r19895 - gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C - Bug #635982
Yawar Amin
yawaramin at code.gnucash.org
Mon Nov 29 22:27:20 EST 2010
Author: yawaramin
Date: 2010-11-29 22:27:19 -0500 (Mon, 29 Nov 2010)
New Revision: 19895
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/19895
Modified:
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml
gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml
Log:
Bug #635982
Fix typos and grammatical errors.
Author: Yasuaki Taniguchi (yasuakit at gmail dot com)
Review: Yawar Amin (yawar dot amin at gmail dot com)
Cristian Marchi (cri79 at ngi dot it)
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml 2010-11-29 18:46:49 UTC (rev 19894)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_accts.xml 2010-11-30 03:27:19 UTC (rev 19895)
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
</orderedlist>
<para>When you have created the top-level accounts, the main Account page
- in <application>&app;</application> should look like below</para>
+ in <application>&app;</application> should look like below.</para>
<screenshot id="accts-toplevel">
<mediaobject>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml 2010-11-29 18:46:49 UTC (rev 19894)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_basics.xml 2010-11-30 03:27:19 UTC (rev 19895)
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
<para>An <firstterm>account</firstterm> keeps track of what you own,
owe, spend or receive. Each <application>&app;</application> file can
contain any number of accounts, and each account can contain many
- sub-accounts upto an arbitrary number of levels. This simple feature
+ sub-accounts up to an arbitrary number of levels. This simple feature
gives <application>&app;</application> much of its power in managing
your finances, as you will see in later chapters.</para>
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
Balance</guilabel> on each of the accounts, as well as indicate if
the account should be a <guilabel>Placeholder</guilabel> (only
sub-accounts allowed, no transactions. Like Current Assets in above
- image)</para>
+ image).</para>
<screenshot id="basics-NewAccountHierarchySetup-Finish">
<mediaobject>
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@
</textobject>
<caption>
- <para>This image shows the Last screen of the <interface>New
+ <para>This image shows the last screen of the <interface>New
Account Hierarchy Setup</interface> assistant.</para>
</caption>
</mediaobject>
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@
<para>At the top of this window is the title bar, which displays the
file name (once you have saved the file.) Below that is the menu bar.
You can access the menu options by either clicking on these menu
- headings or by using shortcuts and access keys (see <xref linkend="basics-shortcut2" />.
+ headings or by using shortcuts and access keys (see <xref linkend="basics-shortcut2" />).
Next is the Toolbar, which contains buttons
for the most common functions.</para>
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
activate it. For example, typing <keycombo><keycap>Alt</keycap>
<keycap>F</keycap></keycombo> in the main window brings up the <guimenu>File</guimenu>
menu, then typing <keycap>S</keycap> will save the file. Access keys
- are fixed and may not be changed by users.</para>
+ are fixed and cannot be changed by users.</para>
<para>Some of the more commonly used menu items also have shortcut keys
that directly activate the command without having to traverse the menu
@@ -749,12 +749,12 @@
<guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem></menuchoice> or the <guibutton>Save</guibutton> toolbar
button.
<note>
- <para>As it is very important to save your data frequently to avoid loosing them for whatever reason,
+ <para>As it is very important to save your data frequently to avoid losing them for whatever reason,
<application>&app;</application> is able to automatically save the opened file every a certain amount of time.
This interval can be set in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab under
<menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
Keep in mind that this option is relevant only if you are saving in <acronym>XML</acronym> format.
