r23698 - gnucash-docs/trunk - Apply modifications suggested in comment #1 of bug #605991: move most of the text regarding business features from guide to help, correct links and wording and many small improvements.

Cristian Marchi cmarchi at code.gnucash.org
Wed Jan 15 15:11:30 EST 2014


Author: cmarchi
Date: 2014-01-15 15:11:29 -0500 (Wed, 15 Jan 2014)
New Revision: 23698
Trac: http://svn.gnucash.org/trac/changeset/23698

Added:
   gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Business.xml
Modified:
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Customize.xml
   gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/gnucash-help.xml
Log:
Apply modifications suggested in comment #1 of bug #605991: move most of the text regarding business features from guide to help, correct links and wording and many small improvements.

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml	2014-01-15 13:06:22 UTC (rev 23697)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml	2014-01-15 20:11:29 UTC (rev 23698)
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
   Translators:
                (translators put your name and email here)
 -->
+
+<!--
+A lot of the following text is duplicated in the GnuCash help. The text here in the guide should be 
+corrected to be less describing of the interface and more tutorial oriented
+-->
+
  <chapter id="chapter_bus_ap">
  <title>Accounts Payable</title>
  <para>Accounts Payable (or A/P) refers to the accounting of products or services which a company has bought and needs to pay off.</para>
@@ -111,53 +117,7 @@
   <title>New</title>
  <para>To register a new vendor, select the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Vendor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.  Fill in general information about the vendor, such as Company Name, Address, Phone, Fax, etc.  Below is a list of the other options: </para>
 
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Identification - Vendor Number</guilabel> - can be any number by which you would like to refer to this vendor.  You may leave it blank and a number will be chosen automatically.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Identification - Active</guilabel> - differentiates active vendors from inactive ones. This is useful when you have many past vendors, and you want to see only those marked active</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Payment Address - Name</guilabel> - is the contact name of the person to receive payments you make.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Notes</guilabel> - records any additional comments about the vendor.  Use it to track names of contact people within the vendor’s company, for example.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Currency</guilabel> - specifies the default payment currency.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Terms</guilabel> - specifies the default payment terms for this vendor.  Payment terms must be preregistered using <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guimenuitem>Billing Terms</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Tax Included</guilabel> - specifies if tax is included in bills from this vendor.  You can choose <guilabel>Yes</guilabel>, <guilabel>No</guilabel>, or <guilabel>Use Global</guilabel>.
-          <itemizedlist>
-              <listitem>
-                <para><guilabel>Yes</guilabel> means that tax is already
-                included in amounts on bills.</para>
-              </listitem>
-
-              <listitem>
-                <para><guilabel>No</guilabel> means tax is not included.</para>
-              </listitem>
-
-              <listitem>
-                <para><guilabel>Use Global</guilabel> means to use the setting
-                made in the global preferences accessible through
-                <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
-                <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
-                (<menuchoice><guimenu>Gnucash</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on Mac OS X).</para>
-              </listitem>
-            </itemizedlist></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Tax Table</guilabel> - specifies a default tax table to apply to bills from this vendor.  Tax tables must be registered using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guimenuitem>Tax Table</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
-
-  <para>This is what the New Vendor registration window looks like:</para>
+   <para>This is what the New Vendor registration window looks like:</para>
 	<screenshot id="bus-ap-vendornew">
 	  <mediaobject>
 	    <imageobject>
@@ -212,9 +172,8 @@
  <note>
  <para>To return a list of all registered active vendors, set the search criterion to <guilabel>matches regex</guilabel>, and place a single dot <quote>.</quote> in the text field area.  Make sure <guilabel>Search only active data</guilabel> is checked, then click <guibutton>Find</guibutton>.  The regular expression <quote>.</quote> means to match anything.</para>
  </note>
-
   </sect2>
-  </sect1>
+</sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="bus-ap-bills1">
   <title>Bills</title>
@@ -222,45 +181,6 @@
   <sect2 id="bus-ap-billnew2">
   <title>New</title>
  <para>When you receive a bill from a vendor and want to enter it into <application>&app;</application>, you must create a new bill.  To create a new bill use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Bill</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item, and fill in the resulting window appropriately.</para>
-  <itemizedlist>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Invoice Info - Invoice ID</guilabel> (optional) - the identification number of the invoice as emitted by the vendor (IE: the vendor’s internal number for this invoice).</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Invoice Info - Date Opened</guilabel> - the date the Invoice was emitted by the vendor.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Vendor</guilabel> - the issuing vendor. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
-  you entered in the <guilabel>New Vendor</guilabel> window for this vendor,
-  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-  Vendor</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="bus-ap-vendorfind2" />. Highlight the vendor you are looking for with a click 
-  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Job</guilabel> (optional) - associates a vendor job (see <xref linkend="bus-ap-jobs1" />) with this bill. 
-  If you remember the <emphasis>job name</emphasis>
-  you entered in the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window for this job, 
-  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-  Job</guilabel> window. This window is very similar to the one described in 
-  <xref linkend="bus-ap-vendorfind2" />. Highlight the job you are looking for with a click 
-  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Billing ID</guilabel> (optional) - the vendor’s ID for the bill (e.g.: their invoice #).</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Terms</guilabel> - the pay back terms agreement for this bill. A list of registered terms is available within the pop up menu.  If you specified a a default value for the selected vendor, this field is initialized with the default.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Chargeback Project - Customer</guilabel> (optional) - the customer to associate with this bill.  This is used to charge your customer later.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Chargeback Project - Job</guilabel> (optional) - the customer job to associate with this bill.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
-
 	<screenshot id="bus-ap-billnew">
 	  <mediaobject>
 	    <imageobject>
@@ -277,9 +197,9 @@
           </mediaobject>
         </screenshot>
 
-
   <para>When you click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> the <guilabel>Edit Bill</guilabel> opens.</para>
   </sect2>
+
   <sect2 id="bus-ap-billedit2">
   <title>Edit</title>    
   <para>From the Edit Bill window you can enter an itemized list of things purchased, in a manner similar to how the account register works.</para>  
@@ -298,48 +218,8 @@
           </mediaobject>
         </screenshot>
 
-  <para>There are 12 columns in the Invoice Entries area:</para>
-  <itemizedlist>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Date</guilabel> - The date this item was sold.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Invoiced?</guilabel> - <guilabel>X</guilabel>  means the item is attached to this invoice, an empty box means the item is not attached to this invoice.  If the box is empty you can attach the item to the invoice by first selecting the item row and then clicking in this box.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> (optional) - is what the item or service is called.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Action</guilabel> (optional) - is a user defined field.  You can place Cost Center information here, or use one of the 3 predefined actions, Hours, Material, or Project.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Expense Account</guilabel> - selects the expense account to change for this item.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Quantity</guilabel> - tracks how many of the items you bought.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Unit Price</guilabel> - is the unit price of the item.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Taxable?</guilabel> - is this item taxable?  <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a blank field means no. You can click the field to toggle the setting.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Tax Included?</guilabel> - has the tax already been included in the unit price?  <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a blank field means no.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Tax Table</guilabel> (optional) - this is a pop up menu of all the available tax tables.  If the item is taxable and tax has not been included in the unit price, then this tax table is used to compute the amount of tax.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Subtotal</guilabel> (uneditable) - computed subtotal for this item (less tax)</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Billable</guilabel> - is this item billable to the chargeback customer/job?</para>
-  </listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
-
   <para>When you have finished entering all the items, <guilabel>Post</guilabel> the bill. </para>
-  </sect2>
+</sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="bus-ap-billpost2">
   <title>Post</title>
@@ -360,71 +240,11 @@
 	    </caption>
           </mediaobject>
         </screenshot>
-
-  <itemizedlist>
-    <listitem>
-      <para><guilabel>Post Date</guilabel> - specifies the date for the transactions entered into the accounts payable account.</para>
-    </listitem>
-    <listitem>
-      <para><guilabel>Due Date</guilabel> - is the date on which payment for the bill is expected.</para>
-          
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>If you specified payment terms when you created the bill,
-              the date is calculated according to selected terms, and
-              the entry field is insensitive.</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>If you did not specify payment terms, enter the expected
-              payment due date here.</para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-       <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> - is an arbitrary
-       description. When bill transactions are placed in the accounts
-       payable account, this description is entered in the memo field of
-       those transactions.</para>
-    </listitem>
-
-    <listitem>
-       <para><guilabel>Post To Account</guilabel> - selects the accounts
-        payable account in which bill transactions are posted. You can
-        select the account from a list of existing A/Payable
-        accounts.</para>
-     </listitem>
-
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Accumulate Splits</guilabel> - determines if bill
-          items which transfer to the same account are combined into a single
-          split for that account or entered individually. For the sample
-          bill for Letterhead and Envelopes, the setting affects post
-          results as follows:</para>
-
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Checked (splits are accumulated) - a single transfer of
-              $100.00 to the <emphasis>Expenses:Office Supplies</emphasis> account is recorded.</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Not checked - the transaction created in the A/Payable
-              account, shows two transfers to <emphasis>Expenses:Office Supplies</emphasis> account
-              $75.00 and $25.00.  The memo fields in the splits indicate the
-              purchase of Letterhead and Envelopes (the item descriptions
-              entered on the bill) respectively.</para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-        </listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 id="bus-ap-billfind2">
   <title>Find</title>
-  <para>To find an existing bill, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find Bill</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application.  From the results of the search, you can select a bill to edit, or view.</para>
+  <para>To find an existing bill, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find Bill</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.  From the results of the search, you can select a bill to edit, or view.</para>
   <note>
   <para>Before you can edit a posted bill, you will need to <guilabel>Unpost</guilabel> it.</para>
   </note>
@@ -432,45 +252,14 @@
   <note>
   <para>There are other ways to access an existing bill.  These are similar to accessing invoices for your customers.  See <xref linkend="bus-ar-invoicefind2" /> for more information.</para>
   </note>
-
   </sect2>
-  </sect1>
+</sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="bus-ap-jobs1">
   <title>Vendor Jobs</title>
   <para>Vendor Jobs are used to group multiple bills from a single vendor.  Use of the vendor jobs feature is optional.  The feature is useful when you have multiple <guilabel>jobs</guilabel> for the same vendor, and would like to view all the bills for a single job.</para>
-  <para>To use vendor jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application.  You will see the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window.  The editable fields are:</para>
+  <para>To use vendor jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.  You will see the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window.</para>
 
