r19962 - gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C - Bug#635386 Document trading accounts GnuCash capabilities.

Cristian Marchi cmarchi at code.gnucash.org
Sat Dec 18 08:14:04 EST 2010


Author: cmarchi
Date: 2010-12-18 08:14:04 -0500 (Sat, 18 Dec 2010)
New Revision: 19962
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/19962

Modified:
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml
Log:
Bug#635386 Document trading accounts GnuCash capabilities.

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml
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--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml	2010-12-18 08:44:05 UTC (rev 19961)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_currency.xml	2010-12-18 13:14:04 UTC (rev 19962)
@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@
     do you transfer funds between accounts with different currencies? How do
     you calculate the overall value when you have mixed currency accounts? How
     do reports deal with mixed currencies?</para>
+    
+    <note>
+      <para>An alternative way to manage multiple currency accounts from the one
+      presented in the next sections, is to use the <guilabel>trading</guilabel> accounts 
+      capabilities of <application>&app;</application>. This feature, which has been 
+      introduced with <application>&app;</application> version 2.3.14, can be enabled by 
+      going to the <guilabel>Accounts</guilabel> tab under <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>
+      Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+      <para>For a complete guide on <guilabel>trading</guilabel> accounts
+      you can take a look <ulink type="http" url="http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/accounting/tutorial.html">
+      at this tutorial by Peter Selinger</ulink>.</para>
+    </note>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="currency_acct1">



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