r17846 - gnucash-docs/trunk - Bug #568639: Various typo fixes for documentation

Christian Stimming cstim at cvs.gnucash.org
Wed Jan 28 15:48:09 EST 2009


Author: cstim
Date: 2009-01-28 15:48:09 -0500 (Wed, 28 Jan 2009)
New Revision: 17846
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/17846

Modified:
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/de_DE/ch_basics.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GettingStarted.xml
Log:
Bug #568639: Various typo fixes for documentation

Patch by Mike Morrison.

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml	2009-01-25 12:34:07 UTC (rev 17845)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml	2009-01-28 20:48:09 UTC (rev 17846)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
     <para>A GnuCash account must have a unique name (that you assign) and one
     of the predefined GnuCash "account types". There are a total of 12 account
     types in GnuCash. These 12 account types are based on the 5 basic
-    accounting types, the reason there are more GnuCash account types than
+    accounting types; the reason there are more GnuCash account types than
     basic accounting types is that this allows GnuCash to perform specialized
     tracking and handling of certain accounts. There are 6 asset accounts
     (<emphasis>Cash</emphasis>, <emphasis>Bank</emphasis>,
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
           <para><guilabel>Accounts Receivable</guilabel> (A/Receivable) This
           is typically a business use only account in which you place
           outstanding debts owed to you. It is considered an asset because you
-          should be able to count in these funds arriving.</para>
+          should be able to count on these funds arriving.</para>
         </listitem>
 
         <listitem>
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@
     <para>Let's go through the process of building a common personal finance
     <emphasis>chart of accounts</emphasis> using the information we have
     learned from this chapter. A chart of accounts is simply a new GnuCash
-    file in which you groups your accounts to track your finances. In building
+    file in which you group your accounts to track your finances. In building
     this chart of accounts, the first task is to divide the items you want to
     track into the basic account types of accounting. This is fairly simple,
     let's go through an example.</para>
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
       <title>The Basic Top Level Accounts</title>
 
       <para>Now, you must decide how you want to group these accounts. Most
-      likely, you want your assets groups together, your liabilities grouped
+      likely, you want your assets grouped together, your liabilities grouped
       together, your Equity grouped together, your income grouped together,
       and your expenses grouped together. This is the most common way of
       building a GnuCash chart of accounts, and it is highly recommended that

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml	2009-01-25 12:34:07 UTC (rev 17845)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml	2009-01-28 20:48:09 UTC (rev 17846)
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@
       <para>These tips provide useful information for beginning users. To view
       more of the tips, click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to continue. If you
       do not wish to see this dialog box on start-up, deselect the box next to
-      <guilabel>Display this dialog next time</guilabel>. When you have
+      <guilabel>Show tips at startup</guilabel>. When you have
       finished viewing the helpful tips, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to
       close the Tip dialog.</para>
     </sect2>
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
       account register window,
       information appears about the current location of the cursor.</para>
       
-      <para>You can resize the various columns that GnuCash display, but keep
+      <para>You can resize the various columns that GnuCash displays, but keep
       in mind that the description column will automatically expand to fill all unused
         space.  Therefore you should increase the size of all your other columns
         first and then decrease the size of the description column.
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@
             <para>First, create a new file called
             <filename>gcashimport</filename>. It is up to you if you would
             like to specify accounts (like Common Accounts) directly or not.
-            If QIF importer do not find an account, it will create it
+            If the QIF importer does not find an account, it will create it
             automatically (or allow you to create it manually)</para>
           </listitem>
 

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml	2009-01-25 12:34:07 UTC (rev 17845)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml	2009-01-28 20:48:09 UTC (rev 17846)
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@
 
     <para>Beginning users will find the <quote>Concepts</quote> sections very
     helpful. They provide a reference for good ways to track your finances,
-    and serve as an general introduction to financial background and
+    and serve as a general introduction to financial background and
     terminology. Experienced users can flip to the <quote>How-To</quote>
     sections to quickly scan procedures. These sections provide to-the-point
     steps for accomplishing specific tasks. The <quote>Putting It All
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
 