-
-    <itemizedlist>
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Number</guilabel> (optional) - enter
-        the number for this job. If left blank, a number will be chosen for
-        you.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Name</guilabel> - the name you want to
-        assign to the new job.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Vendor</guilabel> - the vendor for
-        whom the job is created.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Billing ID</guilabel> - the vendor’s
-        reference to this job (e.g. their PO Number).</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Job Active</guilabel> - toggles this job being active
-        or not. This is useful when you have many inactive jobs, since it is
-        easier to search only among jobs that are marked active.</para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-
   	<screenshot id="bus-ap-jobnew">
 	  <mediaobject>
 	    <imageobject>
@@ -486,16 +275,15 @@
           </mediaobject>
         </screenshot>
 
-
     <para>To edit an existing vendor job, use the <menuchoice>
     <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu>
-    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application. Select the desired job in the
+    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
     search results, and click the <guilabel>View/Edit Job</guilabel>
     button.</para>
 
     <para>To select from the bills associated with a given job, use <menuchoice>
     <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu>
-    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application. Select the desired job in the
+    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
     search results and click the <guilabel>View Invoices</guilabel> button. A
     window listing bills associated with this job appears. Select a
     bill and click the <guilabel>View Invoice</guilabel> button to open a
@@ -505,42 +293,7 @@
   <sect1 id="bus-ap-payment1">
   <title>Process Payment</title>
   <para>Eventually, you need to pay your bills.  To do so, use the Process Payment application found in <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Process Payment</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
-  <para>The Process Payment application consists of:</para>
-  <itemizedlist>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Vendor</guilabel> - the vendor you wish to pay. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
-  you entered in the <guilabel>New Vendor</guilabel> window for this vendor,
-  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-  Vendor</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="bus-ap-vendorfind2" />. Highlight the vendor you are looking for with a click 
-  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Bill</guilabel> - the bill you wish to pay. If you remember the <emphasis>bill ID</emphasis>,
-  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-  Bill</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="bus-ap-billfind2" />. Highlight the bill you are looking for with a click 
-  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button in the search window.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Date</guilabel> - the date you wish to make the payment, normally the current date.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Amount</guilabel> - the amount of money to transfer in this payment.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Num</guilabel> - the check number.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Memo</guilabel> - any comments about this payment.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Post To</guilabel> - the A/Payable account to post this transaction.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  <listitem>
-  <para><guilabel>Transfer Account</guilabel> - the account from which money for the payments comes from, such as a checking account.</para>
-  </listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
+
     <para>Below is the <application>&app;</application> Accounts Receivable payment window.</para>
   	<screenshot id="bus-ap-payment">
 	  <mediaobject>

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml	2014-01-15 13:06:22 UTC (rev 23697)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml	2014-01-15 20:11:29 UTC (rev 23698)
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
   Translators:
                (translators put your name and email here)
 -->
+
+<!--
+A lot of the following text is duplicated in the GnuCash help. The text here in the guide should be 
+corrected to be less describing of the interface and more tutorial oriented
+-->
+
 <chapter id="chapter_bus_ar">
   <title>Accounts Receivable</title>
 
@@ -103,8 +109,9 @@
       <title>Company Registration</title>
 
       <para>After you have built the account structure, register the <application>&app;</application>
-      file as belonging to your company. To register your company, select
-      <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>:</para>
+      file as belonging to your company. To register your company, select the <guilabel>Business</guilabel> tab
+      in the <guilabel>Book Options</guilabel> window accessible by selecting 
+      <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Here you can:</para>
 
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
@@ -159,9 +166,6 @@
         payments you received from a customer.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
-
-    <para>The following sections introduce the individual components in more
-    detail.</para>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="bus-ar-customers1">
@@ -176,103 +180,8 @@
       <para>To register a new customer, enter the menu <menuchoice>
       <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
       <guimenuitem>New Customer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Fill in customer information, such as
-      Company Name, Address, Phone, Fax, etc. Below is a list of the other
-      options:</para>
+      Company Name, Address, Phone, Fax, etc.</para>
 
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Identification - Customer Number</guilabel> - can be
-          any number by which you would like to refer to this customer. You
-          may leave it blank and a number will be chosen automatically.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Identification - Active</guilabel> - differentiates
-          active customers from inactive ones. This is useful when you have
-          many past customers, and you want to see only those marked
-          active.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Address - Name</guilabel> - is the contact
-          name of the person to receive the invoices.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Notes</guilabel> - records any additional comments
-          about the customer.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Currency</guilabel> -
-          specifies the default billing currency.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Terms</guilabel> - specifies
-          the default billing terms for this customer. Billing terms must be
-          preregistered using <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
-          <guimenuitem>Billing Terms Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Discount</guilabel> - gives
-          the customer a default percentage based discount at the time of
-          invoice creation. Enter a value from 0 to 100. You can override the
-          default discount when you create an invoice.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Credit Limit</guilabel> -
-          stores the maximum credit you are willing to extend to the customer.
-          This field is for your reference purposes only. <application>&app;</application> does not use
-          the value.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Tax Included</guilabel> - this
-          specifies whether nor not tax is included in invoice amounts by
-          default. You can choose <guilabel>Yes</guilabel>,
-          <guilabel>No</guilabel>, or <guilabel>Use Global</guilabel>.
-          <itemizedlist>
-              <listitem>
-                <para><guilabel>Yes</guilabel> means that the tax is already
-                included in amounts on invoices.</para>
-              </listitem>
-
-              <listitem>
-                <para><guilabel>No</guilabel> means tax is not
-                included.</para>
-              </listitem>
-
-              <listitem>
-                <para><guilabel>Use Global</guilabel> means to use the setting
-                made in the global preferences accessible through
-                <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
-                <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
-                (<menuchoice><guimenu>Gnucash</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on Mac OS X).</para>
-              </listitem>
-            </itemizedlist></para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Tax Table</guilabel> -
-          specifies a default tax table to apply to invoice line items. Tax
-          tables must be registered from the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
-          <guimenuitem>Tax Table Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Shipping Address</guilabel> - records the customer’s
-          shipping address if it is different from the billing address. The
-          shipping address is for your reference. <application>&app;</application> does not use the
-          value.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
-
-      <para>This is what the New Customer registration window looks
-      like:</para>
-
       <screenshot id="bus-ar-custnew">
         <mediaobject>
           <imageobject>
@@ -287,6 +196,7 @@
           <caption><para>New Customer Registration Window</para></caption>
         </mediaobject>
       </screenshot>
+
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 id="bus-ar-custfind2">
@@ -352,61 +262,8 @@
       <para>To send an invoice to a customer you must first create a new
       invoice. To create an invoice use <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
       <guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Invoice</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The
-      New Invoice window must be filled in appropriately:</para>
+      New Invoice window must be filled in appropriately.</para>
 
