How to change a stock symbol?

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Scott Simpson <simpson100 at gmail.com>:

> I entered a mutual fund and it required me to enter a symbol. I put
> "None". How do I change the symbol?

Via the Security Editor.  Look under the Tools menu.

>       Also, why am I required to enter
> the symbol? My statement doesn't show the symbol for this mutual fund.

Because GnuCash wants to enable automatic quote retrieval, and it's
just good practice to keep the stock symbol handy.

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-derek

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