r21539 - gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C - Fix #663208

Yawar Amin yawaramin at code.gnucash.org
Tue Nov 8 22:49:33 EST 2011


Author: yawaramin
Date: 2011-11-08 22:49:33 -0500 (Tue, 08 Nov 2011)
New Revision: 21539
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/21539

Modified:
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
Log:
Fix #663208

guide: Reword some passages of §8.2.

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
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--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml	2011-11-08 21:31:14 UTC (rev 21538)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_invest.xml	2011-11-09 03:49:33 UTC (rev 21539)
@@ -251,16 +251,19 @@
     perfect.</para>
 
     <sect2 id="invest_predefined2">
-      <title>Predefined Accounts</title>
+      <title>Using Predefined Investment Accounts</title>
 
-      <para>To use the predefined investment account hierarchy, you
-      <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 <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>
+      <para>The <guilabel>Investment Accounts</guilabel> option of the
+      <guilabel>New Account Hierarchy Setup</guilabel> assistant will
+      automatically create a basic investment account hierarchy for you.
+      However, to access the predefined investment accounts hierarchy, you
+      must create a new &app; file, which will run the <guilabel>New
+      Account Hierarchy Setup</guilabel> assistant. After choosing the
+      default currency to use, you will be asked to choose accounts to
+      create. At this point, choose the <guilabel>Investment
+      Accounts</guilabel> option (along with any others you are interested
+      in). Assuming only investment accounts were selected, this will
+      create an account hierarchy as shown below.</para>
 
       <screenshot id="invest_accountspredef">
         <mediaobject>
@@ -285,11 +288,21 @@
       forget to save your new account file with a relevant name!</para>
     </sect2>
 
+    <sect2 id="invest_creating2">
+      <title>Creating Investment Accounts Manually</title>
+
+      <para>If you want to set up your own investment accounts hierarchy,
+      you may of course do so. Investments usually have a number of
+      associated accounts that need to be created: an asset account to
+      track the investment itself; an income account to track dividend
+      transactions; and expense accounts to track investment fees and
+      commissions.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
     <sect2 id="invest_custom2">
       <title>Custom Accounts Example</title>
 
-      <para>You can also manually setup your own investment account hierarchy.
-      The following is a somewhat more complicated example of setting up
+      <para>The following is a somewhat more complicated example of setting up
       <application>&app;</application> to track your investments, which has the advantage that it
       groups each different investment under the brokerage that deals with the
       investments. This way it is easier to compare the statements you get



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