
<para>Values of collectible objects such as jewelry, works of art,
- baseball cards, and "Beanie Babies" are even harder to estimate. The
+ baseball cards, and <quote>Beanie Babies</quote> are even harder to estimate. The
markets for such objects are much less open than the securities markets
and less open than the housing market. Worse still are one-of-a-kind
assets. Factories often contain presses and dies customized to build a
@@ -119,24 +119,24 @@
ways to setup capital gains accounts. We will present here a general
method which should be flexible enough to handle most situations. The
first account you will need is an <emphasis>Asset Cost</emphasis> account
- (<application>&app;</application> account type "asset"), which is simply a place where you record
+ (<application>&app;</application> account type <quote>asset</quote>), which is simply a place where you record
the original purchase of the asset. Usually this purchase is accomplished
by a transaction from your bank account.</para>
<para>In order to keep track of the appreciation of the asset, you will
need three accounts. The first is an <emphasis>Unrealized Gains</emphasis>
asset account in which to collect the sum of all of the appreciation
- amounts. The Unrealized Gains asset account is balanced by a
+ amounts. The <emphasis>Unrealized Gains</emphasis> asset account is balanced by a
<emphasis>Unrealized Gains</emphasis> income account, in which all
periodic appreciation income is recorded. Finally, another income account
is necessary, called a <emphasis>Realized Gains</emphasis> in which you
record the actual capital gains upon selling the asset.</para>
<para>Below is a generic account hierarchy for tracking the appreciation
- of 2 assets, ITEM1 and ITEM2. The "Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Cost" accounts are
- balanced by the "Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account" account,
- the "Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Unrealized Gains"
- accounts are balanced by the "Income:Unrealized Gains" account (similar for ITEM2).</para>
+ of 2 assets, <emphasis>ITEM1</emphasis> and <emphasis>ITEM2</emphasis>. The <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Cost</emphasis> accounts are
+ balanced by the <emphasis>Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account</emphasis> account,
+ the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Unrealized Gains</emphasis>
+ accounts are balanced by the <emphasis>Income:Unrealized Gains</emphasis> account (similar for <emphasis>ITEM2</emphasis>).</para>
<literallayout>
-Assets
@@ -163,11 +163,11 @@
about this, even if nobody else does.)</para>
<para>Start with an account hierarchy similar to than shown in <xref
- linkend="capgain_accounts1" />, but replace "ITEM1" with "Degas" and you
- can remove the "ITEM2" accounts. We will assume that the Degas painting
+ linkend="capgain_accounts1" />, but replace <quote>ITEM1</quote> with <quote>Degas</quote> and you
+ can remove the <quote>ITEM2</quote> accounts. We will assume that the Degas painting
had an initial value of one hundred thousand dollars. Begin by giving your
self $100,000 in the bank and then transferring that from your bank
- account to your "Asset:Fixed Assets:Degas:Cost" account (the asset
+ account to your <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Cost</emphasis> account (the asset
purchase transaction). You should now have a main account window which
appears like this:</para>
@@ -192,9 +192,9 @@
<para>A month later, you have reason to suspect that the value of your
painting has increased by $10,000 (an unrealized gain). In order to
- record this you transfer $10,000 from your Accrued Gains income account
- (Income:Unrealized Gains) to your asset Unrealized Gains account
- (Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Unrealized Gain). Your main window will
+ record this you transfer $10,000 from your <emphasis>Accrued Gains</emphasis> income account
+ (<emphasis>Income:Unrealized Gains</emphasis>) to your asset Unrealized Gains account
+ (<emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Unrealized Gain</emphasis>). Your main window will
resemble this:</para>
<screenshot id="capgain_app2main">
@@ -235,16 +235,16 @@
<para>Your optimistic estimate of the painting’s value was correct.
First you must record that the profits made are now realized gains,
not unrealized gains. Do this by transferring the income from the
- "Income:Unrealized Gains" to the "Income:Realized Gains"
- account.</para>
+ <emphasis>Income:Unrealized Gains</emphasis> to the
+ <emphasis>Income:Realized Gains</emphasis> account.</para>
<para>Secondly, you must credit your bank account with the selling
price of the painting. This money comes directly from your
- "Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas" sub-accounts. Transfer the full
- "Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Cost" value into "Asset:Fixed
- Assets:Savings Account", and the full "Assets:Fixed
- Assets:Degas:Unrealized Gain" into "Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings
- Account".</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas</emphasis> sub-accounts. Transfer the full
+ <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Cost</emphasis> value into
+ <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</emphasis>, and the full
+ <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Unrealized Gain</emphasis> into
+ <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</emphasis>.</para>
<para>These transactions should now appear as follows:</para>
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
<row>
<entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Cost</entry>
- <entry>Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
<entry>$100,000</entry>
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
<row>
<entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Unrealized Gains</entry>
- <entry>Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
<entry>$30,000</entry>
@@ -296,8 +296,8 @@
</tgroup>
</table></para>
- <para>This leaves the "Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account" account
- with a total of $130000 and "Income:Realized Gains" with a total of
+ <para>This leaves the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</emphasis> account
+ with a total of $130000 and <emphasis>Income:Realized Gains</emphasis> with a total of
$30000.</para>
<screenshot id="capgain_app3main">
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@
little bit, but not too dramatically.</para>
<para>The transactions should now appear as follows (observe the
- last transaction which balances the Unrealized Gains
+ last transaction which balances the <emphasis>Unrealized Gains</emphasis>
accounts):</para>
<para><table>
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
<row>
<entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Cost</entry>
- <entry>Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
<entry>$100,000</entry>
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
<row>
<entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Unrealized Gains</entry>
- <entry>Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
<entry>$20,000</entry>
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@
</tgroup>
</table></para>
- <para>This leaves the "Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account" account
- with a total of $120000 and "Income:Realized Gains" with a total of
+ <para>This leaves the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</emphasis> account
+ with a total of $120000 and <emphasis>Income:Realized Gains</emphasis> with a total of
$20000.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@
<row>
<entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Cost</entry>
- <entry>Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
<entry>$100,000</entry>
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
<row>
<entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Degas:Unrealized Gains</entry>
- <entry>Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
+ <entry>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</entry>
<entry>$50,000</entry>
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@
</tgroup>
</table></para>
- <para>This leaves the "Asset:Fixed Assets:Savings Account" account
- with a total of $150,000 and "Income:Realized Gains" with a total of
+ <para>This leaves the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Savings Account</emphasis> account
+ with a total of $150,000 and <emphasis>Income:Realized Gains</emphasis> with a total of
$50,000.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
@@ -475,9 +475,9 @@
<title>Caution about Valuation</title>
<para>As we see in this example, for non-financial assets, it may be
- difficult to correctly estimate the ``true'' value of an asset. It is
+ difficult to correctly estimate the <quote>true</quote> value of an asset. It is
quite easy to count yourself rich based on questionable estimates that
- do not reflect "money in the bank."</para>
+ do not reflect <quote>money in the bank</quote>.</para>
<para>When dealing with appreciation of assets,</para>
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@
money, using the assets as collateral, that is a pretty reasonable
evidence that the assets have value, as lenders are professionally
suspicious of dubious overestimations of value. Be aware: all too
- many companies that appear "profitable" on paper go out of business
+ many companies that appear <quote>profitable</quote> on paper go out of business
as a result of running out of cash, precisely because "valuable
assets" were not the same thing as cash.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
<para>Chris Browne has a story from his professional tax preparation days
where a family sold a farm, and expected a considerable tax bill that
turned out to be virtually nil due to having owned the property before
- 1971 (wherein lies a critical "Valuation Day" date in Canada) and due to
+ 1971 (wherein lies a critical <quote>Valuation Day</quote> date in Canada) and due to
it being a dairy farm, with some really peculiar resulting deductions. The
point of this story is that while the presentation here is fairly simple,
taxation often gets terribly complicated...</para>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Select <menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Reconcile</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the menu, and fill
- in the Closing balance as $1451.79. Click OK to begin reconciling the
+ in the Closing balance as $1451.79. Click <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to begin reconciling the
account. Check off the entries as they appear on the sample statement.
