How does one change the number of decimal places in stock account?

[John Ralls]

On Aug 22, 2014, at 8:30 PM, Richard Dawson <rcdawson at att.net> wrote:

> I have an existing account that displays five decimal places in the number of 
> shares column.  The company holding the account has now changed to 6 decimal 
> places, and I would like to keep my tally equal to the tally on my statements.  
> 
> So, I edited the account and changed the "smallest fraction" setting from "Use 
> Commodity Value" to 1/1000000.  I then attempted an entry.  All seemed OK, 
> except when I completed the entry it refused to update the running balance.  
> It just leaves the balance field blank.  
> 
> I set the smallest fraction back to Commodity Value, and I was able to add 
> entries and see the balance increment accordingly.
> 
> How can I change the number of decimals displayed for Shares added in a 
> transaction and for the running blance of shares?
> 
> You may wonder why one should fuss so much over a few millionths of a share, 
> but when your total number of shares is as small as mine a few millionths is 
> important!
> 

Try editing the commodity's smallest fraction using Tools>Security Editor.

Regards,
John Ralls