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on the account and select Edit Account.  I guess that you have
Placeholder checked, this is used to say that an account cannot have
transactions of its own and is usually used for a parent account,
where the child accounts are the real ones.  A parent can have
transactions, however, by clearing the Placeholder checkbox.

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> Is it possible to access the gnucash documentation package on line?

See http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/guide/

Colin