Hello,

Today, I had the opportunity to examine the online Help text, where I saw 
detailed information about the Transaction Report, which has recently changed 
radically. The information provided on the online Help clearly references the 
new version of this report, which I surmise because I am still running 2.6.21, 
and I do not have this version of the report.

Here is the problem: there is no indication in the online resources (either in 
the document itself, or on Gnucash.org <http://gnucash.org/>) the version of 
GnuCash to which the documentation refers. This could lead to user confusion, 
as they see help that refers to functionality that they do not have.

I am sure that the stock answer here will be: “GnuCash is currently on release 
3.2, and therefore the documentation available at Gnucash.org 
<http://gnucash.org/> reflects the current release.” I respect that. 

However, at any given time, there will be people who choose for one reason or 
another not to upgrade to the latest and greatest version—or more 
problematically, are unaware that they are not running the latest version. 
These users would benefit from being informed *somewhere* that the 
documentation that they are consulting is for a particular version. Is there 
some way to add the version number to the header of the documentation pages? 
(The footer is also an option, but is less preferable online since the footer 
is often well off screen, and may not be noticed by a distressed user trying to 
figure out a problem). If the version covered were presented on screen on every 
page, then the user would have a clear reminder of this.

David T.
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