Initial Draft, GnuCash Help

[Chris Lyttle]

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 01:26, Christian Stimming wrote:
> Ok, here are my next 2 cents in the help discussion. Also, I think two 
> usage problems should be stated much more clearly and up front:
> 
> * How to enter multi-split transactions
> * How to enter multi-currency transactions
> 

Ok I'll add these

> 
> 
> On the other hand, the whole chapter "Getting Started" is just about 
> that. Right, if the first time run dialog has such a button, it makes 
> some sense to include the "Gnucash Tutorial" there. On the other hand 
> that whole chapter is about that topic... either way is fine, I guess.
> 
> 

Good :)

> >>>                  Transaction Register
> >>
> >>What does "Transaction Register" mean? Maybe this subsection needs a 
> >>more clear title.
> > 
> > Well, it hasn't really been named before, but I was trying for a
> > description of the part of the Register window that you 'enter data
> > into' which is why I went for transaction register. This section will in
> > essence describe what the fields are and how to manipulate them. Other
> > possible names;
> > 	Account Ledger
> > 	Transaction Ledger
> > 
> > I'm interested to hear your thoughts here.
> 
> 
> Should it be a description of the part of the Account Register Window 
> where transactions are shown and entered? Then I'd call it simply "List 
> of Transactions".
> 
> 

Ok, I dont think this is an ideal name but I'm willing to go with it as
I cant think of anything better :)


> 
> >>>          Managing Your Accounts
> >>>
> 
> Err -- "Organizing" is just a synonym for "Managing" with the same broad 
> range of meanings.
> 
> My point was that the user asks himself "I want to do this-and-that. 
> Where can I find it?". Our section titles should be exactly the 
> "this-and-that" words. IMHO, users wouldn't say "I want to manage my 
> accounts," they would rather say "I want to create new accounts," or "I 
> want to change my account setup," or "I want to change the type of my 
> account" or similar. I think it is not very natural to think of each of 
> these actions under headline of "I want to *manage* (or: organize) my 
> account". Instead, I think "Setup your accounts" or "Account Setup" is 
> indeed a much more precise description of what is written about in that 
> section. I would prefer one of these.
> 

Oh! I see what you're getting at now and yes I agree. A task based
approach makes so much more sense for a user. I think what I may do is
leave the 'Window' part, this describes for the user different parts of
what they are looking at, then redo the last bit to be entirely 'how do
I do common tasks'. This way If you looking for help on how to do
something its fairly simple to find it. Let me work on that a bit and
get back to you.

Chris
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