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+<article id="XACC-PORTFOLIO-REPORT">
+<artheader>
+<title>Account Summary Report</title>
+</artheader>
+<sect1>
+<title>Account Summary Report</title>
+<para>    <inlinemediaobject>
+<imageobject>
+<imagedata fileref="image/report-folio.png">
+</imageobject>
+</inlinemediaobject> 
+</para>
+<para>This report is useful for giving an overview
+of a group of accounts.  Note that there are 
+balance-sheet and profit-and-loss reports available 
+that provide more comprehensive totals for those
+purposes.
+
+    </para>
+<para>Options supported by this report include the following:
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-accounts">
+		  Accounts</link></emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-include-subaccounts">
+		  Include Subaccounts?</emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-depth">
+		  Account Display Depth</emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-report-title">
+		  Report Title</link></emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-style-sheet">
+		  Stylesheet</link></emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-date">
+		  Date</link></emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-report-currency">
+		  Report Currency</link></emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><emphasis><link linkend="xacc-options-price-source">
+		  Price Source</link></emphasis></para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Show Balances for Parent Accounts?</para>
+<para>If this option is selected, the individual balances for
+parent (non-leaf) accounts are shown.  Many people do not use
+parent accounts for transactions and thus this balance is not
+usefu.</para>
+<listitem><para>Show subtotals</para>
+<para>Show totals for groups of accounts including a parent and 
+all their children, as well as by account type.</para>
+<listitem><para><emphasis>
+<link linkend=xacc-options-show-foreign>Show Foreign Currencies
+</link></emphasis></para></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+</para>
+</sect1>
+</article>
+
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+<!-- sgml-parent-document: "gnucash.sgml" -->
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