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

[R Losey]

David, I really like this, but I have a couple of comments

With the "We will take the stock Amazon (AMZN) as an example", I would
recommend: "We will take the stock Amazon as an example. It is traded on
the NASDAQ under the stock symbol AMZN"

In GnuCash 4.12 on my Mac, I don't have a "Type" field -- it's called "Name
Space" instead... I thought one needed to put the correct exchange there,
but now I'm not sure.


On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 9:55 AM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Here are a few images for the page. I don't have upload capability. I am
> also including the presentation text/embedded images as I would write them.
>
>
>     Adding a Security to GnuCash
>
> We will take the stock Amazon (AMZN) as an example.
>
>   * Go to Tools->Security Editor
>
> [SecurityEditor.png]
>
>   * In the Securities page, click "Add"
>
> [SecurityAdd.png]
>
>   * Put "Amazon.com, Inc." in the "Full Name" field
>   * Put "AMZN" in the "Symbol/Abbreviation" and (optionally) the
>     "Display symbol" fields.
>   * Enter a category in the Type field. We'll use "NASDAQ".
>
> [NewSecurity.png]
>
>   * Optionally, if you want to get online prices, complete the following
>     fields:-
>       o Check "Get Online Quotes"
>       o Select a preference for "Type of quote source"
>         (Single|Multiple|Unknown)
>       o Choose the preferredFinance Quote
>         <
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/index.php?title=Stocks/add_stock&diff=next&oldid=21277#Online_Quotes
> >source
>         (e.g., "Yahoo as JSON") from the dropdown list
>
> [OnlineQuote.png]
>
> Once saved, this security can now be used to create an account to track
> your holdings.
>
>
> --
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