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Invoice Information - Invoice ID</guilabel> - the
-          identification number of this invoice. This is your internal number
-          for this invoice. If you leave it blank, an invoice number will be
-          generated automatically.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Invoice Information - Date Opened</guilabel> - the
-          date this invoice was created.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Customer</guilabel> - the
-          customer who is to receive this invoice. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
-          you entered in the <guilabel>New Customer</guilabel> window for this customer,
-          start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-          it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-          Customer</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="bus-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the customer 
-          you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
-          <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Job</guilabel> (optional) -
-          associates the new invoice with a customer job (see <xref linkend="bus-ar-jobs1" />). 
-          If you remember the <emphasis>job name</emphasis>
-          you entered in the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window for this job, 
-          start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-          it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-          Job</guilabel> window. This window is the same to the one described in 
-          <xref linkend="bus-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the job 
-          you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
-          <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Billing ID</guilabel> - this
-          is the customer’s PO Number or other <quote>customer reference number</quote>.
-          You should use it to identify your invoices to this customer (and
-          job, if you have one).</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Terms</guilabel> - the payback
-          terms agreement for this invoice. A list of registered terms is
-          available within the pop up menu. If you specified a default value
-          for the selected customer, this field is initialized with the
-          default.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
-
       <screenshot id="bus-ar-invoicenew">
         <mediaobject>
           <imageobject>
@@ -448,147 +305,6 @@
         </mediaobject>
       </screenshot>
 
-      <para>There are 15 columns in the <guilabel>Invoice Entries</guilabel>
-      area:</para>
-
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Date</guilabel> - The date this item was
-          sold.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Invoiced?</guilabel> - <guilabel>X</guilabel> means
-          the item is attached to this invoice, an empty box means the item is
-          not attached to this invoice. The item is attached for you when you
-          proceed to the next line item.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> (optional) - is what the item
-          or service is called.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Action</guilabel> (optional) - is a user defined
-          field. You can place Cost Center information here, or use one of the
-          3 predefined actions, Hours, Material, or Project.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Income Account</guilabel> - selects which income
-          account is credited with this income.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Quantity</guilabel> - tracks how many of the items
-          you sold.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Unit Price</guilabel> - is the unit price of the
-          item.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Discount Type</guilabel> - is the type of
-          discount:</para>
-
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para><guilabel>$</guilabel> means <guilabel>Discount</guilabel>
-              is a monetary value</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para><guilabel>%</guilabel> means <guilabel>Discount</guilabel>
-              is a percentage.</para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-
-          <para>You can click the field to toggle between the discount
-          types.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Discount How</guilabel> - the discount can be
-          computed as follows:</para>
-
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para><guilabel>></guilabel> means the discount applies after
-              tax.</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para><guilabel><</guilabel> means the discount applies
-              before tax.</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para><guilabel>=</guilabel> means both discount and tax are
-              applied to the pretax value.</para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-
-          <para>You can click the field to change the setting.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Discount</guilabel> (optional) - is the total
-          discount, in monetary units or percentage, depending on
-          <guilabel>Discount Type</guilabel>. You can leave it blank for no
-          discount. Any default discount you specified for the customer will
-          be automatically entered for each new item.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Taxable?</guilabel> - is this item taxable?
-          <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a blank field means no. You can
-          click the field to toggle the setting.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Tax Included?</guilabel> - has the tax already been
-          included in the unit price? <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a
-          blank field means no. For example, if there is 1 item of $100 with a
-          tax of 5% then:</para>
-
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>If Tax Included is empty, then subtotal = $100 and tax =
-              $5.</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>If Tax included is set (<guilabel>X</guilabel>), then
-              subtotal = $95.23 and tax = $4.77.  The computation is: 
-              Subtotal = Total / (1+taxrate) and Tax = Total - Subtotal
-              = Total - (Total / (1+taxrate)).
-              </para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Tax Table</guilabel> (optional) - this is a pop up
-          menu of all the available tax tables. If you make the item taxable,
-          then this table is used to compute the amount of tax. The tax table
-          determines tax percentages and the accounts to which tax is
-          charged.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Subtotal</guilabel> (uneditable) - is the computed
-          subtotal for this item (less tax).</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Tax</guilabel> (uneditable) - is the computed tax
-          for this item.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
-
       <para>When you have finished entering all the items, you can
       <guilabel>Post</guilabel> and print the invoice.</para>
     </sect2>
@@ -602,9 +318,6 @@
       are ready to print it. Posting an invoice places the transactions in an
       accounts receivable account.</para>
 
-      <para>The Post Invoice window appears and asks you to enter
-      information:</para>
-
       <screenshot id="bus-ar-invoicepost">
         <mediaobject>
           <imageobject>
@@ -620,70 +333,6 @@
         </mediaobject>
       </screenshot>
 
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Post Date</guilabel> - specifies the date for the
-          transactions entered into the accounts receivable account.
-          By default this is the invoice’s <guilabel>Date
-          Opened</guilabel> (see <xref linkend="bus-ar-invoicenew2"/> for
-          information about that date).</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Due Date</guilabel> - is the date on which payment
-          for the invoice is expected.</para>
-
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>If you specified payment terms when you created the
-              invoice, the date is calculated according to selected terms, and
-              the entry field is insensitive.</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>If you did not specify payment terms, enter the expected
-              payment due date here.</para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> - is an arbitrary
-          description. When invoice transactions are placed in the accounts
-          receivable account, this description is entered in the memo field of
-          those transactions.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Post To Account</guilabel> - selects the accounts
-          receivable account in which invoice transactions are posted. You can
-          select the account from a list of existing A/Receivable
-          accounts.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para><guilabel>Accumulate Splits</guilabel> - determines if invoice
-          items which transfer to the same account are combined into a single
-          split for that account or entered individually. For the sample
-          invoice which sold Nails and a Hammer, the setting affects post
-          results as follows:</para>
-
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Checked (splits are accumulated) - a single transfer of
-              $575.00 from the <emphasis>Income:Sales</emphasis> account is recorded.</para>
-            </listitem>
-
-            <listitem>
-              <para>Not checked - the transaction created in the A/Receivable
-              account, shows two transfers from <emphasis>Income:Sales</emphasis> account $100.00
-              and $475.00. The memo fields in the splits indicate the sale of
-              Nails and the Hammer (the item descriptions entered on the
-              invoice) respectively.</para>
-            </listitem>
-          </itemizedlist>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
     </sect2>
 
     <sect2 id="bus-ar-invoicefind2">
@@ -691,7 +340,7 @@
 
       <para>To find an existing invoice, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
       <guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find Invoice</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
-      application. From the results of the search, you can select an invoice
+      menu item. From the results of the search, you can select an invoice
       to edit or view.</para>
 
       <note>
@@ -728,9 +377,6 @@
       customer. To print an invoice use <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
       <guimenuitem>Print Invoice</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para>
 
-      <para>An example of the default <application>&app;</application> invoice print output is shown
-      below.</para>
-
       <screenshot id="bus-ar-invoiceprint">
         <mediaobject>
           <imageobject>
@@ -809,49 +455,6 @@
     useful when you have multiple <guilabel>jobs</guilabel> for the same customer, and would like
     to view all the invoices related to a single job.</para>
 
-    <para>To use customer jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice>
-    <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
-    <guimenuitem>New Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application. You will see the <guilabel>New
-    Job</guilabel> window. The editable fields are:</para>
-
-    <itemizedlist>
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Number</guilabel> (optional) - enter
-        the number for this job. If left blank, a number will be chosen for
-        you.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Name</guilabel> - the name you want to
-        assign to the new job.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Customer</guilabel> - the customer for
-        whom the job is created. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
-        you entered in the <guilabel>New Customer</guilabel> window for this customer,
-        start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-        it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-        Customer</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="bus-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the customer 
-        you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
-        <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Billing ID</guilabel> - the customer’s
-        reference to this job (e.g. their PO Number). This is the "Billing
-        Identification" that they require to correlated your invoices with
-        their order. The Billing ID you enter is used to set the billing id
-        for new invoices associated with this job.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Job Active</guilabel> - toggles this job being active
-        or not. This is useful when you have many inactive jobs, since it is
-        easier to search only among jobs that are marked active.</para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-
     <screenshot id="bus-ar-jobnew">
       <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
@@ -867,15 +470,20 @@
       </mediaobject>
     </screenshot>
 
+    <para>To use customer jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice>
+    <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
+    <guimenuitem>New Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. You will see the <guilabel>New
+    Job</guilabel> window.</para>
+
     <para>To edit an existing customer job, use the <menuchoice>
     <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
-    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application. Select the desired job in the
+    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
     search results, and click the <guilabel>View/Edit Job</guilabel>
     button.</para>
 
