r22706 - gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/help/C - [22705] Bug #604519

[Yawar Amin]

Author: yawaramin
Date: 2013-01-17 21:05:23 -0500 (Thu, 17 Jan 2013)
New Revision: 22706
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/22706

Modified:
   gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml
Log:
[22705] Bug #604519

Explain scope of Find Transaction tool.


Modified: gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml
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--- gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml	2013-01-18 02:03:14 UTC (rev 22705)
+++ gnucash-docs/branches/2.4/help/C/Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml	2013-01-18 02:05:23 UTC (rev 22706)
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
         and display the results in a register window. To open the <guilabel>Find Transaction</guilabel> dialog in 
         <guilabel>Split Search</guilabel> mode, you can type the keyboard shortcut <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>f</keycap></keycombo>.</para>
 
+        <para>Exactly which transactions are searched depends on
+        where you invoke the tool from. If you start from the main
+        accounts hierarchy page, all transactions will be searched.
+        If you start from an individual account register, only
+        transactions in that account will be searched. And if you
+        filter the transactions in a register using
+        <menuchoice><guimenuitem>View </guimenuitem><guimenuitem>
+        Filter By... </guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then only
+        transactions in that account and shown by the filter will be
+        searched.</para>
+
         <note>
           <para>The first row of the <guilabel>Find Transaction</guilabel> dialog
           indicates that you are performing a <guilabel>Split Search</guilabel>.</para>
@@ -97,22 +108,14 @@
           </listitem>
           </varlistentry>
         </variablelist>
-        
+
         <note>
           <para>When selecting search criteria keep in mind that criteria are applied to
-	  individual splits or fields in transactions, and that the entire transaction is
-	  included in the results. There is no visual indication in the results to
-	  indicate which split or field met the search criteria.</para>
+         individual splits or fields in transactions, and that the entire transaction is
+         included in the results. There is no visual indication in the results to
+         indicate which split or field met the search criteria.</para>
         </note>
 
-	<tip>
-	  <para>To search within a smaller group of transactions, you may start from within a single account register
-          and also use the register view <guimenuitem>filter by...</guimenuitem> option to include a limited number of
-          transactions. When starting from a single account register, only the parts of transactions applying to that
-          account are searched. Thus the transfer accounts, notes and transfer values are not searched, but they do
-          appear in the search result register.</para>
-	</tip>
-
 	<para>When search criteria are selected, you can press the <guibutton>Find</guibutton> button. You will be
         presented with the search results in a new register tab.</para>