         <para>GnuCash is as easy to use as a checkbook register. It's simpler
         than a paper register, because auto-completion and other entry
-        shortcuts, not only do work for you, but reduce data entry
+        shortcuts not only do work for you, but reduce data entry
         errors.</para>
       </listitem>
 

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml	2009-01-25 12:34:07 UTC (rev 17845)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml	2009-01-28 20:48:09 UTC (rev 17846)
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
   <sect1 id="txns-sxn1">
     <title>Scheduled Transactions</title>
 
-    <para>Scheduled transactions is made to help entering repetitive money
+    <para>Scheduled transactions are made to help entering repetitive money
     operations, like subscriptions, insurances or taxes. By using scheduled
     transactions, you only have to enter the concerned transaction once, set a
     few parameters like start date, frequency and a little description, and
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@
     <title>Putting It All Together</title>
 
     <para>In the previous sections of this chapter the concepts and mechanics
-    of working with transactions in GnuCash has been discussed. This section
+    of working with transactions in GnuCash have been discussed. This section
     will expand upon the chart of accounts initially built in the previous
     chapter, by setting some opening balances, adding transactions and a
     scheduled transaction.</para>

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/de_DE/ch_basics.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/de_DE/ch_basics.xml	2009-01-25 12:34:07 UTC (rev 17845)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/de_DE/ch_basics.xml	2009-01-28 20:48:09 UTC (rev 17846)
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
         </screenshot>
      </para>
      <para>
-These tips provide useful information for beginning users.  To view more of the tips, click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to continue.  If you do not wish to see this dialog box on startup, deselect the box next to <guilabel>Display this dialog next time</guilabel>.   When you have finished viewing the helpful tips, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the Tip dialog. 
+These tips provide useful information for beginning users.  To view more of the tips, click <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to continue.  If you do not wish to see this dialog box on startup, deselect the box next to <guilabel>Show tips at startup</guilabel>.   When you have finished viewing the helpful tips, click <guibutton>Close</guibutton> to close the Tip dialog. 
      </para>
    </sect2>
    <sect2 id="basics_main2">
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
     <itemizedlist>
     <listitem>
      <para>
-<guilabel>Default Register Style</guilabel> - you can choose from 3 different styles for register windows, <guilabel>Basic Ledger</guilabel> (default), <guilabel>Auto-Split Ledger</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Transaction Journal</guilabel>.  The basic style is a standard one-line register where everything appears on a single line.  The auto-split style is similar to the basic style except that the current transaction is split-expanded.  The journal style has every transaction split-expanded.
+<guilabel>Default Register Style</guilabel> - you can choose from 3 different styles for register windows: <guilabel>Basic Ledger</guilabel> (default), <guilabel>Auto-Split Ledger</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Transaction Journal</guilabel>.  The basic style is a standard one-line register where everything appears on a single line.  The auto-split style is similar to the basic style except that the current transaction is split-expanded.  The journal style has every transaction split-expanded.
      </para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@
   </itemizedlist>
 <para>Log replaying will recover any transaction affecting the balance entered since the last save, including those created from scheduled transactions and business features (invoices, bills, etc.). </para>
   <note>
-<para>Warning:  Changes to the scheduled transactions, invoices of bills themselves are NOT recovered, and their transactions that were recovered may not be properly associated with them, and should thus be double-checked.  Especially
+<para>Warning:  Changes to the scheduled transactions, invoices or bills themselves are NOT recovered, and their transactions that were recovered may not be properly associated with them, and should thus be double-checked.  Especially
 for business transactions, you may have to delete and re-create some of them.  If you do not, although the balance will be correct, some reports may not.</para>
   </note>
   </sect2>

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GettingStarted.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GettingStarted.xml	2009-01-25 12:34:07 UTC (rev 17845)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GettingStarted.xml	2009-01-28 20:48:09 UTC (rev 17846)
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>
-        <para>The <guibutton>Display this dialog next time</guibutton>
+        <para>The <guibutton>Show tips at startup</guibutton>
         check-box is used to enable or disable the <guilabel>Tip of the
         Day</guilabel> from running at GnuCash start-up.</para>
       </listitem>



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