GnuCash manual

[Yawar Amin]

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On 2012-01-06, at 16:58, danube at sasktel.net wrote:

> Greetings!
> 
> I am trying to follow the instructions in the "Opening Balances" section of the Help manual.
> 
> The last sentence in the opening paragraph ("Assume that there is $1000 in the savings account and $500 charged on the credit card.") appears to be a bit short, because the example (in paragraphs 2 and 3) shows setting up a balance of $1,000 in both the checking as well as the Savings accounts.
> 
> The image showing the opening balances reflects the opening of the 2 accounts (with $1,000 each) and the liability of $500.
> 
> I agree that this is a small discrepancy, but for a potential user of this impressive software, an omission like that may be confusing and, perhaps, a reason to give up exploring the use of it.
> 
> Just trying to help...
> 
> Julius Hofstatter
> danube at sasktel.net 

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