- If you are working with a database the <guibutton>Save</guibutton> button and the <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
+ If you are working with a database, the <guibutton>Save</guibutton> button and the <guimenuitem>Save</guimenuitem>
menu entry will be grayed out because changes are stored right away.</para>
</note>
</para>
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@
for imported accounts and click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> to
continue. If you have stocks, mutual funds, or other securities, you
will be prompted for additional information. The importer screen will
- ask for the exchange or listing (i.e. NASDAQ), the security’s full
+ ask for the exchange or listing (e.g. NASDAQ), the security’s full
name, and the ticker symbol. If you do not have this information
handy, you can edit the account information later, once the import is
complete. Click <guibutton>Forward</guibutton> to continue.</para>
@@ -888,14 +888,14 @@
<listitem>
<para>Tell <application>&app;</application> to import the data.</para>
- <para>The last step is the import. Once you have verified your account
+ <para>The last step of the import. Once you have verified your account
names and investment information, click <guibutton>Finish</guibutton>
in the <guilabel>Update your &app; accounts</guilabel> page to
complete the import process. Depending upon the size of your file, the
import might take a few minutes to complete, so a progress bar
displays the percentage finished. When the import process is complete,
<application>&app;</application> will return you to the main window, which should now display
- the names of the accounts you imported.</para>
+ the names of the accounts you have imported.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</sect1>
@@ -936,9 +936,9 @@
backup copy of the file <filename>gcashdata</filename> saved in the year
2006, April 14, at 6:57:47 p.m.</para>
- <para>To restore an old backup file, simply open the .xac or . gnucash file with the
- date to which you wish to return. Be sure and save this file under a
- different name; do not use a .xac extension for a regular data file
+ <para>To restore an old backup file, simply open the <filename>.xac</filename> or <filename>.gnucash</filename> file with the
+ date to which you wish to return. Be sure to save this file under a
+ different name; do not use a <filename>.xac</filename> extension for a regular data file
name.</para>
<note>
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@
will get a warning message that the file is locked. The warning message
appears because the <filename>.LNK</filename> and <filename>.LCK</filename> files are still in your directory. It is
safe to choose <guibutton>Yes</guibutton> to open the file, but you should delete the <filename>.LNK</filename> and
- <filename>.LCK</filename> files (using a terminal window or your file manager.) Once those
+ <filename>.LCK</filename> files (using a terminal window or your file manager). Once those
files are deleted, you will not get the warning message again unless
<application>&app;</application> crashes.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@
files.</para>
<note>
- <para><application>&app;</application> will automatically delete any <filename>.xac</filename>, <filename>.log</filename>
+ <para><application>&app;</application> will automatically delete any <filename>.xac</filename> and <filename>.log</filename>
files that are older than 30 days. You can change this behavior in the <application>&app;</application>
preferences in the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab under <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
@@ -1120,8 +1120,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>If you plan to import QIF data from another program, let’s try a
- practice file first. (If not, skip to the next chapter on account
- setup (<xref linkend="chapter_accts"></xref>.)</para>
+ practice file first. (If not, skip to <xref linkend="chapter_accts"/>.)</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -1176,8 +1175,8 @@
</figure>
<note>
- <para>If after the import the screen is blank, go to <menuchoice><guimenu>New</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>New Accounts page</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ <para>If after the import the screen is blank, go to <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu>
+ <guimenuitem>New Accounts Page</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
to display a new Accounts tab.</para>
</note>
<para>Save your file.</para>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml 2010-11-29 18:46:49 UTC (rev 19894)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cbook.xml 2010-11-30 03:27:19 UTC (rev 19895)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Now let's write some checks on this account. First, write a
- check to HomeTown Grocery for $75 (5 of March). Your transfer account
+ check to HomeTown Grocery for $75 (5th of March). Your transfer account
is Groceries, since all of this money is going to buy groceries. Next,
write a check to ABC Hardware for $100 (6 of March), and split this
amount between two expenses: Household $50 and Tools $50. You will
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
for the month of March.</para>
<para>Select the cash flow report from <menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Income & Expense</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Cash Flow</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ <guimenuitem>Cash Flow</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<screenshot id="cbook-puttoget2-Cash">
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
Asset accounts.
