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doc: advise on the default account selection

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@ -253,8 +253,11 @@ The order of same-day entries will be preserved
## CSV accounts
Each journal entry will have at least two [postings](journal.html#postings), to `account1` and some other account (usually `account2`).
It's conventional and recommended to use `account1` for the account whose CSV we are reading.
Each journal entry will have at least two [postings](journal.html#postings), usually to `account1` and `account2`.
It is entirely up to you which account field to assign to the account whose CSV we are reading, however you might
consider assigning it to the last posting (`account2` in the simplest case). This way, if the CSV contrains transactions in multiple currencies,
and you don't provide posting [prices](journal.html#transaction-prices) explicitly they will be priced in the currency of the last posting.
## CSV amounts