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HTML
98 lines
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HTML
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML//EN">
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<html>
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<head>
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<link rel="stylesheet" title="normal" type="text/css" href=
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"gnucash.css">
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<title>Printing Checks</title>
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</head>
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<body>
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<h1>Printing Checks</h1>
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<p> You may print a GnuCash transaction as a check by selecting
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"Print Check" from the Transaction menu in a register display
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window.
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<p> In the Print Check dialog, select the style of check form that
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you wish to use, the position of the check on the page, and the
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format for printing the date on the check. Clicking <tt>OK</tt>
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will take you to the <a href="xacc-print.html">GnuCash Printing
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</a> dialog, which will allow you to preview the check, select a
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printer and paper size, and start the print job.
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<h2>Check format</h2>
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<p> In order to print a check, it is necessary to know where the
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pre-printed lines and boxes are on the check form. There are two
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widely-used standard check formats: Quicken/QuickBooks (tm)
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compatible, and Microsoft Money (tm) compatible.
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<p> By default, the check format is <tt>Quicken/QuickBooks</tt>,
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which prints to any Quicken-compatible check forms.
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<h2>Custom Check Format</h2>
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<p> If you wish to print to a type of check form that is not in
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the <tt>Check Format</tt> option menu, select <tt>Custom</tt> in
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the format menu and enter the positions of the various check
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fields in the entry boxes below.
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<p> Positions in the Custom Check Format entry area are specified
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with x = 0 at the left edge of the check with x increasing to the
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right, and y = 0 at the bottom edge of the check with y increasing
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as you travel up. Numbers may be entered as integer or floating
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point values. The length units specified in the <tt>Units</tt>
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option menu are used to interpret all values entered in the custom
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check format area.
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<p> If you arrive at a working set of Custom Check Format
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parameters for a commercially-available printable check form,
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please submit them to <tt>gnucash-devel@gnucash.org</tt> so we can
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include them as standard in a future release.
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<h2>Check position</h2>
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<p> Printable check forms are available in several styles. In
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general, each printable sheet is divided into three sections, and
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each section can be either a check or a stub. The Check Position
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option menu allows you to select which section of the page
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contains the check you wish to print to. <tt>Top</tt>,
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<tt>Middle</tt>, and <tt>Bottom</tt> should be defined correctly
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for check forms using the paper size that you select in the
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printing dialog.
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<h2>Custom check position</h2>
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<p> If the preset check positions do not work correctly for your
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check forms, you may choose <tt>Custom</tt> from the Check
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Position option menu and enter a position for the check in the
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<tt>Check Position</tt> entry. Enter the distance along the left
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edge of the paper from the lower left-hand corner of the page to
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the lower left-hand corner of the check. The units of this
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measurement are those selected in the "Units" option menu.
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<h2>Date format</h2>
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<p> Select your preferred date format from the picker. The picker
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shows a sample date of "December 31, 2000" for all formats, but
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your date will be substituted when printing.
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<p> The "MM/DD/YY" and "DD/MM/YY" formats are available, but they
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are strongly discouraged since they cannot always be
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distinguished from each other. Please use a format with a full
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or abbreviated month name instead of a number.
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<h2>Custom date format</h2>
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<p> If you wish to use another date format besides those available
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in the picker, select <tt>Custom</tt> and enter a
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date-formatting string in the <tt>Date Format</tt> entry in the
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custom settings area. If custom date format is selected, this
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string is passed to <tt>strftime(3)</tt> as a format specifier.
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</body>
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</html>
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