When you have checked off all your entries, the reconcile window
should look like this:
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -52,14 +52,14 @@
<title>Setting Up Accounts</title>
<para>To begin managing your credit cards in <application>&app;</application>, you should set up a
- "Liability" top level account and under this parent account create credit
+ <quote>Liability</quote> top level account and under this parent account create credit
card type accounts for each credit card you use. If you are tracking only
the payments you make to the credit card company, then all you need is a
bank account and a credit card account to enter your transactions.</para>
<para>The charges you make on your credit card are expenses, so you will
have to set up these accounts under the top-level account called
- "Expenses". If you decide to keep a more detailed records of your
+ <quote>Expenses</quote>. If you decide to keep a more detailed records of your
purchases, you will need to create expense accounts for each kind of
purchase you make. Since you will also be reconciling the balance to your
credit card statements, you should also enter an opening balance in each
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@
<para>Clearly, you should enter specific expense accounts which fit your
spending habits. The only difference with this setup as compared to the
simple setup is that the expenses have been subdivided by groups. Also
- notice that there is an "Interest" expense, this is used for when your
+ notice that there is an <quote>Interest</quote> expense, this is used for when your
credit card charges interest on your monthly unpaid balance. The
- "Service" expense account is used to track service expenses associated
+ <quote>Service</quote> expense account is used to track service expenses associated
with the credit card, such as the yearly usage fee if it exists. With
this setup, you will be able to see where your money goes every month,
grouped according to the expense accounts.</para>
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
<note>
<para>A common mistake is to enter a refund as income. It is not income,
- but rather a "negative expense". That is why you must transfer money
+ but rather a <quote>negative expense</quote>. That is why you must transfer money
from the expense account to your credit card when you receive a
refund.</para>
</note>
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Open the <guilabel>Liabilities:Visa</guilabel> account register
+ <para>Open the <emphasis>Liabilities:Visa</emphasis> account register
and enter a simple 2 account transaction to pay the $74.99 jeans
purchase. The <guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> account should be
- <guilabel>Expenses:Clothes</guilabel> and you
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> and you
<guilabel>Charge</guilabel> your Visa account with the $74.99.</para>
<note>
- <para>Since we had not created the Expense:Clothes account
+ <para>Since we had not created the <emphasis>Expense:Clothes</emphasis> account
previously, <application>&app;</application> will prompt us to create it. Just remember to
create it as an Expense account</para>
</note>
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Enter the same transaction as the purchase transaction, but
- instead of a "Charge" amount, use a "Payment" amount in the Credit
+ instead of a <quote>Charge</quote> amount, use a <quote>Payment</quote> amount in the Credit
Card account register.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -250,14 +250,14 @@
</textobject>
<caption>
- <para>This image shows <guilabel>Liability:Credit Card -
- Register</guilabel> after reversing a purchase
+ <para>This image shows <emphasis>Liability:Credit Card</emphasis> -
+ Register after reversing a purchase
transaction.</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>And the <guilabel>Expenses:Clothes</guilabel> register should
+ <para>And the <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> register should
look something like this:</para>
<screenshot id="cc-Reversing-Transaction-2">
<mediaobject>
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
</textobject>
<caption>
- <para>This image shows <guilabel>Expenses:Clothes</guilabel>
+ <para>This image shows <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis>
register after reversing a purchase transaction.</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
<note>
<para>You could also setup just a single Starting Balance account and
- use a currency transfer to populate the "different currency" accounts.
+ use a currency transfer to populate the <quote>different currency</quote> accounts.
However, this is more advanced option, which is explained in a later
section (<xref linkend="currency_purchase2" />.</para>
</note>
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
<note><para>
If the <guibutton>Get Quotes</guibutton> button is disabled,
- that means that the Perl module Finance::Quote is not installed.
+ that means that the <application>Perl</application> module <application>Finance::Quote</application> is not installed.
For information on how to install it, please see
<xref linkend="invest-stockprice-auto2" ></xref>
</para></note>
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Deselect the <guilabel>Get Online Quotes</guilabel>box and
- click OK.</para>
+ click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect2>
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
<para>The proper recording of the currency sale *must* be done using a
split transaction. In the split transaction, you must account for the
- profit (or loss) as coming from an Income:Capital Gains account (or
+ profit (or loss) as coming from an <emphasis>Income:Capital Gains</emphasis> account (or
Expense:Capital Loss). To balance this income, you will need to enter
the Currency asset twice in the split. Once to record the actual sale
(using the correct amount and correct exchange rate) and once to balance
@@ -1015,8 +1015,9 @@
</literallayout>
- <para>The transactions you enter into your <guilabel>Assets:Current
- Assets:Savings Account</guilabel> should look like this.</para>
+ <para>The transactions you enter into your
+ <emphasis>Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account</emphasis>
+ should look like this.</para>
<table>
<title>You come into some extra money</title>
@@ -1086,7 +1087,7 @@
<para>After you have had a small chat with your Mortgage bank, they
agree to let you pay it all of in one go, plus some interest (AUD
30,000). You should enter the following split transaction into
- <guilabel>Assets:Fixed Assets:House</guilabel> account.</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:House</emphasis> account.</para>
<table>
<title>Paying of the house mortgage</title>
@@ -1127,7 +1128,7 @@
</tgroup>
</table>
- <para>The <guilabel>Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage</guilabel> Transaction Ledger looks like
+ <para>The <emphasis>Liabilities:Loans:Mortgage</emphasis> account Transaction Ledger looks like
this after the transactions have been entered</para>
<screenshot id="currency_PutTogether_AussieHouse.png">
@@ -1176,8 +1177,9 @@
we first do a currency transaction to the various bank accounts
associated with the stock. </para>
- <para>The transaction you enter into your <guilabel>Assets:Current
- Assets:Savings Account</guilabel> should look like this.</para>
+ <para>The transaction you enter into your
+ <emphasis>Assets:Current Assets:Savings Account</emphasis>
+ should look like this.</para>
<table>
<title>Transfer money to overseas with a multiple currency transaction
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_dep.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_dep.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_dep.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
<para>Warning: Be aware that different countries can have
substantially different tax policies for depreciation; all that this
document can really provide is some of the underlying ideas to help
- you apply your "favorite" tax/depreciation policies.</para>
+ you apply your <quote>favorite</quote> tax/depreciation policies.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Car Blue Book:</emphasis> For automobiles, it is easy
- to look up in references such as "Blue Books" estimates of what an
+ to look up in references such as <quote>Blue Books</quote> estimates of what an
automobile should be worth after some period of time in the future.
