gnucash-docs maint: Bug 781714: Add Reversing Transaction text for Help document
Geert Janssens
gjanssens at code.gnucash.org
Wed May 3 11:40:25 EDT 2017
Updated via https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/a996acb0 (commit)
from https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash-docs/commit/9d57a708 (commit)
commit a996acb04c02cd3ef7112daf0f7c99f6d0cc86b2
Author: David Thomas <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Apr 29 13:16:55 2017 +0500
Bug 781714: Add Reversing Transaction text for Help document
diff --git a/help/C/Help_ch_Transactions.xml b/help/C/Help_ch_Transactions.xml
index 47e5f96..cda5472 100644
--- a/help/C/Help_ch_Transactions.xml
+++ b/help/C/Help_ch_Transactions.xml
@@ -484,6 +484,16 @@ Translators:
<menuchoice><guimenu>Actions</guimenu><guimenuitem>Split Transaction</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The part of the
transaction that needs to be deleted can be then selected for deletion.</para>
</sect1>
+
+ <sect1 id="trans-reverse">
+ <title>Add Reversing Transaction</title>
+
+ <para>In formal accounting, transactions should never be deleted or altered. Instead, when a mistake is made, the original transaction remains in the ledger, and a reversing transaction is added to the ledger. This <emphasis>reversing transaction</emphasis> restores the ledger to its state before the error, allowing the user to enter the transaction again correctly.</para>
+
+ <para>While a user can certainly enter reversing transactions manually, <application>&app;</application> includes a menu option (<menuchoice><guimenu>Transaction</guimenu><guimenuitem>Add Reversing Transaction</guimenuitem></menuchoice>) that can quickly create the reversing transaction for you. This option only appears when you are in an account register. When you are in the transaction that needs to be reversed, all you need to do is select this menu item, and a duplicate transaction that reverses the active transaction is immediately created.</para>
+
+ <note><para>Once you choose the menu item, a reversing transaction is immediately created in the account using the current date. You may wish to locate the new transaction at the end of the register, and add explanatory notes to it.</para></note>
+ </sect1>
<sect1 id="trans-split-remove">
<title>Removing Transaction Splits</title>
Summary of changes:
help/C/Help_ch_Transactions.xml | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
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