</para>
<para>Select the transaction report from <menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Transaction Report</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ <guimenuitem>Transaction Report</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<screenshot id="cbook-puttoget2-TransactionRptChecking">
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml 2010-11-29 18:46:49 UTC (rev 19894)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_cc.xml 2010-11-30 03:27:19 UTC (rev 19895)
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
</itemizedlist>
<para>After reversing the transaction, your credit card account should
- look something like this </para>
+ look something like this:</para>
<screenshot id="cc-Reversing-Transaction-1">
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>and the <guilabel>Expenses:Clothes</guilabel> register should
- look something like this </para>
+ <para>And the <guilabel>Expenses:Clothes</guilabel> register should
+ look something like this:</para>
<screenshot id="cc-Reversing-Transaction-2">
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
for the liability account <guilabel>Visa</guilabel> during the month of March.</para>
<para>Select the cash flow report from <menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Income & Expense</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Cash Flow</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ <guimenuitem>Cash Flow</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<screenshot id="cc-puttoget2-Cash">
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
account.
</para>
<para>Select the transaction report from <menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Transaction Report</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+ <guimenuitem>Transaction Report</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
</para>
<screenshot id="cc-puttoget2-TransactionRptVisa">
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml 2010-11-29 18:46:49 UTC (rev 19894)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml 2010-11-30 03:27:19 UTC (rev 19895)
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@
<title>Loan Specifications</title>
<para>Peter wants to borrow $2,000 dollars from you and plans to pay you
- back montly for the next 18 months. Since he is your friend, (but not
- that close) you both agree on a yearly interest rate of 5%</para>
+ back monthly for the next 18 months. Since he is your friend, (but not
+ that close) you both agree on a yearly interest rate of 5%.</para>
<para>In summary we have the below details. Peter's loan details:
<itemizedlist>
@@ -564,16 +564,16 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
- <para>So how do you caculate the Montly Payment?</para>
+ <para>So how do you calculate the Monthly Payment?</para>
<para>You have a number of different options, like paper and pen,
Linux Calculator, Open Office's Calc module, but the easiest is to use
- <application>&app;</application> Financial Calculater. This gives you that the Monthly Payment
- should be 115.56$.</para>
+ <application>&app;</application> Financial Calculator. This tells you that the Monthly Payment
+ should be $115.56.</para>
<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 Open Office, and
+ more powerful tool, something like the Calc module in OpenOffice.org, and
in particular the PMT function.</para>
<screenshot id="loans_OpenOfficePrivateLoanDetails">
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@
<sect2 id="loans_personalLoanToSomeOne_accounts">
<title>Accounts for the loan</title>
- <para>Let's start with the following acccounts (all accounts have the
+ <para>Let's start with the following accounts (all accounts have the
same currency, in this case USD)</para>
<literallayout>
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>$115.56 - $8.33 = $107.23 Principle</para>
+ <para>$115.56 - $8.33 = $107.23 Principal</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>The balance on Peters loan is now $2,000 - $107.23 =
+ <para>The balance on Peter’s loan is now $2,000 - $107.23 =
$1,892.77</para>
</sect2>
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>$115.56 - $7.89 = $107.67 Principle</para>
+ <para>$115.56 - $7.89 = $107.67 Principal</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
</mediaobject>
</screenshot>
- <para>The balance on Peters loan is now $1,892.77 - $107.67 =
+ <para>The balance on Peter’s loan is now $1,892.77 - $107.67 =
$1,785.10</para>
<para>The Chart of accounts looks now like this</para>
@@ -828,8 +828,8 @@
<para>During the period you should have recorded all the various loan
related transactions, and every one of them are touching the
- <guilabel>Libility:Loans:<Loan></guilabel> account. For instance,
- paying of a bit of the loan, decreases your <emphasis>Bank
+ <guilabel>Liability:Loans:<replaceable>Loan</replaceable></guilabel> account. For instance,
+ paying off a bit of the loan decreases your <emphasis>Bank
Account,</emphasis> and increases the <emphasis>Loan account</emphasis>,
<emphasis>Loan Interest</emphasis> as well as perhaps <emphasis>Loan
administration fee</emphasis>.</para>
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@
<para>Let's work through two samples of selling a house, one with a
profit, and one with a loss. If you want to sell a car instead, just
- substitute the house accounts with a car account.</para>