From this you will be able to develop a model of the
depreciation.</para>
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@
<note>
<para>Beware: Tax authorities may require (or allow) a larger
percentage in the first period. On the other hand, in Canada, this
- is reversed, as they permit only a half share of "Capital Cost
- Allowance" in the first year. The result of this approach is that
+ is reversed, as they permit only a half share of <quote>Capital Cost
+ Allowance</quote> in the first year. The result of this approach is that
asset value decreases more rapidly at the beginning than at the
end which is probably more realistic for most assets than a linear
scheme. This is certainly true for automobiles.</para>
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
ways to setup depreciation accounts. We will present here a general method
which should be flexible enough to handle most situations. The first
account you will need is an <emphasis>Asset Cost</emphasis> account
- (<application>&app;</application> account type "asset"), which is simply a place where you record
+ (<application>&app;</application> account type <quote>asset</quote>), which is simply a place where you record
the original purchase of the asset. Usually this purchase is accomplished
by a transaction from your bank account.</para>
@@ -455,15 +455,15 @@
need two depreciation accounts. The first is an <emphasis>Accumulated
Depreciation</emphasis> account in which to collect the sum of all of the
depreciation amounts, and will contain negative values. In <application>&app;</application>, this
- is an account type <emphasis>asset</emphasis>. The Accumulated
- Depreciation account is balanced by a <emphasis>Depreciation
- Expense</emphasis> account, in which all periodic depreciation expenses
+ is an account type <emphasis>asset</emphasis>. The <emphasis>Accumulated Depreciation</emphasis>
+ account is balanced by a <emphasis>Depreciation Expense</emphasis> account,
+ in which all periodic depreciation expenses
are recorded. In <application>&app;</application>, this is an account type
<emphasis>expense</emphasis>.</para>
<para>Below is a generic account hierarchy for tracking the depreciation
- of 2 assets, ITEM1 and ITEM2. The "Asset Cost" accounts are balanced by
- the "Bank" account, the Accumulated Depreciation account is balanced by
+ of 2 assets, <emphasis>ITEM1</emphasis> and <emphasis>ITEM2</emphasis>. The <quote>Asset Cost</quote> accounts are balanced by
+ the <quote>Bank</quote> account, the Accumulated Depreciation account is balanced by
the Depreciation Expense account.</para>
<literallayout>
@@ -483,11 +483,11 @@
<para>One of the features of the account hierarchy shown above is that you
can readily see some important summary values about your depreciating
- asset. The "Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1" account total shows you the current
- estimated value for item1, the "Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Cost" shows you
- what you originally paid for item1, "Assets:Fixed
- Assets:ITEM1:Depreciation" shows you your accrued depreciation for item1,
- and finally, "Expenses:Depreciation" demonstrates the total accrued
+ asset. The <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1</emphasis> account total shows you the current
+ estimated value for item1, the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Cost</emphasis> shows you
+ what you originally paid for item1, <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:ITEM1:Depreciation</emphasis>
+ shows you your accrued depreciation for item1,
+ and finally, <emphasis>Expenses:Depreciation</emphasis> demonstrates the total accrued
depreciation of all your assets.</para>
<para>It is certainly possible to use a different account hierarchy. One
@@ -516,10 +516,10 @@
you can probably deduct the depreciation from your business taxes.</para>
<para>The first step is to build the account hierarchy (as shown in the
- previous section, replace ITEM1 and ITEM2 with "car" and "camera"). Now,
+ previous section, replace <emphasis>ITEM1</emphasis> and <emphasis>ITEM2</emphasis> with <quote>car</quote> and <quote>camera</quote>). Now,
record the purchase of your assets by transferring the money from your
bank account to the appropriate <emphasis>Asset Cost</emphasis> accounts
- for each item (eg: the "Assets:Fixed Assets:Car:Cost" account for the
+ for each item (eg: the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Car:Cost</emphasis> account for the
car). In this example, you start with $30k in the bank, the car cost $20k
and the camera cost $10k and were both purchased on January 1,
2000.</para>
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@
</screenshot>
<para>Looking at the tax codes, we realize that we must report
- depreciation on these items using the "sum of digits" scheme, over a 5
+ depreciation on these items using the <quote>sum of digits</quote> scheme, over a 5
year period. So, the yearly depreciation amounts for the car come to
$6667, $5333, $4000, $2667, $1333 for years 1 to 5 respectively, rounded
to the nearest dollar. The yearly depreciation amounts for the camera are
@@ -550,10 +550,10 @@
<para>For each accounting period (IE: fiscal year) you record the
depreciation as an expense in the appropriate <emphasis>Accrued
- Depreciation</emphasis> account (eg: the "Asset:Fixed
- Assets:Car:Depreciation" account for the car). The two windows below show
+ Depreciation</emphasis> account (eg: the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:Car:Depreciation</emphasis>
+ account for the car). The two windows below show
your car’s accrued depreciation account and the main window after the
- third year (IE: three periods) of depreciation using this "sum of digits"
+ third year (IE: three periods) of depreciation using this <guilabel>sum of digits</guilabel>
scheme.</para>
<screenshot id="dep_assetreg">
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Common stock</emphasis> is a security that
represents a certain fractional ownership of a company. This is what
- you buy when you "buy stock" in a company on the open market. This
+ you buy when you <quote>buy stock</quote> in a company on the open market. This
is also sometimes known as <emphasis>capital
stock</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Stock split</emphasis> occurs when a company offers
to issue some additional multiple of shares for each existing stock.
- For example, a "2 for 1" stock split means that if you own 100
+ For example, a <quote>2 for 1</quote> stock split means that if you own 100
shares of a stock, you will receive an additional 100 at no cost to
you. The unit price of the shares will be adjusted so there is no
net change in the value, so in this example the price per share will
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
painting.</para>
<para>Fixed asset investments are discussed in the chapter on
- "Depreciation and Capital Gains". Typically, there is not much to do
+ <quote>Depreciation and Capital Gains</quote>. Typically, there is not much to do
in terms of accounting for fixed asset investments except recording
the buying and selling transactions.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -257,9 +257,9 @@
<emphasis>must</emphasis> create a new <application>&app;</application> file. This will run the
<guilabel>New Account Hierarchy Setup</guilabel> assistant. After choosing
the default currency to use, you will be asked to <guilabel>Choose
- accounts to create</guilabel>. At this point, choose the "Investment
- Accounts" option (along with any others you are interested in). Assuming
- only <quote>Investment Accounts</quote> were selected, this will create
+ accounts to create</guilabel>. At this point, choose the <guilabel>Investment Accounts</guilabel>
+ option (along with any others you are interested in). Assuming
+ only <guilabel>Investment Accounts</guilabel> were selected, this will create
an account hierarchy as shown below.</para>
<screenshot id="invest_accountspredef">
@@ -273,15 +273,15 @@
<phrase>Setup Interest Investment</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>This is an screen image of the "Accounts" tab after
+ <caption><para>This is an screen image of the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab after
creating a new file and selecting only the default investment
accounts. </para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>You will probably at least want to add a <emphasis>Bank</emphasis>
- account to the Assets and probably an <emphasis>Equity:Opening
- Balance</emphasis> account, as we have done in previous chapters. Don’t
+ account to the Assets and probably an <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balance</emphasis>
+ account, as we have done in previous chapters. Don’t
forget to save your new account file with a relevant name!</para>
</sect2>
@@ -521,8 +521,10 @@
<note>
<para>If you want to track income (dividends/interest/capital gains)
on a per-stock or fund basis, you will need to create an
- Income:Dividends:STOCKSYMBOL, Income:Cap Gain (Long):STOCKSYMBOL,
- Income:Cap Gain (Short):STOCKSYMBOL and Income:Interest:STOCKSYMBOL
+ <emphasis>Income:Dividends:STOCKSYMBOL</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis>Income:Cap Gain (Long):STOCKSYMBOL</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis>Income:Cap Gain (Short):STOCKSYMBOL</emphasis>
+ and <emphasis>Income:Interest:STOCKSYMBOL</emphasis>
account for each stock you own that pays dividends or interest.</para>
</note>
</sect2>
@@ -567,7 +569,7 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Description</emphasis> - Optional field for detailed
description of the commodity/stock. Note this field by default is
- displayed in the Account tab tree.</para>
+ displayed in the <guilabel>Account</guilabel> tab tree.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -588,11 +590,11 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Select Security/Currency</emphasis> - Click on
- the <quote>Select ...</quote> button next to the
+ the <guibutton>Select ...</guibutton> button next to the
<guilabel>security/currency</guilabel> line. We must change the
security from the default (your default currency) to this
- specific stock. This will bring up the <quote>Select
- Security</quote> dialog.</para>
+ specific stock. This will bring up the
+ <guilabel>Select Security</guilabel> dialog.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -600,8 +602,8 @@
<guilabel>type</guilabel> from current to the exchange where the
security/commodity is traded (in this example NASDAQ).</para>
- <para>Select the <quote>New</quote> Button to open the
- <quote>New Security</quote> window.</para>
+ <para>Select the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button to open the
+ <guilabel>New Security</guilabel> window.</para>
<screenshot id="invest-selectsecurity">
<mediaobject>
@@ -621,9 +623,8 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Create the Security</emphasis> - Click on the
- <guilabel>New...</guilabel> button and enter the appropriate
- information for this stock on the new form <guilabel>New
- Security</guilabel>.</para>
+ <guibutton>New...</guibutton> button and enter the appropriate
+ information for this stock on the new form <guilabel>New Security</guilabel>.</para>
<!-- Open inter most loop (#3)
-->
@@ -667,11 +668,11 @@
<link linkend="invest-stockprice-auto2">
<quote>Setting Stock Price Automatically</quote></link>.</para>
- <para> If the <quote>Get On-Line Quotes</quote> is not highlighted, and it
- is not tickable, then the Finance::Quote package is not installed.
