Index: C/ch_txns.xml
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--- C/ch_txns.xml	(revisione 22408)
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@@ -230,11 +230,77 @@
       list. The split also contains an optional <guilabel>Memo</guilabel>
       which describes the split. Each split affects an
       <guilabel>Account</guilabel>, which can be selected from a pull-down
-      list of your accounts. The <guilabel>R</guilabel> field indicates
-      whether the split has been reconciled. The last two columns show the
+      list of your accounts. The <guilabel>R</guilabel> field shows the reconciliation
+      status of the transaction (see <xref linkend="reconcile-status" />) . The last two columns show the
       amount of the split and whether money is coming into or going out of the
       account.</para>
 
+	<table frame="topbot" id="reconcile-status">
+          <title>Statuses of the <guilabel>R</guilabel> columns</title>
+
+          <tgroup cols="3">
+            <thead>
+              <row>
+                <entry><para>Status</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Meaning</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Description</para></entry>
+              </row>
+            </thead>
+
+            <tbody>
+              <row>
+                <entry><para>N</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>New</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Default status of a newly created transaction.</para></entry>
+              </row>
+
+              <row>
+                <entry><para>C</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Cleared</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Status may be assigned either manually or by an 
+                import process.</para></entry>
+              </row>
+
+              <row>
+                <entry><para>R</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Reconciled</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Status assigned solely by the 
+		<xref linkend="txns-reconcile1" /> process. 
+                Places limits requiring confirmation on editing fields in that line
+                of a transaction.</para></entry>
+              </row>
+
+              <row>
+                <entry><para>F</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Frozen</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Not yet implemented.</para></entry>
+              </row>
+
+              <row>
+                <entry><para>V</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Voided</para></entry>
+
+                <entry><para>Status is assigned or released manually through the transaction
+   		menu to a transaction and applies to every line in the transaction. 
+		It hides most of the transaction details but does not delete them. 
+		When a transaction is voided a reason entry is required that appears
+		to the right of the description.</para></entry>
+              </row>
+            </tbody>
+          </tgroup>
+        </table>
+
       <para>As we discussed in <xref linkend="basics-accounting1" />, total
       debits (left-column entries) must equal total credits (right-column
       entries) for each transaction. In the example shown above, the total