+ substitute the house account with a car account.</para>
<para><literallayout>
-Assets
@@ -886,9 +886,9 @@
$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 Income:Captial Gains Long:House
account. The split transaction you enter into your
- <emphasis>bank</emphasis> account (<guilabel>Assets:Fixed
+ <emphasis>bank</emphasis> account (<guilabel>Assets:Current
Assets:Saving</guilabel>) should look like this.</para>
<para><table>
@@ -994,8 +994,8 @@
<sect2>
<title>A More Complex Transaction</title>
- <para>In this example we will touch a little on some more complicated
- accounting principles. For more details on this subject please check
+ <para>In this example, we will touch a little on some more complicated
+ accounting principles. For more details on this subject, please check
<xref linkend="chapter_capgain"></xref></para>
<para>Here we will only touch on the case when you have accurately estimated
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@
you want to sell it, you have determined that the current market
value is $600,000. </para>
- <para>The difference between $600,000 (estimated market value), and
+ <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>
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml 2010-11-29 18:46:49 UTC (rev 19894)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_oview.xml 2010-11-30 03:27:19 UTC (rev 19895)
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis>Easy to Use Menus</emphasis>: <application>&app;</application> menus conform
- with the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines. This means that they are
+ to the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines. This means that they are
simple and similar in appearance to many other GNOME
applications.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><emphasis>Documentation</emphasis>: <application>&app;</application> has built in Help
- and extensive User Guide documentation.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>Documentation</emphasis>: <application>&app;</application> has built-in Help
+ and extensive User's Guide documentation.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
<title>Tracks Your Investments</title>
<para><application>&app;</application> has a number of investment features. From simple
- certificates of deposit, to publicly traded stocks, <application>&app;</application> will track
+ certificates of deposit to publicly traded stocks, <application>&app;</application> will track
all your investments.</para>
<itemizedlist>
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
<listitem>
<para>Sources of help</para>
- <para>A Tip of the Day dialog gives helpful tips to new users about
+ <para>A <guilabel>Tip of the Day</guilabel> screen gives helpful tips to new users about
<application>&app;</application> features. Within the program, a searchable Help menu guides
you to information or connects to the <application>&app;</application> web page for further
assistance. <application>&app;</application> also has strong, helpful developer and user
Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml 2010-11-29 18:46:49 UTC (rev 19894)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_txns.xml 2010-11-30 03:27:19 UTC (rev 19895)
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
<para>The we open the Expenses:Clothes 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>
+ Each row's transaction line reflects a one split row.</para>
<screenshot id="txns-registersplit5">
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>From the <guilabel>Asset:Savings</guilabel> account register
+ <para>From the <guilabel>Assets:Savings</guilabel> 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
@@ -1192,8 +1192,8 @@
<para>Now add some more transactions to simulate a month's expenses.
During the month, $78 is spent on electricity, $45 on phone, and $350 on
- rent. All paid by check.We also spend $45.21 on groceries, receive $670
- as salary, and paids our Internet bill this month, Finally, let's move
+ rent. All paid by check. We also spent $45.21 on groceries, received $670
+ as salary, and paid our Internet bill this month. Finally, let's move
$100 from the savings account to the checking account.</para>
<orderedlist>
@@ -1339,7 +1339,7 @@
<para>Select the cash flow report from <menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu>
<guisubmenu>Income & Expense</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Cash Flow</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para>
+ <guimenuitem>Cash Flow</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
<screenshot id="txns-puttoget2-Cash">
<mediaobject>
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@
<para>To get this customized report, right click in the report and
choose <guilabel>Report Options</guilabel>. Then set the time
- period, and specify which accounts you want in the report</para>
+ period, and specify which accounts you want in the report.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@
the Checking account.</para>
<para>Select the transaction report from <menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Transaction Report</guimenuitem></menuchoice></para>
+ <guimenuitem>Transaction Report</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
<screenshot id="txns-puttoget2-TransactionRptChecking">
<mediaobject>
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