+ <para> If the <guibutton>Get On-Line Quotes</guibutton> button is not highlighted, and it
+ is not tickable, then the <application>Finance::Quote</application> package is not installed.
See the section on
<link linkend="invest-stockprice-auto-install3">
- <quote>Installing Finance::Quote</quote></link>.</para>
+ <quote>Installing <application>Finance::Quote</application></quote></link>.</para>
<para>Below is what this window should look like when
finished: <screenshot id="invest-newsecurity">
@@ -693,8 +694,8 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Save Security</emphasis> - Click on the
<guibutton>OK</guibutton> button to save this new security,
- this will close the <quote>New Security</quote> window and
- return to the <quote>New Account</quote> window.</para>
+ this will close the <guilabel>New Security</guilabel> window and
+ return to the <guilabel>New Account</guilabel> window.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -711,7 +712,7 @@
<para><emphasis>Select the Security</emphasis> - you should now see
the newly created security available in the pull down menu for
<guilabel>Security/Currency</guilabel>. Select it (it is probably
- already selected) and click on <guilabel>OK</guilabel>.</para>
+ already selected) and click on <guibutton>OK</guibutton>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -740,7 +741,7 @@
<para><emphasis>Finished</emphasis> - You should now have been
automatically returned to the New Account dialog, with the
<guilabel>symbol/abbreviation:</guilabel> line set to <quote>AMZN
- (Amazon.com Inc)</quote>. Click on <guilabel>OK</guilabel> to save
+ (Amazon.com Inc)</quote>. Click on <guibutton>OK</guibutton> to save
this new stock account.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -819,8 +820,8 @@
<para>The only difference between setting up a new stock purchase
versus the setup for preexisting stocks as described in the previous
section is that instead of transferring the money used to purchase the
- stock from the Equity:Opening Balance account, you use your Assets:Bank ABC
- account.</para>
+ stock from the <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balance</emphasis> account, you use your
+ <emphasis>Assets:Bank ABC</emphasis> account.</para>
<para>Now you will purchase $5000 of IBM stock, with a commission of $100. First
step will be to create the stock account for IBM. The existing Expense:Commission
@@ -832,7 +833,7 @@
Shares will be skipped (to be calculated), Price (eg: $96.60), and Buy ($5000).
You do not need to fill in the <guilabel>Share</guilabel> column, as it will be
calculated for you. The next line in the split transaction will be
- <quote>Expense:Commission</quote> and fill in Buy ($100).
+ <emphasis>Expense:Commission</emphasis> and fill in Buy ($100).
The third line will be to transfer from <emphasis>Assets:Bank ABC:Saving</emphasis>,
$5100 to balance the transaction.
Your IBM Commodity view should now appear like this:</para>
@@ -869,7 +870,7 @@
<title>Initial Price Editor Setup</title>
<para>To use the Price Editor to track a stock value, you must initially
- insert the stock. To do so, open the Price Editor
+ insert the stock. To do so, open the <guilabel>Price Editor</guilabel>
(<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Price Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) and
click on <guibutton>Add</guibutton> button. The first time a
Commodity/Stock is entered this window will be blank except for the
@@ -902,7 +903,7 @@
share), or <guilabel>Unknown</guilabel>. Stocks and currencies will
usually give their quotes as one of bid, ask or last. Mutual funds
are often given as net asset value. For other commodities, simply
- choose "Unknown". This option is for informational purposes only, it
+ choose <guilabel>Unknown</guilabel>. This option is for informational purposes only, it
is not used by <application>&app;</application>.</para>
</listitem>
@@ -941,7 +942,7 @@
<title>Setting Stock Price Manually</title>
<para>If the value of the commodity (stock) changes, you can adjust the
- value by entering the Price Editor, selecting the commodity, clicking on
+ value by entering the <guilabel>Price Editor</guilabel>, selecting the commodity, clicking on
<guibutton>edit</guibutton> and entering the new price.</para>
<screenshot id="invest-peditor2">
@@ -967,19 +968,19 @@
<para>If you have more than a couple of commodities, you will tire of
having to update their prices constantly. <application>&app;</application> has the ability to
automatically download the most recent price for your commodities using
- the Internet. This is accomplished through the Perl module
- Finance::Quote, which must be installed in order to activate this
+ the Internet. This is accomplished through the <application>Perl</application> module
+ <application>Finance::Quote</application>, which must be installed in order to activate this
feature.</para>
- <para>To determine if the Perl module Finance::Quote is already
- installed on your system, type <quote>perldoc Finance::Quote</quote> in
+ <para>To determine if the <application>Perl</application> module <application>Finance::Quote</application> is already
+ installed on your system, type <quote>perldoc <application>Finance::Quote</application></quote> in
a terminal window and check to see if there is any documentation
available. If you see the documentation, then the module is installed,
if you do not see the documentation, then it has not been
installed.</para>
<sect3 id="invest-stockprice-auto-install3">
- <title>Installing Finance::Quote</title>
+ <title>Installing <application>Finance::Quote</application></title>
<para><emphasis role="strong">Microsoft Windows:</emphasis>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -993,7 +994,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Run <emphasis role="strong">Install Online Price
Retrieval</emphasis>In the <application>&app;</application>
- "Start" menu.</para>
+ <quote>Start</quote> menu.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
@@ -1026,8 +1027,8 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- This will launch a Perl CPAN update session that will go out
- onto the Internet and install the Finance::Quote module on
+ This will launch a <application>Perl</application> CPAN update session that will go out
+ onto the Internet and install the <application>Finance::Quote</application> module on
your system. The gnc-fq-update program is interactive,
however, with most systems you should be able to answer
<quote>no</quote> to the first question: <quote>Are you ready
@@ -1036,7 +1037,7 @@
<para>After installation is complete, you should run the <quote>gnc-fq-dump</quote>
test program, in the same directory, distributed with <application>&app;</application> to test
- if Finance::Quote is installed and working properly.</para>
+ if <application>Finance::Quote</application> is installed and working properly.</para>
<note>
<para>If you feel uncomfortable about performing any of these steps,
@@ -1050,7 +1051,7 @@
<sect3 id="invest-stockprice-auto-configure3">
<title>Configuring Securities for Online Quotes</title>
- <para>With Finance::Quote installed and functioning correctly, you
+ <para>With <application>Finance::Quote</application> installed and functioning correctly, you
must configure your <application>&app;</application> securities to use this feature to
obtain updated price information automatically. Whether creating new securities or modifying securities
that have already been setup, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu><guimenuitem>Security Editor</guimenuitem>
@@ -1071,18 +1072,18 @@
in the recently opened file list; the first item, numbered 1, is the name of the currently
open file.</para>
- <para>This can be automated by creating a crontab entry. For example,
+ <para>This can be automated by creating a <application>crontab</application> entry. For example,
to update your file every Friday evening (16:00) after the relevant exchange
markets close (modify the time accordingly for your time zone), you could add
- the following to your personal crontab:</para>
+ the following to your personal <application>crontab</application>:</para>
<para>0 16 * * 5 gnucash --add-price-quotes $HOME/gnucash-filename >
/dev/null 2>&1</para>
<para>Remember that Mutual Fund <quote>prices</quote> are really <quote>Net Asset
Value</quote> and require several hours after the exchange closes before being
- available. If NAVs are downloaded before the current days NAVs are
- determined, yesterday’s NAVs are retrieved.</para>
+ available. If <acronym>NAV</acronym>s are downloaded before the current days <acronym>NAV</acronym>s are
