[Kmymoney] How to change value of investments

[Bill Gee]

Hello everyone - First post here.  I've been trying to get along with KMyMoney 
for some months.  For checking and credit card accounts it is working 
reasonably well.  However, I am totally unable to understand how investment 
accounts work.  My frustration limit has finally been reached, hence I am 
reaching out for some help.

Example:  I have a certificate of deposit with my credit union.  Every three 
months they pay a dividend back into the value of the CD.  This is reported on 
my monthly statements.  

How do I add this dividend to the investment account?

I have been trying this method, which does not work.

1) Open the account ledger.
2) Create a new entry.
3) set Activity = Dividend
4) set Interest = Interest and put the amount paid in the field.
5) But there is no way to save this entry!  The Enter button remains gray.  
AERGHHHHHH!

I tried changing the Activity to Reinvestment Dividend.  When I do that, it 
wants to call it one of Bond, Stock or Option.  This is none of the above.  
Double Argh!

Is there a tutorial for dummies on this?

I have another investment account for a 401k.  Every time I save the data file, 
KMyMoney says that there is an issue with the data.  Specifically, it has no 
opening price for the investment.  I cannot figure out how to either enter the 
opening price or delete the investment.

I use KMyMoney version 4.6.6 on 64-bit Fedora 20.  This is the latest RPM from 
the Fedora repositories, and NO, I am not going to compile from source to get 
a later version.

Thanks - Bill Gee
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