Merge branch 'maint'

Author: jralls

guide/C/Makefile.am

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ entities = \
 	ch_capgain.xml \
 	ch_currency.xml \
 	ch_dep.xml \
+	ch_bus_intro.xml \
+	ch_bus_setup.xml \
 	ch_bus_ar.xml \
 	ch_bus_ap.xml \
 	ch_bus_pay.xml \

guide/C/ch_basics.xml

@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@
       different name.</para>
 
       <note>
-       <para><application>&app;</application> versions 2.3.15 and older create backup files with the old extension
+       <para>
          <filename>.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.xac</filename> instead of the actual extension <filename>.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.gnucash</filename>. 
          So if you upgrade from the 2.2 series to the 2.4 series, you may end up with both <filename>.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.xac</filename> 
          and <filename>.YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.gnucash</filename> backup files in your directory.</para>

guide/C/ch_bus_ap.xml

@@ -23,126 +23,14 @@ corrected to be less describing of the interface and more tutorial oriented
   <para>Accounts Receivable (or A/R) refers to products or services provided
   by your company for which payment has not yet been received.</para>
 
-  <sect1 id="bus-ar-overview1">
-    <title>Overview of Business Features</title>
-
-    <para>The accounting needs of a business are quite different from that of
-    a person. Businesses have customers that owe money, vendors which are owed
-    money, employee payroll, more complex tax laws, etc. <application>&app;</application> offers
-    business oriented features to facilitate these needs.</para>
-
-    <para>Accounts Receivable (A/R) are used by businesses to record sales for
-    which they are not immediately paid. Accounts Payable (A/P) record bills
-    that they have received, but might not pay until later. These types of
-    accounts are used primarily when you have a lot of bills and receipts
-    flowing in and out, and do not want to lose track of them just because you
-    do not pay or get paid right away. For most home users, A/R and A/P are
-    too complicated to be worth the effort.</para>
-  </sect1>
-
-  <sect1 id="bus-ar-concepts1">
-    <title>Basic Concepts</title>
-
-    <para>Accounts Receivable (or A/R) refers to products or services provided
-    by your company for which payment has not yet been received. This is
-    represented on the balance sheet as an asset, because the expectation is
-    that you will receive payment soon.</para>
-  </sect1>
-
   <sect1 id="bus-ar-setup1">
     <title>Initial Setup</title>
 
-    <para>To set up <application>&app;</application> to handle accounts receivable for a company two
-    preliminary things must be done. The first is to build an appropriate
-    Account Hierarchy and the second is to register the company in
-    <application>&app;</application>.</para>
-
-    <sect2 id="bus-ar-setupacct2">
-      <title>Account Setup</title>
-
-      <para>There are many different ways to set up a business account
-      hierarchy. You can start with the Business Accounts setup which is
-      available from the New Account Hierarchy assistant, or you could build one
-      manually. To access the prebuilt Business Accounts, start <application>&app;</application> and
-      click on <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New File</guimenuitem></menuchoice> and
-      proceed until you see the list of available accounts, select Business
-      Accounts.</para>
-
-      <para>The prebuilt Business Account hierarchy will not meet your needs
-      exactly. You will need make adjustments for the hierarchy to function
-      well with your particular situation. It should be close enough that it
-      is recommended you begin with it.</para>
-
-      <para>Accounts Receivable (or A/R) refers to products or services
-      provided by the company on credit for which payment has not yet been
-      received. This is represented on the balance sheet as an asset, because
-      you expect to receive payment soon. To use <application>&app;</application>&rsquo;s integrated accounts
-      receivable system, you must first set up an account (usually a
-      sub-account under Assets) defined with account type
-      <emphasis>A/Receivable</emphasis>. It is within this account that the
-      integrated A/R system will place transactions.</para>
-
-      <literallayout>
-Basic A/R Account Hierarchy:
-
--Assets
-   -Checking
-   -Accounts Receivable
--Income
-   -Sales
-  </literallayout>
-
-      <para>You need to add additional asset, expense, and income accounts to
-      this hierarchy for it to be useful. The important aspects of this
-      hierarchy are the use of an income account and the Accounts Receivable
-      asset account, with account type set to
-      <emphasis>A/Receivable</emphasis>.</para>
+    <para>Perform set up tasks listed in <xref linkend="chapter_bus_setup" />.
+    </para>
 