+ determined, yesterday’s <acronym>NAV</acronym>s are retrieved.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -1094,7 +1095,7 @@
<guilabel>Total</guilabel>. In the case of stocks, this commodity is the
number of shares. Often, however, you will want to see the value of your
stocks expressed in terms of some monetary unit. This is easily
- accomplished by entering the main window, selecting the <quote>Accounts</quote> tab,
+ accomplished by entering the main window, selecting the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab,
by clicking on the title bar <guibutton>Options</guibutton> button (the small
down pointing arrow on the right side of the main account window titles bar), and
selecting the option to display the account total field <quote>Total
@@ -1120,13 +1121,13 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 id="invest-stockprice-report">
- <title>Selecting "Price Source" in Stock Value Reports</title>
+ <title>Selecting <quote>Price Source</quote> in Stock Value Reports</title>
<para>Most <application>&app;</application> Asset reports have options to set/modify a number of parameters for the report. The
Options windows is displayed by selecting the report tab then clicking on either the <guibutton>Options</guibutton>
icon in the menu bar or selecting <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Options</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
- The tab "General" in the
- resulting window contains various parameters for the report. One of these is "Price Source" which of offers
+ The tab <quote>General</quote> in the
+ resulting window contains various parameters for the report. One of these is <quote>Price Source</quote> which of offers
three alternatives to determine stock prices in reports:</para>
<note>
<para>In the example below, the report is a customization of
@@ -1203,8 +1204,9 @@
<para>The proper recording of the stock sale *must* be done using a split
transaction. In the split transaction, you must account for the profit (or
- loss) as coming from an Income:Capital Gains account (or Expense:Capital
- Loss). To balance this income, you will need to enter the stock asset
+ loss) as coming from an <emphasis>Income:Capital Gains</emphasis> account
+ (or <emphasis>Expense:Capital Loss</emphasis>). To balance this income,
+ you will need to enter the stock asset
twice in the split. Once to record the actual sale (using the correct
number of shares and correct price per share) and once to balance the
income profit (setting the number of shares to 0 and price per share to
@@ -1576,12 +1578,12 @@
<para>If the dividend is presented as cash, you should record the
transaction directly in the asset account that received the money, as
- income from <quote>Income::Dividends</quote> with a note mentioning from which
+ income from <emphasis>Income:Dividends</emphasis> with a note mentioning from which
commodity it was derived. There is no simple way to show this transaction
from within the stock or mutual fund account itself.</para>
<para>As an example consider the following; a purchase of IBM stock with the dividends
- deposited as cash into the Broker Account.</para>
+ deposited as cash into the <emphasis>Broker</emphasis> Account.</para>
<screenshot id="invest-dividendcash1">
<mediaobject>
@@ -1594,14 +1596,14 @@
<phrase>Example of cash dividend transactions</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>An image of the Brokerage Account register after a series of cash
+ <caption><para>An image of the <emphasis>Brokerage</emphasis> Account register after a series of cash
dividends. </para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<note>
<para>If you want to track dividends on a per-stock basis, you would
- need to create an Income:Dividends:STOCKSYMBOL account for each stock
+ need to create an <emphasis>Income:Dividends:STOCKSYMBOL</emphasis> account for each stock
you own that pays dividends.</para>
</note>
@@ -1722,7 +1724,7 @@
</screenshot>
- <para>Select the <quote>Assets:Investments:DRIPs:NST</quote> and click on
+ <para>Select the <emphasis>Assets:Investments:DRIPs:NST</emphasis> and click on
<guimenu>Forward</guimenu>.</para>
<para>The next screen presents 5 fields in the Stock Splits Details window:</para>
@@ -1795,9 +1797,9 @@
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>A final <quote>Finish</quote> screen will give a last option to;
- <guimenu>Cancel</guimenu>, <guimenu>Back</guimenu> to modify any data entered or
- <guimenu>Apply</guimenu> to complete the stock split with the data entered. </para>
+ <para>A final <guilabel>Finish</guilabel> screen will give a last option to;
+ <guibutton>Cancel</guibutton>, <guibutton>Back</guibutton> to modify any data entered or
+ <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> to complete the stock split with the data entered. </para>
<screenshot id="invest-simplesplit1">
<mediaobject>
@@ -1810,7 +1812,7 @@
<phrase>Example of simple stock split transaction in the stock’s register</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>An image of the <quote>Assets:Investments:DRIPs:NST</quote>
+ <caption><para>An image of the <emphasis>Assets:Investments:DRIPs:NST</emphasis>
register after a simple stock split transaction. </para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
@@ -1853,12 +1855,12 @@
</textobject>
<caption><para>An image of the stock split assistant at step 2 - Selection of
- Account/Stock (Investment Account:T).</para></caption>
+ Account/Stock (<emphasis>Investment Account:T</emphasis>).</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>Select the <quote>Assets:Investments:Brokerage Account:Stock:T</quote> and click on
+ <para>Select the <emphasis>Assets:Investments:Brokerage Account:Stock:T</emphasis> and click on
<guimenu>Forward</guimenu>.</para>
<para>The next screen presents 5 fields in the Stock Splits Details window:</para>
@@ -1932,7 +1934,7 @@
<phrase>Example of moderate stock split transaction in the stock’s register</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>An image of the Investment Account:T register after a
+ <caption><para>An image of the <emphasis>Investment Account:T</emphasis> register after a
stock split transaction that decreases the shares. </para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@
</screenshot>
<para>The purchase of the house is recorded with a split transaction in
- the Asset:House account, with $50k coming from the bank (IE: your down
+ the <emphasis>Assets:House</emphasis> account, with $50k coming from the bank (IE: your down
payment), and $100k coming from the Mortgage. You can place the $3k
closing costs in the same split, and we increase the house loan to $103k
to include the closing costs as well.</para>
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
</tgroup>
</table></para>
- <para>The split will look like this in the Assets:Fixed Assets:House
+ <para>The split will look like this in the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:House</emphasis>
Account:</para>
<screenshot id="loans_mortgage2.png">
@@ -573,8 +573,9 @@
<para>But you need to know how much of this is Interest and how much is
Principal to be able to do a proper bookkeeping. For this you need a
- more powerful tool, something like the Calc module in OpenOffice.org, and
- in particular the PMT function.</para>
+ more powerful tool, something like the <application>Calc</application> module in
+ <application>OpenOffice.org</application>, and
+ in particular the <acronym>PMT</acronym> function.</para>
<screenshot id="loans_OpenOfficePrivateLoanDetails">
<mediaobject>
@@ -612,8 +613,8 @@
<para>When you have lended money to your friend, you have in fact moved
money from an Asset account (like Bank, Checking or similar) to your
- Asset account "Money owed to you". To record this you enter the
- following transaction into the Assets:Money owed to you:Friend
+ Asset account <emphasis>Money owed to you</emphasis>. To record this you enter the
+ following transaction into the <emphasis>Assets:Money owed to you:Friend</emphasis>
account.</para>
<para><table>
@@ -886,10 +887,11 @@
$600k, and decrease some other accounts with $600k. The house
account only contains $300k which is what you bought it for, so you
move this amount to your bank account. That means you are lacking
- $300k. This amount you fetch from the Income:Captial Gains Long:House
+ $300k. This amount you fetch from the <emphasis>Income:Captial Gains Long:House</emphasis>
account. The split transaction you enter into your
- <emphasis>bank</emphasis> account (<guilabel>Assets:Current
- Assets:Saving</guilabel>) should look like this.</para>