     <para>To select from the invoices associated with a given job, use <menuchoice>
     <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find
-    Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> application. Select the desired job in the
+    Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
     search results and click the <guilabel>View Invoices</guilabel> button. A
     window listing invoices associated with this job appears. Select an
     invoice and click the <guilabel>View Invoice</guilabel> button to open an
@@ -891,63 +499,6 @@
     <guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Process
     Payment</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
 
-    <para>The Process Payment application consists of:</para>
-
-    <itemizedlist>
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Customer</guilabel> - the
-        customer who paid you. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
-        you entered in the <guilabel>New Customer</guilabel> window for this customer,
-        start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-        it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-        Customer</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="bus-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the customer 
-        you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
-        <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Invoice</guilabel> - the invoice
-        for which payment was received. If you remember the <emphasis>invoice ID</emphasis>,
-        start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
-        it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
-        Invoice</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="bus-ar-invoicefind2" />. Highlight the invoice 
-        you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
-        <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Date</guilabel> - the date you
-        you received payment.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Amount</guilabel> - the amount
-        of money received.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Num</guilabel> - the check
-        number.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Memo</guilabel> - any comments
-        about this payment.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Post To</guilabel> - the A/Receivable account to which
-        to post this transaction.</para>
-      </listitem>
-
-      <listitem>
-        <para><guilabel>Transfer Account</guilabel> - the account where the
-        money will be deposited (a checking account for example).</para>
-      </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
-
-    <para>Below is the <application>&app;</application> Accounts Receivable payment window.</para>
-
     <screenshot id="bus-ar-payment">
       <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
@@ -962,6 +513,7 @@
         <caption><para>Process Payment Window </para></caption>
       </mediaobject>
     </screenshot>
+
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="bus-ar-invoicechange">