-      <note>
-        <para>You do not need to create an individual A/R account for each
-          customer. <application>&app;</application> keeps track of customers internally and provides
-          per-customer reports based on the internal tracking.
-        </para>
-        
-        <para>Transactions involving an Accounts Receivable account should not be added,
-          changed or deleted in any way other than by using
-          <itemizedlist>
-            <listitem><para>post/unpost bill/invoice/voucher or</para></listitem>
-	    <listitem><para>process payment"</para></listitem>
-	  </itemizedlist>
-	</para>
-        
-      </note>
-    </sect2>
-
-    <sect2 id="bus-ar-setupcname2">
-      <title>Company Registration</title>
-
-      <para>After you have built the account structure, register the <application>&app;</application>
-      file as belonging to your company. To register your company, select the <guilabel>Business</guilabel> tab
-      in the <guilabel>Book Options</guilabel> window accessible by selecting 
-      <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Properties</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Here you can:</para>
-
-      <itemizedlist>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Enter the name of your company along with contact information
-          such as your phone number, fax number, e-mail address and website
-          URL.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Enter your company&rsquo;s tax payer id number in the
-          <guilabel>Company ID</guilabel> field.</para>
-        </listitem>
-
-        <listitem>
-          <para>Select default tax tables applicable to your most common
-          customers and vendors.</para>
-        </listitem>
-      </itemizedlist>
-    </sect2>
   </sect1>
-
+  
   <sect1 id="bus-ar-components1">
     <title>System Components</title>
 
@@ -166,7 +54,9 @@ Basic A/R Account Hierarchy:
         <para>In addition, GnuCash also has support for <guilabel>Credit Notes</guilabel>
         which represent the inverse of Invoices. A credit note is usually handed to
         a customer to correct items that were incorrectly invoiced or returned.</para>
-        <para>Both document types will be set up using the same menu items.</para>
+        <para>Both document types will be set up using the same menu items. Credit notes were introduced starting with
+          <application>&app;</application> stable release 2.6.0.
+        </para>
       </listitem>
 
       <listitem>

guide/C/ch_bus_ar.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<!--
+      (Do not remove this comment block.)
+  Version: 1.0.0
+  Last modified: Sep 19th 2015
+  Maintainers: 
+               Chris Good <chris.good@ozemail.com.au>
+  Author:
+  		Chris Good <chris.good@ozemail.com.au>
+	updated [FirstName LastName] <name@company.com>
+  Translators:
+               (translators put your name and email here)
+-->
+
+<chapter id="chapter_bus_intro">
+    <title>Business  Introduction</title>
+  
+<!--    <sect1 id="bus-intro">
+      <title>Introduction to Business Features</title>
+-->
+      <para>The accounting needs of a business are quite different from that of
+      a person. Businesses have customers that owe money, vendors which are owed
+      money, employee payroll, more complex tax laws, etc. <application>&app;</application> offers
+      business oriented features to facilitate these needs.</para>
+  
+      <para><emphasis>Accounts Receivable</emphasis> (A/R) are used by businesses to record sales for
+        which they are not immediately paid. This is represented on the balance sheet as an asset,
+        because the expectation is that you will receive payment soon.
+      </para>
+      
+      <para><emphasis>Accounts Payable</emphasis> (A/P) record bills that businesses have received, but may not pay until later. 
+        This is represented on the balance sheet as a liability because you will have to pay for them.
+      </para>
+      
+      <para>A/R and A/P accounts are used primarily when you have a lot of bills and receipts
+        flowing in and out, and do not want to lose track of them just because you
+        do not pay or get paid right away. For most home users, A/R and A/P are
+        too complicated to be worthwhile.
+      </para>
+        
+<!--    </sect1>
+-->
+</chapter>