[GNC] Using GnuCash Wiki: Add Stock Page: Screenshots Added

[David T.]

Further comment on your screenshots: it is infinitely better to put instructional text as actual text in the wiki page, rather than embedding in the screenshot itself. I'd ask you to edit those screenshots to remove the text. The circling is IMHO okay; the text, not. 

So, 

Click New Account

[Image of main window with New button circled)]


Put "Amazon.com, Inc." (or whatever description you wish) into the "Account name" field

Choose "Stock" as Account type

[Image of New account window with circles)]


Click on the "Select" button for the "Security/Currency" field

Choose "NASDAQ" as type and "(AMZN) Amazon" as security

Set Parent Account to an account in the Assets branch of your chart

Click "Ok"



⁣David T. ​

On Oct 11, 2022, 10:37 AM, at 10:37 AM, "David T. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>Geoff,
>
>As it's a wiki, you just go for it. 
>
>I was going to do just that, because your image width causes the
>browser page to shrink everything else on screen, making it incredibly
>hard for old eyes to read the (now miniscule) text. 
>
>But, you've aggregated all the steps into one wide image. If I were
>going to enter this, I'd have separate screen shots of each dialog, and
>I'd put them next to the steps they illustrate. That way, there's less
>opportunity for confusion, and the page will display better. 
>
>I'm also wondering why this clear information isn't in the Help (or if
>it is, where it is)...
>
>⁣David T. ​
>
>On Oct 11, 2022, 8:07 AM, at 8:07 AM, Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>>Folks
>>
>>Thanks to assistance from John & David C, and inspiration from James 
>>Baxter, I have revised and updated the "Add Stock" page on the "Using 
>>GnuCash" Wiki to include some screenshots to make the process clearer 
>>for new and unfamiliar users.
>>
>>https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Stocks/add_stock
>>
>>https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Using_GnuCash
>>
>>This is my first Wiki update - is there a peer review process, or do
>we
>>
>>just go for it?
>>
>>:--))
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Geoff
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