+ <emphasis>bank</emphasis> account
+ (<emphasis>Assets:Current Assets:Saving</emphasis>)
+ should look like this.</para>
<para><table>
<title>Selling an asset (house) with a profit</title>
@@ -942,10 +944,10 @@
account contains $300k which is more than what you sold it for. So
let’s move $230k of it to your bank account. After this you have $70k
remaining in your house account which needs to be removed. You move it
- to our Income:Capital Gains Long:House account, which will indicate
+ to our <emphasis>Income:Capital Gains Long:House</emphasis> account, which will indicate
a loss. The split transaction you enter into your
- <emphasis>house</emphasis> account (<guilabel>Assets:Fixed
- Assets:House</guilabel>) should look like this.</para>
+ <emphasis>house</emphasis> account
+ (<emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:House</emphasis>) should look like this.</para>
<para><table>
<title>Selling an asset (house) with a loss</title>
@@ -1026,19 +1028,19 @@
<para>The difference between $600,000 (estimated market value) and
$300,000 (purchase value) is the current Unrealized Gain value. Therefore
you have a total of $300,000 in your
- <guilabel>Assets:Fixed Assets:House:Unrealized Gain</guilabel> account</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:House:Unrealized Gain</emphasis> account</para>
<para>How do you record this sell transaction?</para>
<para>To record this you need to increase your bank account with the
$600k, and decrease some other accounts with $600k.
You must first change from unrealized gain to realized gain
- for your Income accounts.
- Lastly you need to transfer the full amounts from the "Assets:Fixed Assets:House"
+ for your <emphasis>Income</emphasis> accounts.
+ Lastly you need to transfer the full amounts from the <emphasis>Assets:Fixed Assets:House</emphasis>
sub-accounts.</para>
<para>The transaction you enter into your
- <guilabel>Income:Realized Gain:House</guilabel>
+ <emphasis>Income:Realized Gain:House</emphasis> account
account should look like this.</para>
<para><table>
@@ -1075,7 +1077,7 @@
</table></para>
<para>The transaction you enter into your
- <guilabel>Assets:Current Assets:Saving</guilabel> account
+ <emphasis>Assets:Current Assets:Saving</emphasis> account
should look like this.</para>
<para><table>
@@ -1120,7 +1122,7 @@
</table></para>
<para>After having recorded these transactions you see that your House
Asset have a value of 0, your Savings account have increased with $600,000,
- and lastly, the Income:Realized Gain have increased to $300,000.</para>
+ and lastly, the <emphasis>Income:Realized Gain</emphasis> have increased to $300,000.</para>
</sect2>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oth_assets.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oth_assets.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oth_assets.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
Suppose you lent someone $500 and he agreed to repay you $50 a month.
If he paid on time, the loan you made would be paid off within a year,
which is why it is classified as a short-term receivable. So you
- could record that loan initially in this account tree: OtherAssets:CurrentAssets:LoanToJoe.
+ could record that loan initially in this account tree: <emphasis>OtherAssets:Current Assets:LoanToJoe.</emphasis>
At the time you give him the money: your
entry is debit (increase) LoanToJoe $500 and credit (decrease) Bank
$500. Each time you receive Joe’s payment you record $50 debit
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Double Entry</emphasis>: Every transaction must
debit one account and credit others by an equal amount. This ensures
- the "books balance" - that the difference between income and expense
+ the <quote>books balance</quote> - that the difference between income and expense
exactly equals the sum of all bank, cash, stock and other
assets.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_reports.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_reports.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_reports.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
<entry><emphasis>Report Name</emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Step Size</emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Interval Summary</emphasis></entry>
- <entry><emphasis>Interval "From"</emphasis></entry>
- <entry><emphasis>Interval "To"</emphasis></entry>
+ <entry><emphasis>Interval <quote>From</quote></emphasis></entry>
+ <entry><emphasis>Interval <quote>To</quote></emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Choose Accounts</emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Default</emphasis></entry>
<entry><emphasis>Format</emphasis></entry>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@
balance.</para>
<para>In the first transaction row, enter a date (eg: March, 1, 2006), a
- description (eg: "Opening Balance"), click on the Transfer pop-up menu
- and select <guilabel>Equity:Opening Balances</guilabel>, add a deposit
- value of $1000, and press the Enter key. The account register should now
+ description (eg: <quote>Opening Balance</quote>), click on the <guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> pop-up menu
+ and select <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balances</emphasis>, add a deposit
+ value of $1000, and press the <keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap> key. The account register should now
appear similar to this figure:</para>
<screenshot id="txns-register-2account">
@@ -81,22 +81,22 @@
<phrase>The Checking Account - Register</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>This image shows <guilabel>Assets:Checking -
- Register</guilabel> after inserting a starting value
+ <caption><para>This image shows <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> -
+ Register after inserting a starting value
transaction.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>Setting the starting balances of an account is an example of a
simple two account transaction. In this case, affecting the
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> and the <guilabel>Equity:Opening
- Balances</guilabel> accounts.</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> and the <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balances</emphasis>
+ accounts.</para>
<para>As another example of a simple 2 account transaction, add another
transaction to describe the purchase of $45.21 worth of groceries. From
- within the Assets:Checking account, you would set
+ within the <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> account, you would set
<guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> to
- <guilabel>Expenses:Groceries</guilabel>. The account register should now
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Groceries</emphasis>. The account register should now
appear:</para>
<screenshot id="txns-register-2account2">
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@
<phrase>The Checking Account - Register</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>This image shows <guilabel>Assets:Checking -
- Register</guilabel> after adding a transaction for
+ <caption><para>This image shows <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> -
+ Register after adding a transaction for
groceries.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
@@ -121,17 +121,17 @@
<title>Split Transaction</title>
<para>The need for 3 or more splits in a transaction occurs when you need
- to split either the "from" or the "to" account in a transaction into
+ to split either the <quote>from</quote> or the <quote>to</quote> account in a transaction into
multiple accounts. The classic example of this is when you receive a
paycheck. Your take home pay from a paycheck will typically be less than
your net pay, with the difference being due to taxes, retirement account
payments, and/or other items. Thus, the single transaction of you
receiving a paycheck involves other accounts besides simply
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> and
- <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel>.</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> and
+ <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis>.</para>
<para>To add the paycheck split transaction from the
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> account register window, click
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> account register window, click
on a new transaction line and click <guibutton>Split</guibutton>. Enter
the description of this transaction on the first line (e.g.
