Excluding an account from "assets" summary line

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Robert Smits <labour at telus.net>:

> On Tuesday 04 July 2006 14:26, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
>> I keep my daughter's college fund in my gnucash accounts, but don't want
>> it be reflected as an "asset" in the "assets" summary line at the bottom
>> of the screen. Is there any way to exclude it from that calculation?
>
> Yes, you can, notwithstanding Derek's reply.
>
> Go to Reports, then Account Summary.
>
> Then go to Options, accounts, and highlite which accounts you want 
> included in
> the account summary. Click on apply, OK and presto!

While this IS a way to obtain an Account Summary Report without the
required accounts included in it, it's not what the original question
asked.  This proposed "solution" still wont adjust the Summary Line
on the bottom of the CoA.

-derek
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