Creating custom business A/P check layout

[R. Victor Klassen]

Once you have a saved custom format, you can find the actual file in the file system, and edit that file (.chk, if I recall correctly).

It’s a bit hokey, but it works.

> On Feb 7, 2017, at 4:23 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
> 
>  Perhaps a more experienced GnuCash business user can save me time
> fine-tuning the layout of checks.
> 
>  To configure the text printing positions of my business A/P checks I
> selected the Custom type, carefully measured distances for needed text
> strings, named the custom format, then saved it.
> 
>  When I printed a sample check it had several strings whose positions
> needed adjusting. But, I cannot adjust them when I select the saved format
> because now the positional option dialog is both non-editable and has zeros
> in each position rather than the ones I entered.
> 
>  So, I need to start from scratch again with a new custom format, NOT
> save it, and see if I can print a check and continue adjusting. It would be
> a real time saver if a named and saved custom layout could be edited rather
> than totally redone.
> 
>  Has anyone a more efficient way to do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Rich
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