Added: gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Business.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Business.xml	                        (rev 0)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Business.xml	2014-01-15 20:11:29 UTC (rev 23698)
@@ -0,0 +1,1308 @@
+<!--
+      (Do not remove this comment block.)
+  Version: 2.0.0
+  Last modified: July 9th 2006
+  Maintainers: 
+               Chris Lyttle <chris at wilddev.net>
+  Author:
+  		Jon Lapham <lapham at extracta.com.br>
+	updated Patrick Schweiger <pks at spiffykitty.com>
+  Originally designed by Carol Champagne.
+  Translators:
+               (translators put your name and email here)
+-->
+<chapter id="chapter_busnss">
+  <title>Business Features</title>
+
+    <para>The accounting needs of a business are quite different from that of
+    a person. Businesses have customers that owe money, vendors which are owed
+    money, employee payroll, more complex tax laws, etc. <application>&app;</application> offers
+    business oriented features to facilitate these needs.</para>
+
+    <para>Accounts Receivable (A/R) are used by businesses to record sales for
+    which they are not immediately paid. Accounts Payable (A/P) record bills
+    that they have received, but might not pay until later. These types of
+    accounts are used primarily when you have a lot of bills and receipts
+    flowing in and out, and do not want to lose track of them just because you
+    do not pay or get paid right away. For most home users, A/R and A/P are
+    too complicated to be worth the effort.</para>
+
+    <para>Accounts Receivable (or A/R) refers to products or services provided
+    by your company for which payment has not yet been received. This is
+    represented on the balance sheet as an asset, because the expectation is
+    that you will receive payment soon.</para>
+
+    <para>Accounts Payable (or A/P) refers to products or services bought by your 
+    company for which payment has not yet been sent. This is represented on the balance sheet
+    as a liability because you will have to pay for them.</para>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ar-setup1">
+    <title>Initial Setup</title>
+
+    <para>To set up <application>&app;</application> to handle accounts receivable and accounts payable 
+    for a company two preliminary things must be done. The first is to build an appropriate
+    Account Hierarchy and the second is to register the company in
+    <application>&app;</application>.</para>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-setupacct2">
+      <title>Account Setup</title>
+
+      <para>There are many different ways to set up a business account
+      hierarchy. You can start with the Business Accounts setup which is
+      available from the New Account Hierarchy assistant, or you could build one
+      manually. To access the prebuilt Business Accounts, start <application>&app;</application> and
+      click on <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New File</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and
+      proceed until you see the list of available accounts, select <emphasis>Business
+      Accounts</emphasis>.</para>
+
+      <note> 
+        <para>The prebuilt Business Account hierarchy will not meet your needs
+        exactly. You will need to make adjustments for the hierarchy to function
+        well with your particular situation. It should be close enough that it
+        is recommended you begin with it.</para>
+      </note>
+
+<!--
+      <para>To use <application>&app;</application>’s integrated accounts 
+      payable system, you must first setup an account of the <emphasis>A/Payable</emphasis>
+      type. The <emphasis>A/Payable</emphasis> account is usually a sub-account 
+      under Liabilities. It is within this account that the integrated A/P system 
+      places transactions.</para>
+
+      <literallayout>
+        Basic A/P Account Hierarchy:
+
+        -Assets
+          -Bank
+        -Liabilities
+          -Accounts Payable
+        -Expenses
+          -AP Expenses
+      </literallayout>
+
+     <para>You need to add additional asset accounts and real expense accounts to make 
+     this hierarchy useful.  The important aspects of this hierarchy are that you need
+     an expense account and an Accounts Payable account, with account type set to 
+     <emphasis>A/Payable</emphasis>.</para>
+-->
+
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-setupcname">
+      <title>Company Registration</title>
+
+      <para>After you have built the account structure, register the <application>&app;</application>
+      file as belonging to your company by filling in the data requested in 
+      the <xref linkend="business-book-options" /> accessible from the 
+      <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.</para>
+    </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ar-components1">
+     <title>Accounts Receivable</title>
+
+    <para><application>&app;</application> has an integrated accounts receivable system.</para>
+
+      <para>To use <application>&app;</application>’s integrated accounts
+      receivable system, you must first set up an account (usually a
+      sub-account under <emphasis>Assets</emphasis>) defined with account type
+      <emphasis>A/Receivable</emphasis>. It is within this account that the
+      integrated A/R system will place transactions.</para>
+
+      <literallayout>
+        Basic A/R Account Hierarchy:
+
+        -Assets
+        -Checking
+        -Accounts Receivable
+        -Income
+        -Sales
+      </literallayout>
+      
+      <note>
+        <para>You need to add additional asset, expense, and income accounts to
+        this hierarchy for it to be useful. The important aspects of this
+        hierarchy are the use of an income account and the <emphasis>Accounts Receivable</emphasis>
+        asset account, with account type set to
+        <emphasis>A/Receivable</emphasis>.</para>
+      </note>
+
+    <para>The transactions generated by the A/R system are recorded within the <emphasis>Accounts
+    Receivable</emphasis> account. You generally do not work directly with this account.
+    You generally work with the four integrated <application>&app;</application> A/R application
+    components available through the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
+    <guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu></menuchoice> sub-menu. These four components are:</para>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><xref linkend="busnss-ar-customers1" /></term>
+        <listitem><para>People or companies to whom
+        you sell products or services on credit.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><xref linkend="busnss-ar-invoices1" /></term>
+        <listitem><para>The physical invoice you
+        send to a customer to request payment. This invoice contains an
+        itemized list of things you sold.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><xref linkend="busnss-ar-jobs1" /></term>
+        <listitem><para>Is where you register
+        Customer Jobs. Jobs are a mechanism by which you can group multiple
+        invoices to a particular customer.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><xref linkend="busnss-ar-payment1" /></term>
+        <listitem><para>Used to register
+        payments you received from a customer.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+
+    <para>The following sections introduce the individual components in more
+    detail.</para>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ar-customers1">
+    <title>Customers</title>
+
+    <para>Customers are people or companies to whom you sell goods or
+    services. They must be registered within the A/R system.</para>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-custnew2">
+      <title>New</title>
+
+      <para>To register a new customer, enter the menu <menuchoice>
+      <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
+      <guimenuitem>New Customer</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Fill in customer information, such as
+      Company Name, Address, Phone, Fax, etc. Below is a list of the other
+      options:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Identification - Customer Number</guilabel> - can be
+          any number by which you would like to refer to this customer. You
+          may leave it blank and a number will be chosen automatically. 
+          See <xref linkend="counters-book-options" /> for more info.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Identification - Active</guilabel> - differentiates
+          active customers from inactive ones. This is useful when you have
+          many past customers, and you want to see only those marked
+          active.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Address - Name</guilabel> - is the contact
+          name of the person to receive the invoices.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Notes</guilabel> - records any additional comments
+          about the customer.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Currency</guilabel> -
+          specifies the default billing currency.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Terms</guilabel> - specifies
+          the default billing terms for this customer. Billing terms must be
+          preregistered using <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
+          <guimenuitem>Billing Terms Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Discount</guilabel> - gives
+          the customer a default percentage based discount at the time of
+          invoice creation. Enter a value from 0 to 100. You can override the
+          default discount when you create an invoice.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Credit Limit</guilabel> -
+          stores the maximum credit you are willing to extend to the customer.
+          This field is for your reference purposes only. <application>&app;</application> does not use
+          the value.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Tax Included</guilabel> - this
+          specifies whether nor not tax is included in invoice amounts by
+          default. You can choose <guilabel>Yes</guilabel>,
+          <guilabel>No</guilabel>, or <guilabel>Use Global</guilabel>.
+          <itemizedlist>
+              <listitem>
+                <para><guilabel>Yes</guilabel> means that the tax is already
+                included in amounts on invoices.</para>
+              </listitem>
+
+              <listitem>
+                <para><guilabel>No</guilabel> means tax is not
+                included.</para>
+              </listitem>
+
+              <listitem>
+                <para><guilabel>Use Global</guilabel> means to use the setting
+                made in the global preferences accessible through
+                <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+                <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+                (<menuchoice><guimenu>Gnucash</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> on Mac OS X).</para>
+              </listitem>
+            </itemizedlist></para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Tax Table</guilabel> -
+          specifies a default tax table to apply to invoice line items. Tax
+          tables must be registered from the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
+          <guimenuitem>Tax Table Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Shipping Address</guilabel> - records the customer’s
+          shipping address if it is different from the billing address. The
+          shipping address is for your reference. <application>&app;</application> does not use the
+          value.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-custfind2">
+      <title>Find and Edit</title>
+
+      <para>To search for an existing customer, use the <menuchoice>
+      <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
+      <guimenuitem>Find Customer</guimenuitem></menuchoice> window. You select a customer to
+      <guilabel>View/Edit</guilabel> from the results of the search. This
+      window is also used to look up customers when creating invoices and
+      processing payments.</para>
+
+      <para>If many customers match the search criteria you provide, the
+      search can be refined by running an additional search within the current
+      results. The current result set is searched when the <guilabel>Refine
+      Current Search</guilabel> radio button is selected. In fact, <application>&app;</application>
+      selects this option for you after you run the initial search.</para>
+
+      <para>If the customer you are searching for does not match the supplied
+      search criteria, change the search criteria, click the <guilabel>New
+      Search</guilabel> radio button and then the <guilabel>Find</guilabel>
+      button. The relevant step is the <guilabel>New Search</guilabel>
+      selection. If the customer is not in the result of the original search,
+      and you only search within this set, the customer cannot be found,
+      regardless of new search criteria.</para>
+
+      <note>
+        <para>To return a list of all registered active customers, set the
+        search criterion to <guilabel>matches regex</guilabel>, and place a
+        single dot "." in the text field area. Make sure <guilabel>Search only
+        active data</guilabel> is checked, then click
+        <guibutton>Find</guibutton>. The regular expression "." means to match
+        anything.</para>
+      </note>
+    </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ar-invoices1">
+    <title>Invoices</title>
+
+    <para>An invoice is the paperwork you send to a customer to request
+    payment for products or services rendered. <application>&app;</application> can generate and track
+    invoices.</para>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-invoicenew2">
+      <title>New</title>
+
+      <para>To send an invoice to a customer you must first create a new
+      invoice. To create an invoice use <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
+      <guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Invoice</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The
+      New Invoice window must be filled in appropriately:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Invoice Information - Invoice ID</guilabel> - the
+          identification number of this invoice. This is your internal number
+          for this invoice. If you leave it blank, an invoice number will be
+          generated automatically. See <xref linkend="counters-book-options" /> 
+          for more info</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Invoice Information - Date Opened</guilabel> - the
+          date this invoice was created.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Customer</guilabel> - the
+          customer who is to receive this invoice. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
+          you entered in the <guilabel>New Customer</guilabel> window for this customer,
+          start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+          it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+          Customer</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="busnss-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the customer 
+          you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
+          <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Job</guilabel> (optional) -
+          associates the new invoice with a customer job (see <xref linkend="busnss-ar-jobs1" />). 
+          If you remember the <emphasis>job name</emphasis>
+          you entered in the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window for this job, 
+          start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+          it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+          Job</guilabel> window. This window is the same to the one described in 
+          <xref linkend="busnss-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the job 
+          you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
+          <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Billing ID</guilabel> - this
+          is the customer’s PO Number or other <quote>customer reference number</quote>.
+          You should use it to identify your invoices to this customer (and
+          job, if you have one).</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Billing Information - Terms</guilabel> - the payback
+          terms agreement for this invoice. A list of registered terms is
+          available within the pop up menu. If you specified a default value
+          for the selected customer, this field is initialized with the
+          default.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>When you click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button, the
+      <guilabel>Edit Invoice</guilabel> window opens.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-invoiceedit2">
+      <title>Edit</title>
+
+      <para>From the Edit Invoice window you can enter an itemized list of
+      things you sold on this invoice, in a manner similar to how the account
+      register works.</para>
+
+      <para>There are 15 columns in the <guilabel>Invoice Entries</guilabel>
+      area:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Date</guilabel> - The date this item was
+          sold.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Invoiced?</guilabel> - <guilabel>X</guilabel> means
+          the item is attached to this invoice, an empty box means the item is
+          not attached to this invoice. The item is attached for you when you
+          proceed to the next line item.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> (optional) - is what the item
+          or service is called.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Action</guilabel> (optional) - is a user defined
+          field. You can place Cost Center information here, or use one of the
+          3 predefined actions, Hours, Material, or Project.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Income Account</guilabel> - selects which income
+          account is credited with this income.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Quantity</guilabel> - tracks how many of the items
+          you sold.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Unit Price</guilabel> - is the unit price of the
+          item.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Discount Type</guilabel> - is the type of
+          discount:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel>$</guilabel> means <guilabel>Discount</guilabel>
+              is a monetary value</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel>%</guilabel> means <guilabel>Discount</guilabel>
+              is a percentage.</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+
+          <para>You can click the field to toggle between the discount
+          types.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Discount How</guilabel> - the discount can be
+          computed as follows:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel>></guilabel> means the discount applies after
+              tax.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel><</guilabel> means the discount applies
