r21261 - gnucash-docs/trunk - Bug #659147 : Use Loan repayment calculator instead of financial calculator, fix some minor mistakes and add some tagging.

Cristian Marchi cmarchi at code.gnucash.org
Sat Sep 17 05:50:52 EDT 2011


Author: cmarchi
Date: 2011-09-17 05:50:52 -0400 (Sat, 17 Sep 2011)
New Revision: 21261
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/21261

Modified:
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GUIMenus.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml
Log:
Bug #659147 : Use Loan repayment calculator instead of financial calculator, fix some minor mistakes and add some tagging.

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml	2011-09-16 09:25:44 UTC (rev 21260)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_loans.xml	2011-09-17 09:50:52 UTC (rev 21261)
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@
 
     <para>Determining loan amortization schedules, periodic payment amounts,
     total payment value, or interest rates can be somewhat complex. To help
-    facilitate these kinds of calculations, <application>&app;</application> has a built-in Financial
-    Calculator. To access the calculator, go to <menuchoice>
+    facilitate these kinds of calculations, <application>&app;</application> has a built-in
+    <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel>. To access the calculator, go to <menuchoice>
         <guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
 
-        <guimenuitem>Financial Calculator</guimenuitem>
+        <guimenuitem>Loan Repayment Calculator</guimenuitem>
       </menuchoice>.</para>
 
     <screenshot id="loans_fcalc">
@@ -169,14 +169,14 @@
         </imageobject>
 
         <textobject>
-          <phrase>Financial Calculator</phrase>
+          <phrase>Loan Repayment Calculator</phrase>
         </textobject>
 
-        <caption><para>The <application>&app;</application> Financial Calculator.</para></caption>
+        <caption><para>The <application>&app;</application> <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel>.</para></caption>
       </mediaobject>
     </screenshot>
 
-    <para>The Financial Calculator can be used to calculate any one of the
+    <para>The <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel> can be used to calculate any one of the
     parameters: <guilabel>Payment Periods</guilabel>, <guilabel>Interest
     Rate</guilabel>, <guilabel>Present Value</guilabel>, <guilabel>Periodic
     Payment</guilabel>, or <guilabel>Future Value</guilabel> given that the
@@ -250,22 +250,24 @@
       <para>How long will you be paying back a $20000 loan at 10% fixed rate
       interest compounded monthly if you pay $500 per month?</para>
 
-      <para>To perform this calculation, leave Payment Periods empty, set
-      Interest Rate to 10, Present Value to 20000, Periodic Payment is -500,
-      and set Future Value is 0 (you do not want to owe anything at the end of
-      the loan). Compounding is Monthly, Payments are Monthly, assume End of
-      Period Payments, and Discrete Compounding. Now, click on the
-      <guibutton>Calculate</guibutton> button next to the Payment Periods
-      area. You should see 48.</para>
+      <para>To perform this calculation, leave <guilabel>Payment Periods</guilabel> empty, set
+      <guilabel>Interest Rate</guilabel> to <emphasis>10</emphasis>, <guilabel>Present Value</guilabel>
+      to <emphasis>20000</emphasis>, <guilabel>Periodic Payment</guilabel> is <emphasis>-500</emphasis>,
+      and <guilabel>Future Value</guilabel> is <emphasis>0</emphasis> (you do not want to owe anything 
+      at the end of the loan). <guilabel>Compounding</guilabel> is <emphasis>Monthly</emphasis>, 
+      <guilabel>Payments</guilabel> are <emphasis>Monthly</emphasis>, assume <guilabel>End</guilabel> 
+      of <guilabel>Period</guilabel> payments, and <guilabel>Discrete</guilabel> <guilabel>Compounding</guilabel>.
+      Now, click on the <guibutton>Calculate</guibutton>. You should see 49 in the 
+      <guilabel>Payment Periods</guilabel> field.</para>
 
-      <para>Answer: You will pay off the loan in 4 years (48 months).</para>
+      <para>Answer: You will pay off the loan in 4 years and 1 month (49 months).</para>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 id="loans_calcsdetails2">
       <title>Advanced: Calculation Details</title>
 
       <para>In order to discuss the mathematical formulas used by the
-      Financial Calculator, we first must define some
+      <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel>, we first must define some
       variables.
 <literallayout>
  n  == number of payment periods
@@ -366,7 +368,7 @@
 
         <para>Let’s recalculate <xref linkend="loans_calcsexample1_2"/>, 
         this time using the
-        mathematical formulas rather than the Financial Calculator. What is
+        mathematical formulas rather than the <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel>. What is
         your monthly payment on a $100000 30 year loan at a fixed rate of 4%
         compounded monthly?</para>
 
@@ -568,7 +570,7 @@
 
       <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 Calculator. This tells you that the Monthly Payment
+      <application>&app;</application> <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel>. 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
@@ -1129,21 +1131,22 @@
     
     
   </sect1>
-
+<!--
   <sect1 id="loans_missing1">
     <title>Missing Loan Documentation</title>
 
     <literallayout>
  -Entering a Payment Schedule
      -Monthly Payments (How-To)
-     ---See the Mortgage assistant
-     ----ARM 10/1 means 10 year fixed interest rate, then changes every year
-     ----ARM 10/3 means 10 year fixed interest rate, then changes every third year
+       -See the Mortgage assistant
+        -ARM 10/1 means 10 year fixed interest rate, then changes every year
+        -ARM 10/3 means 10 year fixed interest rate, then changes every third year
      -Final Payment (How-To)
-     ---Same as a normal payment, but you get the figures from the bank
-     ---How to fix 10 amortization and then a final bulk payment setup?
+       -Same as a normal payment, but you get the figures from the bank
+       -How to fix 10 amortization and then a final bulk payment setup?
 
  -Putting It All Together
  </literallayout>
   </sect1>
+-->
 </chapter>

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GUIMenus.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GUIMenus.xml	2011-09-16 09:25:44 UTC (rev 21260)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_GUIMenus.xml	2011-09-17 09:50:52 UTC (rev 21261)
@@ -1491,7 +1491,7 @@
               </row>
 
               <row>
-                <entry><para><guimenuitem>Financial Calculator</guimenuitem></para></entry>
+                <entry><para><guimenuitem>Loan Repayment Calculator</guimenuitem></para></entry>
 
                 <entry><para>Details at <xref linkend="tool-calc"></xref></para></entry>
               </row>

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml	2011-09-16 09:25:44 UTC (rev 21260)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml	2011-09-17 09:50:52 UTC (rev 21261)
@@ -1966,9 +1966,9 @@
    </sect1>
 
    <sect1 id="tool-calc">
-    <title>Financial Calculator</title>
+    <title>Loan Repayment Calculator</title>
 
-     <para>The Financial Calculator is used to calculate compound interest.  It provides a way of entering four of
+     <para>The <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel> is used to calculate compound interest.  It provides a way of entering four of
       the five parameters of a compound interest calculation and then calculating the remaining figure.</para>
 
      <para>The calculator is split into two panes. The left pane has five fields with a <guilabel>Calculate</guilabel>
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@
          </listitem>
         </itemizedlist>
 
-        <para>Examples of using the Financial Calculator are given in the Tutorial and Concepts Guide.
+        <para>Examples of using the <guilabel>Loan Repayment Calculator</guilabel> are given in the Tutorial and Concepts Guide.
          <ulink url="http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/guide/loans_calcs1.html"> <application>&app;</application> Tutorial and Concepts Guide’s
          Chapter on Loans</ulink>
         </para>



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