<quote>Employers R Us</quote>). In the split line below this, enter
@@ -141,20 +141,18 @@
repeat the process.</para>
<para>In this example, choose the deposit account
- (<guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel>) and then enter the amount that
+ (<emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis>) and then enter the amount that
is being deposited into it (e.g. $670). Follow this by entering the
amounts for the various taxes:
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes:Federal</guilabel>, $180;
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes:Medicare</guilabel>, $90; and
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes:Social Security</guilabel>, $60. Finally,
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes:Federal</emphasis> account, $180;
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes:Medicare</emphasis> account, $90; and
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes:Social Security</emphasis> account, $60. Finally,
enter the gross total of your paycheck ($1,000 in this example) as a
- withdrawal transfer from <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel>.</para>
+ withdrawal transfer from <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis>.</para>
<para>The final split should look like <xref
- linkend="txns-register-multiaccount"/>. Remember to press <keycap
- function="enter">Enter</keycap> after finishing the entry. But you
- should also know that when you press <keycap
- function="enter">Enter</keycap>, the split view will be
+ linkend="txns-register-multiaccount"/>. Remember to press <keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap> after finishing the entry. But you
+ should also know that when you press <keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap>, the split view will be
<quote>folded</quote> back into a simplified transaction view. The
splits are still there; you just have to click
<guilabel>Split</guilabel> to view them. See <xref
@@ -178,14 +176,14 @@
<title>Features of the Account Register</title>
<para>The title bar of the account register displays the account name,
- which in this case is <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel>. Below the
+ which in this case is <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis>. Below the
title bar, the menu bar displays the menu items available within the
account register, and the tool bar contains handy buttons that help you
work with the account register.</para>
<para>Although each transaction has at least two splits, all you see in
the basic register is a summary of the splits affecting the current
- account. In the Transfer column, you can see the other account from
+ account. In the <guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> column, you can see the other account from
which money is <emphasis>transferred</emphasis> into or out of this
account. If the transaction affects more than two accounts, <application>&app;</application>
displays <guilabel>-- Split Transaction --</guilabel> to show it is a
@@ -251,8 +249,8 @@
<guibutton>Jump</guibutton> button on the tool bar.</para>
<para>In this example, if you jump to the
- <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel> account, <application>&app;</application> brings up the same
- transaction in the <guilabel>Income:Salary - Register</guilabel>:</para>
+ <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis> account, <application>&app;</application> brings up the same
+ transaction in the <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis> - Register:</para>
<screenshot id="txns-registersplit3">
<mediaobject>
@@ -262,20 +260,20 @@
</imageobject>
<textobject>
- <phrase>A jump to the Income:Salary account</phrase>
+ <phrase>A jump to the <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis> account</phrase>
</textobject>
<caption><para>This image shows a jump to the
- <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel> account.</para></caption>
+ <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis> account.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
<para>Note that the transaction line total now summarizes the effect on
- the <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel> account instead of the
+ the <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis> account instead of the
<guilabel>Checking Account</guilabel>, because you are looking at the
- <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel> account register. The splits are
+ <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis> account register. The splits are
exactly the same, but the transaction line now reflects the credit to
- the <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel> account.</para>
+ the <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis> account.</para>
<para>At the bottom left of the register window, <application>&app;</application> displays
helpful messages as you move about the register. To the right, you can
@@ -310,10 +308,10 @@
</para>
<para>For this example, let’s assume that you have a checking account with $10,000,
and have decided to really splurge by purchasing 3 pair of Jeans for $1,000.
- Now, you can either record this as one simple transaction and move $1,000 to Expenses:Clothes.
+ Now, you can either record this as one simple transaction and move $1,000 to <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis>.
Or, you can record a split transaction, and record each Jeans individually.</para>
<para>Technically they are the same, but from an accounting point of view, when you
- record each Jeans purchase separately, the Expenses:Clothes account will record three
+ record each Jeans purchase separately, the <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> account will record three
different transactions.</para>
<para>The below screenshots will illustrate this a bit better</para>
@@ -336,7 +334,7 @@
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>The we open the Expenses:Clothes account, and look at it from the default Basic Ledger view.
+ <para>The we open the <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> account, and look at it from the default Basic Ledger view.
As you can see, we have three entries here, but there were only one entry in the checking account.
If you look carefully, you will see that each row have a different amount, $200, $300, and $500.
Each row’s transaction line reflects a one split row.</para>
@@ -348,15 +346,15 @@
</imageobject>
<textobject>
- <phrase>A jump to the Expenses:Clothes account</phrase>
+ <phrase>A jump to the <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> account</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>This image shows <guilabel>Expenses:Clothes</guilabel> account
+ <caption><para>This image shows <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> account
in Basic Ledger mode.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>If we view the Expenses:Clothes account in Transaction Journal mode, you will again, only see
+ <para>If we view the <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> account in Transaction Journal mode, you will again, only see
the original split transaction.</para>
<screenshot id="txns-registersplit6">
@@ -367,10 +365,10 @@
</imageobject>
<textobject>
- <phrase>A jump to the Expenses:Clothes account</phrase>
+ <phrase>A jump to the <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> account</phrase>
</textobject>
- <caption><para>This image shows <guilabel>Expenses:Clothes</guilabel> account in
+ <caption><para>This image shows <emphasis>Expenses:Clothes</emphasis> account in
Transaction Journal mode.</para></caption>
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
@@ -391,7 +389,7 @@
account list. It also helps you with entering sub-accounts in these
fields: simply type the first characters of the parent account name
followed by a colon and the first characters of the sub-account name. For
- example, to enter <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel>, you might type
+ example, to enter <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis>, you might type
<userinput>A:C</userinput> and let <application>&app;</application> fill in the rest.</para>
<para>Register keyboard shortcuts also save you time, and <application>&app;</application> provides
@@ -493,7 +491,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><keycap>Enter</keycap> or <keycap>↓</keycap> to move to the next
+ <para><keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap> or <keycap>↓</keycap> to move to the next
transaction, <keycap>↑</keycap> to move to the previous
transaction</para>
</listitem>
@@ -522,7 +520,8 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><keycap>Tab</keycap> moves to the next box and
- <keycap>Shift</keycap>-<keycap>Tab</keycap> moves to the previous
+ <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Tab</keycap></keycombo>
+ moves to the previous
box</para>
</listitem>
@@ -769,7 +768,7 @@
</screenshot>
<note>
- <para>Since we did not create the Expence:Internet account, <application>&app;</application>
+ <para>Since we did not create the <emphasis>Expense:Internet</emphasis> account, <application>&app;</application>
will prompt us to create it.</para>
</note>
@@ -914,9 +913,9 @@
<para>Then we’ll enter the transaction’s parameters. We know that the
subscription is taken on the 28th each month, so the start date will be
Nov 1, 2003 (assuming November is the next month), the frequency will be
- "Monthly", it will be taken every month on the 28th.</para>
+ <quote>Monthly</quote>, it will be taken every month on the 28th.</para>
- <para>In the "Options" tab you have three options :</para>
+ <para>In the <guilabel>Options</guilabel> tab you have three options :</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -947,9 +946,9 @@
in the ledger, with the only difference of having no date.</para>
<note>
- <para>Warning: don’t use the ENTER key like in the ledger, as it will
+ <para>Warning: don’t use the <keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap> key like in the ledger, as it will
activate the default button of the whole window : Cancel. Instead, use
- TAB to go to the next field, and when you have finished entering your
+ <keycap>Tab</keycap> to go to the next field, and when you have finished entering your
transaction, click on the <guibutton>Enter</guibutton> button to validate it.</para>
</note>
@@ -974,7 +973,7 @@
<para>Remember to click on the Enter icon, to validate and enter the
transaction.</para>
- <para>Now click OK, it takes you to the previous window, now with one
+ <para>Now click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>, it takes you to the previous window, now with one
item in the list :</para>
<screenshot id="txns-sxn-editor-5">
@@ -1031,7 +1030,7 @@
the lower part, then just click on <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> to
advance.</para>
- <para>When you click Forward, a window summarizing all transactions to
+ <para>When you click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton>, a window summarizing all transactions to
be created will appear :</para>
<screenshot id="txns-sxn-editor-7">
@@ -1124,16 +1123,16 @@
<sect2 id="txns-puttoget-open2">
<title>Opening Balances</title>
- <para>As shown earlier with the <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel>
+ <para>As shown earlier with the <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis>
account, the starting balances in an account are typically assigned to a
- special account called <guilabel>Equity:Opening Balance</guilabel>. To
+ special account called <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balance</emphasis>. To
start filling in this chart of account, begin by setting the starting
balances for the accounts. Assume that there is $1000 in the savings
account and $500 charged on the credit card.</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Open the <guilabel>Assets:Savings</guilabel> account register.