+              before tax.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel>=</guilabel> means both discount and tax are
+              applied to the pretax value.</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+
+          <para>You can click the field to change the setting.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Discount</guilabel> (optional) - is the total
+          discount, in monetary units or percentage, depending on
+          <guilabel>Discount Type</guilabel>. You can leave it blank for no
+          discount. Any default discount you specified for the customer will
+          be automatically entered for each new item.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Taxable?</guilabel> - is this item taxable?
+          <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a blank field means no. You can
+          click the field to toggle the setting.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Tax Included?</guilabel> - has the tax already been
+          included in the unit price? <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a
+          blank field means no. For example, if there is 1 item of $100 with a
+          tax of 5% then:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>If Tax Included is empty, then subtotal = $100 and tax =
+              $5.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>If Tax included is set (<guilabel>X</guilabel>), then
+              subtotal = $95.23 and tax = $4.77.  The computation is: 
+              Subtotal = Total / (1+taxrate) and Tax = Total - Subtotal
+              = Total - (Total / (1+taxrate)).
+              </para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Tax Table</guilabel> (optional) - this is a pop up
+          menu of all the available tax tables. If you make the item taxable,
+          then this table is used to compute the amount of tax. The tax table
+          determines tax percentages and the accounts to which tax is
+          charged.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Subtotal</guilabel> (uneditable) - is the computed
+          subtotal for this item (less tax).</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Tax</guilabel> (uneditable) - is the computed tax
+          for this item.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>When you have finished entering all the items, you can
+      <guilabel>Post</guilabel> and print the invoice.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-invoicepost2">
+      <title>Post</title>
+
+      <para>When you finish editing an invoice and are ready to print, you
+      must <guilabel>Post</guilabel> the invoice. The invoice does not have to
+      be posted immediately. In fact, you should only post an invoice when you
+      are ready to print it. Posting an invoice places the transactions in an
+      accounts receivable account.</para>
+
+      <para>The <guilabel>Post Invoice</guilabel> window appears and asks you 
+      to enter the following information:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Post Date</guilabel> - specifies the date for the
+          transactions entered into the accounts receivable account.
+          By default this is the invoice’s <guilabel>Date
+          Opened</guilabel> (see <xref linkend="busnss-ar-invoicenew2"/> for
+          information about that date).</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Due Date</guilabel> - is the date on which payment
+          for the invoice is expected.</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>If you specified payment terms when you created the
+              invoice, the date is calculated according to selected terms, and
+              the entry field is insensitive.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>If you did not specify payment terms, enter the expected
+              payment due date here.</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> - is an arbitrary
+          description. When invoice transactions are placed in the accounts
+          receivable account, this description is entered in the memo field of
+          those transactions.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Post To Account</guilabel> - selects the accounts
+          receivable account in which invoice transactions are posted. You can
+          select the account from a list of existing A/Receivable
+          accounts.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Accumulate Splits</guilabel> - determines if invoice
+          items which transfer to the same account are combined into a single
+          split for that account or entered individually. For the sample
+          invoice which sold Nails and a Hammer, the setting affects post
+          results as follows:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Checked (splits are accumulated) - a single transfer of
+              $575.00 from the <emphasis>Income:Sales</emphasis> account is recorded.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Not checked - the transaction created in the A/Receivable
+              account, shows two transfers from <emphasis>Income:Sales</emphasis> account $100.00
+              and $475.00. The memo fields in the splits indicate the sale of
+              Nails and the Hammer (the item descriptions entered on the
+              invoice) respectively.</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-invoicefind2">
+      <title>Find</title>
+
+      <para>To find an existing invoice, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
+      <guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find Invoice</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+      menu item. From the results of the search, you can select an invoice
+      to edit or view.</para>
+
+      <note>
+        <para>Before you can edit a posted invoice, you will need to
+        <guilabel>Unpost</guilabel> it.</para>
+      </note>
+
+      <para>One of the design goals in <application>&app;</application>’s Account Receivable system was
+      to allow different processes to get to the same state, so you can reach
+      an invoice from different directions based on the way you think about
+      the problem:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>You can search for the customer first, then list their
+          invoices.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>You can search for invoices by number or by company
+          name.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>You can list invoices associated with a customer job.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-invoiceprint2">
+      <title>Print</title>
+
+      <para>After you post an invoice, you should print it and send it to your
+      customer. To print an invoice use <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>
+      <guimenuitem>Print Invoice</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.</para>
+
+      <tip>
+        <para>You can modify the appearance of the invoice, IE: add a company
+        logo, etc. To do so, see the <xref
+        linkend="busnss-ar-invoicechange" />.</para>
+      </tip>
+
+      <para>Invoices can also be printed from the main window by selecting
+      <menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu><guisubmenu>Business Reports</guisubmenu>
+      <guimenuitem>Printable Invoice</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from the main menu. The
+      resulting report window states that no valid invoice is selected. To
+      select the invoice to print:</para>
+
+      <orderedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Use the <guibutton>Options</guibutton> <emphasis>Toolbar</emphasis> button or select
+          <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu><guimenuitem>Report Options</guimenuitem></menuchoice> from
+          the main menu.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Select the <guilabel>General</guilabel> tab of the report
+          options dialog.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Click the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button next to the
+          <guilabel>Invoice Number</guilabel> field.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Search for the invoice as usual.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </orderedlist>
+
+      <para>You can also print invoices from within the Process Payment
+      dialog. See the <xref linkend="busnss-ar-payment1" /> for instructions on
+      how to do so.</para>
+    </sect2>
+
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ar-invoicestarting2">
+      <title>Assign Starting Invoice Number</title>
+
+      <para>By default, <application>&app;</application> starts with invoice number 1 and increments from there. You can
+      manually type an invoice number into the text box each time you create
+      an invoice, but this gets tiring and sooner or later leads to duplicate
+      numbers.</para>
+
+      <para>You can change the starting invoice number if it is important you.
+      Use <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, access
+      the <guilabel>Counters</guilabel> tab, change the <guilabel>Invoice number</guilabel> value to be
+      one less than your desired starting invoice number and click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button or the 
+      <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button.</para>
+    </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ar-jobs1">
+    <title>Customer Jobs</title>
+
+    <para>Customer Jobs are used to group multiple invoices to the same
+    customer. Use of the Customer Jobs feature is optional. The feature is
+    useful when you have multiple <guilabel>jobs</guilabel> for the same customer, and would like
+    to view all the invoices related to a single job.</para>
+
+    <para>To use customer jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice>
+    <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
+    <guimenuitem>New Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. You will see the <guilabel>New
+    Job</guilabel> window. The editable fields are:</para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Number</guilabel> (optional) - enter
+        the number for this job. If left blank, a number will be chosen for
+        you. See <xref linkend="counters-book-options" /> for more info.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Name</guilabel> - the name you want to
+        assign to the new job.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Customer</guilabel> - the customer for
+        whom the job is created. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
+        you entered in the <guilabel>New Customer</guilabel> window for this customer,
+        start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+        it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+        Customer</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="busnss-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the customer 
+        you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
+        <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Billing ID</guilabel> - the customer’s
+        reference to this job (e.g. their PO Number). This is the "Billing
+        Identification" that they require to correlated your invoices with
+        their order. The Billing ID you enter is used to set the billing id
+        for new invoices associated with this job.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Job Active</guilabel> - toggles this job being active
+        or not. This is useful when you have many inactive jobs, since it is
+        easier to search only among jobs that are marked active.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+    <para>To edit an existing customer job, use the <menuchoice>
+    <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu>
+    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
+    search results, and click the <guilabel>View/Edit Job</guilabel>
+    button.</para>
+
+    <para>To select from the invoices associated with a given job, use <menuchoice>
+    <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find
+    Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
+    search results and click the <guilabel>View Invoices</guilabel> button. A
+    window listing invoices associated with this job appears. Select an
+    invoice and click the <guilabel>View Invoice</guilabel> button to open an
+    invoice editor in the main application window.</para>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ar-payment1">
+    <title>Process Payment</title>
+
+    <para>Eventually, you will receive payment from your customers for
+    outstanding invoices. To register these payments, use the Process Payment
+    application found in <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
+    <guisubmenu>Customer</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Process
+    Payment</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+
+    <para>The Process Payment application consists of:</para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Customer</guilabel> - the
+        customer who paid you. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
+        you entered in the <guilabel>New Customer</guilabel> window for this customer,
+        start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+        it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+        Customer</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="busnss-ar-custfind2" />. Highlight the customer 
+        you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
+        <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Invoice</guilabel> - the invoice
+        for which payment was received. If you remember the <emphasis>invoice ID</emphasis>,
+        start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+        it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+        Invoice</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="busnss-ar-invoicefind2" />. Highlight the invoice 
+        you are looking for with a click in the search results, then press the 
+        <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Date</guilabel> - the date you
+        you received payment.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Amount</guilabel> - the amount
+        of money received.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Num</guilabel> - the check
+        number.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Memo</guilabel> - any comments
+        about this payment.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Post To</guilabel> - the A/Receivable account to which
+        to post this transaction.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Transfer Account</guilabel> - the account where the
+        money will be deposited (a checking account for example).</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ar-invoicechange">
+    <title>Changing the Invoice Appearance</title>
+
+    <para>The default Invoice style, as shown in <xref
+    linkend="busnss-ar-invoiceprint2" />, is fairly barren. The default invoice
+    style leaves the top part of the form blank, so you can print on company
+    letterhead paper. There are some things you can do to change invoice
+    appearance.</para>
+
+    <para>Use <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to
+    enter your Company informations in the <guilabel>Business</guilabel> tab of the <guilabel>Book Options</guilabel> window.
+    Some of the entered informations are printed on the right side of invoices.</para>
+
+    <para>To add a customized background, heading banner or logo to invoices,
+    modify the invoice style sheets. To do this, go to <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+    <guimenuitem>Style Sheets</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and select the <guibutton>New</guibutton>
+    button in the <guilabel>Select HTML Style Sheet</guilabel> window that will appear.</para>
+
+    <para>Give a <guilabel>Name</guilabel> to the new style sheet (e.g. <guilabel>Custom Invoice</guilabel>) and select the 
+    <guilabel>Fancy</guilabel> <guilabel>Template</guilabel>. When you click the
+    <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button, the <guilabel>HTML Style Sheet Properties</guilabel> window is
+    displayed. This window presents you five sections listed in the left pane: <guilabel>Colors</guilabel>, <guilabel>Fonts</guilabel>,
+    <guilabel>General</guilabel>, <guilabel>Images</guilabel>, and <guilabel>Tables</guilabel>. The <guilabel>Colors</guilabel>
+    section allows you to change the colors of various items of the invoice. The <guilabel>Fonts</guilabel> section lets you
+    set fonts type and dimensions. The <guilabel>General</guilabel> section allows you to set the <guilabel>Preparer</guilabel> and
+    <guilabel>Prepared for</guilabel> information, and to <guilabel>Enable Links</guilabel>. The <guilabel>Images</guilabel> section allows you
+    to import graphics into the style sheet. The <guilabel>Tables</guilabel> section allows you to
+    adjust the spacing around the tables which make up the invoice.</para>
+
+    <para>To include a company logo, banner heading and background image, use
+    your favorite graphics application such as <application>The Gimp</application> or <application>OpenOffice Draw</application> to
+    save the images in either <acronym>GIF</acronym> or <acronym>PNG</acronym> format. Then import them into the
+    style sheet using the <guilabel>Images</guilabel> section described above.</para>
+
+   <note>
+      <para>The images are placed in the invoice as follows. The
+      <guilabel>Background Tile</guilabel> is tiled to become the background
+      image, the <guilabel>Heading Banner</guilabel> goes to above the invoice
+      text, and the <guilabel>Logo</guilabel> is placed in the upper left corner
+      of the invoice to the left of the Heading Banner. You will probably have
+      to try a few different sized images until you get the invoices to print
+      nicely. Some sizing suggestions are that the Logo should be 1 square cm
+      (~0.5 inch), and the Heading Banner should be 15 cm (~6 inches) wide and 1
+      cm (~0.5 inch) tall.</para>
+    </note>
+
+    <para>With the style sheet configured, when you print the invoice, you
+    select the style sheet to use from the <guimenu>Options</guimenu> menu.</para>
+
+  </sect1>
+
+
+<!-- start of A/P 
+______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
+-->
+
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ap-components1">
+    <title>Accounts Payable</title>
+      <para><application>&app;</application> has an integrated accounts payable system. 
+      The transactions generated by the A/P system are placed within the Accounts Payable account, 
+      as a record of what occurs.  Generally you do not directly work with this account but 
+      use the four integrated <application>&app;</application> A/P application components.
+      The A/P components are available from the 
+      <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu></menuchoice> sub-menu.
+      These A/P components are:</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Vendors</guilabel> are people or companies from which you buy 
