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<title>Printing Checks</title>
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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.</p>
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<p>In the Print Check dialog, select the style of check form
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that you wish to use, the position of the check on the page,
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and the format for printing the date on the check. Clicking
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<tt>OK</tt> will take you to the <a href="xacc-print.html">
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GnuCash Printing</a> dialog, which will allow you to preview
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the check, select a printer and paper size, and start the print
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job.</p>
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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
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two widely-used standard check formats: Quicken/QuickBooks (tm)
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compatible, and Microsoft Money (tm) compatible.</p>
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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.</p>
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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>
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in the format menu and enter the positions of the various check
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fields in the entry boxes below.</p>
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<p>Positions in the Custom Check Format entry area are
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specified with x = 0 at the left edge of the check with x
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increasing to the right, and y = 0 at the bottom edge of the
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check with y increasing as you travel up. Numbers may be
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entered as integer or floating point values. The length units
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specified in the <tt>Units</tt> option menu are used to
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interpret all values entered in the custom check format
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area.</p>
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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
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can include them as standard in a future release.</p>
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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,
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and each section can be either a check or a stub. The Check
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Position option menu allows you to select which section of the
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page 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
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correctly for check forms using the paper size that you select
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in the printing dialog.</p>
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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
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left edge of the paper from the lower left-hand corner of the
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page to the lower left-hand corner of the check. The units of
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this measurement are those selected in the "Units" option
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menu.</p>
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<h2>Date format</h2>
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<p>Select your preferred date format from the picker. The
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picker shows examples using the date of <tt>December 31,
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2000</tt> for all formats, but your date will be substituted
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when printing.</p>
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<p>The <tt>MM/DD/YY</tt> and <tt>DD/MM/YY</tt> formats are
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available, but they are strongly discouraged since they cannot
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always be distinguished from each other. Please use a format
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with a full or abbreviated month name instead of a number.</p>
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<h2>Custom date format</h2>
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<p>If you wish to use another date format besides those
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available 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
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specifier.</p>
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