+ <para>Open the <emphasis>Assets:Savings</emphasis> account register.
Select <guimenu>View</guimenu> from the menu and check to make sure
you are in Basic Ledger style. You will view your transactions in
the other modes later, but for now let’s enter a basic transaction
@@ -1141,36 +1140,37 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>From the <guilabel>Assets:Savings</guilabel> account register
+ <para>From the <emphasis>Assets:Savings</emphasis> account register
window, enter a basic 2 account transaction to set your starting
- balance to $1000, transferred from <guilabel>Equity:Opening
- Balance</guilabel>. Remember, basic transactions transfer money from
+ balance to $1000, transferred from <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balance</emphasis>.
+ Remember, basic transactions transfer money from
a source account to a destination account. Record the transaction
- (press the <keycap>enter</keycap> key, or click on the <guibutton>enter</guibutton> icon).</para>
+ (press the <keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap> key, or click on
+ the <guibutton>Enter</guibutton> icon).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>From the <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> account register
+ <para>From the <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> account register
window, enter a basic 2 account transaction to set your starting
- balance to $1000, transferred from <guilabel>Equity:Opening
- Balance</guilabel>.</para>
+ balance to $1000, transferred from <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balance</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>From the <guilabel>Liabilities:Visa</guilabel> account
+ <para>From the <emphasis>Liabilities:Visa</emphasis> account
register window, enter a basic 2 account transaction to set your
- starting balance to $500, transferred from <guilabel>Equity:Opening
- Balance</guilabel>. This is done by entering the $500 as a "charge"
- in the Visa account (or "decrease" in the Opening Balance account),
- since it is money you borrowed. Record the transaction (press the
- <keycap>enter</keycap> key, or click on the <guibutton>enter</guibutton> icon).</para>
+ starting balance to $500, transferred from <emphasis>Equity:Opening Balance</emphasis>.
+ This is done by entering the $500 as a "charge"
+ in the Visa account (or <quote>decrease</quote> in the Opening Balance account),
+ since it is money you borrowed. Record the transaction (press the
+ <keycap function="enter">Enter</keycap> key, or click on
+ the <guibutton>Enter</guibutton> icon).</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>You should now have 3 accounts with opening balances set.
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel>,
- <guilabel>Assets:Savings</guilabel>, and
- <guilabel>Liabilities:Visa</guilabel>.</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis>Assets:Savings</emphasis>, and
+ <emphasis>Liabilities:Visa</emphasis>.</para>
<screenshot id="txns-puttoget1-Charts1">
<mediaobject>
@@ -1200,32 +1200,32 @@
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>Open the <guilabel>Expenses:Electricity</guilabel> account
+ <para>Open the <emphasis>Expenses:Electricity</emphasis> account
register and enter a simple 2 account transaction to pay the $78
electrical bill at the end of the current month (eg: March 28,
2006). Enter a description (eg: Light Company) and the check number
(eg: 102). The <guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> account should be
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel>.</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Open the <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> account register
+ <para>Open the <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> account register
and enter a simple 2 account transaction to pay the $45 phone bill
at the end of the current month (eg: March 28, 2006). Enter a
description (eg: Phone Company Name) and the check number (eg: 103).
The <guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> account should be
- <guilabel>Expenses:Phone</guilabel>. Notice that you can enter
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Phone</emphasis>. Notice that you can enter
expense transactions from either the credit side (the expense
accounts) or the debit side (the asset account).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Open the <guilabel>Expenses:Rent</guilabel> account register
+ <para>Open the <emphasis>Expenses:Rent</emphasis> account register
and enter a simple 2 account transaction to pay the $350 in rent at
the end of the current month (eg: March 28, 2006). Enter a
description (eg: April Rent) and the check number (eg: 104). The
<guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> account should be
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel>.</para>
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -1249,44 +1249,44 @@
<listitem>
<para>Change to <guilabel>Monthly</guilabel>, change
- description if needed and press OK</para>
+ description if needed and press <guibutton>OK</guibutton></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>To transfer money from your savings account to your checking
- account, open the <guilabel>Assets:Savings</guilabel> account
+ account, open the <emphasis>Assets:Savings</emphasis> account
register, add a new transaction setting
- the Transfer to <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> in the amount
+ the <guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> to <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> in the amount
of $100 (date 6 March, 2006).</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>As another example of a simple 2 account transaction, add
another transaction to describe the purchase of $45.21 worth of
- groceries on 5 of March. From within the Assets:Checking account, you
+ groceries on 5 of March. From within the <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> account, you
would set <guilabel>Transfer</guilabel> to
- <guilabel>Expenses:Groceries</guilabel>. The account register should
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Groceries</emphasis>. The account register should
now appear:</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>To add a paycheck transaction from the
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> account register window, click
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> account register window, click
on a new transaction line, and click on <guilabel>Split</guilabel>.
First enter the description of this transaction on the first line
- (eg: "Employers R Us"), as well as the date (14 March). In the
- "split" line below this, enter the deposit into
- <guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> (eg:$670) (This is due to a
+ (eg: <quote>Employers R Us</quote>), as well as the date (14 March). In the
+ <quote>split</quote> line below this, enter the deposit into
+ <emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> (eg:$670) (This is due to a
current bug, that demands the first line in a split is the actual
account). Follow this with the various tax deposits
- (<guilabel>Assets:Checking</guilabel> (eg: $670),
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes:Federal</guilabel> (eg: $180),
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes:Medicare</guilabel> (eg: $90), and
- <guilabel>Expenses:Taxes:Social Security</guilabel> (eg: $60)) and
+ (<emphasis>Assets:Checking</emphasis> (eg: $670),
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes:Federal</emphasis> account (eg: $180),
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes:Medicare</emphasis> account (eg: $90), and
+ <emphasis>Expenses:Taxes:Social Security</emphasis> account (eg: $60)) and
lastly the gross total of your paycheck (eg: $1000) as a withdrawal
- transfer from <guilabel>Income:Salary</guilabel>.</para>
+ transfer from <emphasis>Income:Salary</emphasis>.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/legal.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/legal.xml 2011-01-27 20:07:45 UTC (rev 20178)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/legal.xml 2011-01-27 20:45:26 UTC (rev 20179)
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
+ <para>DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN <quote>AS IS</quote> BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES
THAT THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF THE
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