+          products or services on credit.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Bills</guilabel> represent the physical bills vendors send to
+          request payment from you. A bill contains an itemized list of things you purchased.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Jobs</guilabel> (optional) is where you register Vendor Jobs. 
+          Jobs are mechanism by which you can group multiple bills from a particular vendor.</para>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Process Payments</guilabel> is where you register payments to a 
+          vendor to whom you owe money.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>The following sections introduce the individual Accounts Payable application components.</para>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ap-vendors1">
+  <title>Vendors</title>
+    <para>A vendor is a company or person from whom you purchase goods or services. 
+    Vendors must be registered within the A/P system.</para>
+ 
+  <sect2 id="busnss-ap-vendornew2">
+  <title>New</title>
+    <para>To register a new vendor, select the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu>
+    <guimenuitem>New Vendor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Fill in general information about the vendor, 
+    such as Company Name, Address, Phone, Fax, etc. Below is a list of the other options: </para>
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Identification - Vendor Number</guilabel> - can be any number by which you would 
+        like to refer to this vendor. You may leave it blank and a number will be chosen automatically.
+        See <xref linkend="counters-book-options" /> for more info</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Identification - Active</guilabel> - differentiates active vendors from inactive 
+        ones. This is useful when you have many past vendors, and you want to see only those marked active.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Address - Name</guilabel> - is the contact name of the person to 
+        receive payments you make.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Notes</guilabel> - records any additional comments about the vendor. 
+        Use it to track names of contact people within the vendor’s company, for example.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Currency</guilabel> - specifies the default payment 
+        currency.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Terms</guilabel> - specifies the default payment terms 
+        for this vendor. Payment terms must be preregistered using 
+        <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guimenuitem>Billing Terms</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Tax Included</guilabel> - specifies if tax is included 
+        in bills from this vendor. You can choose <guilabel>Yes</guilabel>, <guilabel>No</guilabel>, 
+        or <guilabel>Use Global</guilabel>.</para>
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel>Yes</guilabel> means that tax is already
+              included in amounts on bills.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel>No</guilabel> means tax is not included.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para><guilabel>Use Global</guilabel> means to use the setting
+              made in the global preferences accessible through
+              <menuchoice><guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
+              <guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+              (<menuchoice><guimenu>Gnucash</guimenu><guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 
+              on Mac OS X).</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Tax Table</guilabel> - specifies a default tax 
+          table to apply to bills from this vendor.  Tax tables must be registered using the 
+          <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guimenuitem>Tax Table</guimenuitem></menuchoice> 
+          menu item.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+  </sect2>
+    <sect2 id="busnss-ap-vendorfind2">
+    <title>Find and Edit</title>
+
+      <para>To search for an existing vendor, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu>
+      <guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find Vendor</guimenuitem></menuchoice> window.
+      You select a vendor to <guibutton>View/Edit</guibutton> from the results of the search.
+      This window is also used to look up a vendor when entering bills and processing payments.</para>
+
+      <para>If many vendors match the search criteria you provide, the
+      search can be refined by running an additional search within the current
+      results. The current result set is searched when the <guilabel>Refine
+      Current Search</guilabel> radio button is selected. In fact, <application>&app;</application>
+      selects this option for you after you run the initial search.</para>
+
+      <para>If the vendor you are searching for does not match the supplied
+      search criteria, change the search criteria, click the <guilabel>New
+      Search</guilabel> radio button and then the <guibutton>Find</guibutton>
+      button. The relevant step is the <guilabel>New Search</guilabel>
+      selection. If the vendor is not in the result of the original search,
+      and you only search within this set, the vendor cannot be found,
+      regardless of new search criteria.</para>
+
+      <tip>
+        <para>To return a list of all registered active vendors, set the search criterion to 
+        <guilabel>matches regex</guilabel>, and place a single dot <quote>.</quote> in the text field area.
+        Make sure <guilabel>Search only active data</guilabel> is checked, then click <guibutton>Find</guibutton>.
+        The regular expression <quote>.</quote> means to match anything.</para>
+      </tip>
+
+    </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ap-bills1">
+  <title>Bills</title>
+ <para>A bill is a request for payment you receive from a vendor.  <application>&app;</application> can track bills.</para>
+  <sect2 id="busnss-ap-billnew2">
+  <title>New</title>
+ <para>When you receive a bill from a vendor and want to enter it into <application>&app;</application>, you must create a new bill.  To create a new bill use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Bill</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item, and fill in the resulting window appropriately.</para>
+  <itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Invoice Info - Invoice ID</guilabel> (optional) - the identification number of the invoice as emitted by the vendor (IE: the vendor’s internal number for this invoice).</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Invoice Info - Date Opened</guilabel> - the date the Invoice was emitted by the vendor.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Vendor</guilabel> - the issuing vendor. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
+  you entered in the <guilabel>New Vendor</guilabel> window for this vendor,
+  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+  Vendor</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="busnss-ap-vendorfind2" />. Highlight the vendor you are looking for with a click 
+  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Job</guilabel> (optional) - associates a vendor job (see <xref linkend="busnss-ap-jobs1" />) with this bill. 
+  If you remember the <emphasis>job name</emphasis>
+  you entered in the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window for this job, 
+  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+  Job</guilabel> window. This window is very similar to the one described in 
+  <xref linkend="busnss-ap-vendorfind2" />. Highlight the job you are looking for with a click 
+  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Billing ID</guilabel> (optional) - the vendor’s ID for the bill (e.g.: their invoice #).</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Billing Info - Terms</guilabel> - the pay back terms agreement for this bill. A list of registered terms is available within the pop up menu.  If you specified a a default value for the selected vendor, this field is initialized with the default.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Chargeback Project - Customer</guilabel> (optional) - the customer to associate with this bill.  This is used to charge your customer later.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Chargeback Project - Job</guilabel> (optional) - the customer job to associate with this bill.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+
+  <para>When you click the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> the <guilabel>Edit Bill</guilabel> opens.</para>
+  </sect2>
+  <sect2 id="busnss-ap-billedit2">
+  <title>Edit</title>    
+  <para>From the Edit Bill window you can enter an itemized list of things purchased, in a manner similar to how the account register works.</para>  
+  <para>There are 12 columns in the Invoice Entries area:</para>
+  <itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Date</guilabel> - The date this item was sold.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Invoiced?</guilabel> - <guilabel>X</guilabel>  means the item is attached to this invoice, an empty box means the item is not attached to this invoice.  If the box is empty you can attach the item to the invoice by first selecting the item row and then clicking in this box.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> (optional) - is what the item or service is called.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Action</guilabel> (optional) - is a user defined field.  You can place Cost Center information here, or use one of the 3 predefined actions, Hours, Material, or Project.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Expense Account</guilabel> - selects the expense account to change for this item.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Quantity</guilabel> - tracks how many of the items you bought.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Unit Price</guilabel> - is the unit price of the item.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Taxable?</guilabel> - is this item taxable?  <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a blank field means no. You can click the field to toggle the setting.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Tax Included?</guilabel> - has the tax already been included in the unit price?  <guilabel>X</guilabel> means yes, a blank field means no.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Tax Table</guilabel> (optional) - this is a pop up menu of all the available tax tables.  If the item is taxable and tax has not been included in the unit price, then this tax table is used to compute the amount of tax.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Subtotal</guilabel> (uneditable) - computed subtotal for this item (less tax)</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Billable</guilabel> - is this item billable to the chargeback customer/job?</para>
+  </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+
+  <para>When you have finished entering all the items, <guilabel>Post</guilabel> the bill. </para>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 id="busnss-ap-billpost2">
+  <title>Post</title>
+  <para>When you finish editing a bill, you should <guilabel>Post</guilabel> the bill.  You do not have to post the bill, you can close it and return to it later. You have to post the bill eventually.  Posting a bill places its transactions into an accounts payable account.  The Post Bill window appears and asks you to enter information:</para>
+
+  <itemizedlist>
+    <listitem>
+      <para><guilabel>Post Date</guilabel> - specifies the date for the transactions entered into the accounts payable account.</para>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+      <para><guilabel>Due Date</guilabel> - is the date on which payment for the bill is expected.</para>
+          
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>If you specified payment terms when you created the bill,
+              the date is calculated according to selected terms, and
+              the entry field is insensitive.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>If you did not specify payment terms, enter the expected
+              payment due date here.</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+       <para><guilabel>Description</guilabel> - is an arbitrary
+       description. When bill transactions are placed in the accounts
+       payable account, this description is entered in the memo field of
+       those transactions.</para>
+    </listitem>
+
+    <listitem>
+       <para><guilabel>Post To Account</guilabel> - selects the accounts
+        payable account in which bill transactions are posted. You can
+        select the account from a list of existing A/Payable
+        accounts.</para>
+     </listitem>
+
+
+        <listitem>
+          <para><guilabel>Accumulate Splits</guilabel> - determines if bill
+          items which transfer to the same account are combined into a single
+          split for that account or entered individually. For the sample
+          bill for Letterhead and Envelopes, the setting affects post
+          results as follows:</para>
+
+          <itemizedlist>
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Checked (splits are accumulated) - a single transfer of
+              $100.00 to the <emphasis>Expenses:Office Supplies</emphasis> account is recorded.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
+            <listitem>
+              <para>Not checked - the transaction created in the A/Payable
+              account, shows two transfers to <emphasis>Expenses:Office Supplies</emphasis> account
+              $75.00 and $25.00.  The memo fields in the splits indicate the
+              purchase of Letterhead and Envelopes (the item descriptions
+              entered on the bill) respectively.</para>
+            </listitem>
+          </itemizedlist>
+        </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 id="busnss-ap-billfind2">
+  <title>Find</title>
+  <para>To find an existing bill, use the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Find Bill</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.  From the results of the search, you can select a bill to edit, or view.</para>
+  <note>
+  <para>Before you can edit a posted bill, you will need to <guilabel>Unpost</guilabel> it.</para>
+  </note>
+
+  <note>
+  <para>There are other ways to access an existing bill.  These are similar to accessing invoices for your customers.  See <xref linkend="busnss-ar-invoicefind2" /> for more information.</para>
+  </note>
+
+  </sect2>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ap-jobs1">
+  <title>Vendor Jobs</title>
+  <para>Vendor Jobs are used to group multiple bills from a single vendor.  Use of the vendor jobs feature is optional.  The feature is useful when you have multiple <guilabel>jobs</guilabel> for the same vendor, and would like to view all the bills for a single job.</para>
+  <para>To use vendor jobs, you must create them using the <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>New Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item.  You will see the <guilabel>New Job</guilabel> window.  The editable fields are:</para>
+
+
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Number</guilabel> (optional) - enter
+        the number for this job. If left blank, a number will be chosen for
+        you.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Job Info - Job Name</guilabel> - the name you want to
+        assign to the new job.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Vendor</guilabel> - the vendor for
+        whom the job is created.</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Owner Info - Billing ID</guilabel> - the vendor’s
+        reference to this job (e.g. their PO Number).</para>
+      </listitem>
+
+      <listitem>
+        <para><guilabel>Job Active</guilabel> - toggles this job being active
+        or not. This is useful when you have many inactive jobs, since it is
+        easier to search only among jobs that are marked active.</para>
+      </listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+
+    <para>To edit an existing vendor job, use the <menuchoice>
+    <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu>
+    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
+    search results, and click the <guilabel>View/Edit Job</guilabel>
+    button.</para>
+
+    <para>To select from the bills associated with a given job, use <menuchoice>
+    <guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu>
+    <guimenuitem>Find Job</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu item. Select the desired job in the
+    search results and click the <guilabel>View Invoices</guilabel> button. A
+    window listing bills associated with this job appears. Select a
+    bill and click the <guilabel>View Invoice</guilabel> button to open a
+    bill editor in the main application window.</para>
+  </sect1>
+
+  <sect1 id="busnss-ap-payment1">
+  <title>Process Payment</title>
+  <para>Eventually, you need to pay your bills.  To do so, use the Process Payment application found in <menuchoice><guimenu>Business</guimenu><guisubmenu>Vendor</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Process Payment</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para>
+  <para>The Process Payment application consists of:</para>
+  <itemizedlist>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Vendor</guilabel> - the vendor you wish to pay. If you remember the <emphasis>company name</emphasis>
+  you entered in the <guilabel>New Vendor</guilabel> window for this vendor,
+  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+  Vendor</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="busnss-ap-vendorfind2" />. Highlight the vendor you are looking for with a click 
+  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Bill</guilabel> - the bill you wish to pay. If you remember the <emphasis>bill ID</emphasis>,
+  start to type it in this field and <application>&app;</application> will try auto complete 
+  it for you. Else, press the <guibutton>Select...</guibutton> button to access the <guilabel>Find
+  Bill</guilabel> window described in <xref linkend="busnss-ap-billfind2" />. Highlight the bill you are looking for with a click 
+  in the search results, then press the <guibutton>Select</guibutton> button in the search window.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Date</guilabel> - the date you wish to make the payment, normally the current date.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Amount</guilabel> - the amount of money to transfer in this payment.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Num</guilabel> - the check number.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Payment Information - Memo</guilabel> - any comments about this payment.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Post To</guilabel> - the A/Payable account to post this transaction.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  <listitem>
+  <para><guilabel>Transfer Account</guilabel> - the account from which money for the payments comes from, such as a checking account.</para>
+  </listitem>
+  </itemizedlist>
+ </sect1>
+</chapter>

