gnucash-docs master: Bug 725013 - dividends reinvested example text doesn't match graphic. Also remove a useless figure and improve text.

Cristian Marchi cmarchi at code.gnucash.org
Mon Feb 24 16:42:27 EST 2014


Updated	 via  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/d0c6c3d0 (commit)
	from  https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/c6bba3a7 (commit)



commit d0c6c3d0b574d0c222f0dc657ccdadcd327e6684
Author: Cristian Marchi <cri79 at libero.it>
Date:   Mon Feb 24 22:41:59 2014 +0100

    Bug 725013 - dividends reinvested example text doesn't match graphic. Also remove a useless figure and improve text.

diff --git a/guide/C/ch_invest.xml b/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
index a1b8509..3e79f87 100644
--- a/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
+++ b/guide/C/ch_invest.xml
@@ -1839,48 +1839,37 @@ Income
       <para>If you receive the dividend in the form of an automatic
       reinvestment, the transaction for this should be handled within
       the stock or mutual fund account as income from <quote>Income:Dividend</quote> for the
-      appropriate number of reinvested shares.  This type of reinvest account is often referred
+      appropriate number of reinvested shares. This type of reinvest account is often referred
       to as a DRIP (Dividend Re-Investment Program).</para>
 
-      <para>As an example consider the following; purchase of NSTAR (NST) stock with the
-      dividends reinvested into a DRIP Account.  Mutual fund re-investments would be the same.
+      <para>As an example consider the following purchase of NSTAR (NST) stock with the
+      dividends reinvested into a DRIP Account. Mutual fund re-investments would be the same.
       </para>
 
       <para>Starting with the purchase of 100 shares on Jan. 3, 2005, all dividends will be
-      reinvested and an account is created to track the dividend to the specific stock.  <application>&app;</application>
-      simplifies the entry by allowing calculations within the cells of the transaction.  If the
-      first dividend is $.29/share, enter $53.38 in the share price and 100*.29 in the Buy cell.
-      </para>
+      reinvested and an account is created to track the dividend to the specific stock. <application>&app;</application>
+      simplifies the entry by allowing calculations within the cells of the transaction. If the
+      first dividend is $.29/share, enter $53.28 (purchase price + dividend) in the share <guilabel>Price</guilabel> 
+      cell and 100*.29 in the <guilabel>Buy</guilabel> cell. <application>&app;</application> will calculate for you the 
+      corresponding numer of <guilabel>Shares</guilabel></para>
 
       <screenshot id="invest-dividendreinvest1">
         <mediaobject>
-          <imageobject>
-            <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png"
-                       format="PNG" srccredit="Dave Herman" ></imagedata>
-          </imageobject>
-
-          <textobject>
-            <phrase>Example of dividend reinvestment transactions</phrase>
-          </textobject>
-
-          <caption><para>An image of the Stock Account register after a series of
-          dividends reinvestment. </para></caption>
-        </mediaobject>
-      </screenshot>
-
-      <screenshot id="invest-dividendreinvest2">
-        <mediaobject>
-          <imageobject>
-            <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_dividendreinvest2.png"
-                       format="PNG" srccredit="Dave Herman" ></imagedata>
-          </imageobject>
+          <imageobject role="html">
+             <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png" format="PNG"
+                        srccredit="Cristian Marchi" width="510px"></imagedata>
+           </imageobject>
+           <imageobject role="fo">
+             <imagedata fileref="figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png" format="PNG"
+                        srccredit="Cristian Marchi"></imagedata>
+           </imageobject>
 
           <textobject>
             <phrase>Example of dividend reinvestment transactions</phrase>
           </textobject>
 
-          <caption><para>An image of the Accounts tree after a series of
-          dividends reinvestment. </para></caption>
+          <caption><para>An image of the NST Stock Account register after a dividend
+          reinvestment. </para></caption>
         </mediaobject>
       </screenshot>
 
diff --git a/guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png b/guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png
index ff529d4..efcc25a 100644
Binary files a/guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png and b/guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png differ
diff --git a/guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest2.png b/guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest2.png
deleted file mode 100644
index cdec4cf..0000000
Binary files a/guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest2.png and /dev/null differ



Summary of changes:
 guide/C/ch_invest.xml                        |  47 ++++++++++-----------------
 guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest1.png | Bin 46053 -> 55064 bytes
 guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest2.png | Bin 80363 -> 0 bytes
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 guide/C/figures/invest_dividendreinvest2.png



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