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Customize.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Customize.xml	2014-01-15 13:06:22 UTC (rev 23697)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/Help_ch_Customize.xml	2014-01-15 20:11:29 UTC (rev 23698)
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@
 
         <para>The <guilabel>Counters</guilabel> tab allows you to set the
          'previous' value for each number indicated: Bill, Customer, Employee,
-         etc. These counters are used by the business features of
+         etc. These counters are used by the <xref linkend="chapter_busnss" /> of
          <application>&app;</application>.</para>
 
         <para>The number entered here will be incremented when the various

Modified: gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/gnucash-help.xml
===================================================================
--- gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/gnucash-help.xml	2014-01-15 13:06:22 UTC (rev 23697)
+++ gnucash-docs/trunk/help/C/gnucash-help.xml	2014-01-15 20:11:29 UTC (rev 23698)
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 <!ENTITY chGUIMenus SYSTEM "Help_ch_GUIMenus.xml">
 <!ENTITY chAccounts SYSTEM "Help_ch_Account-Actions.xml">
 <!ENTITY chTransactions SYSTEM "Help_ch_Transactions.xml">
+<!ENTITY chBusiness SYSTEM "Help_ch_Business.xml">
 <!ENTITY chToolsAssistants SYSTEM "Help_ch_Tools_Assistants.xml">
 <!ENTITY chReports SYSTEM "Help_ch_Reports.xml">
 <!ENTITY custom SYSTEM "Help_ch_Customize.xml">
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@
 &chGUIMenus;
 &chAccounts;
 &chTransactions;
+&chBusiness;
 &chToolsAssistants;
 &chReports;
 &custom;



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