need help with memo field and check stubs

[Derek Atkins]

Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:51 PM, Tommy Trussell
> <tommy.trussell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> the one other line
>> that prints is the Description field (NOT any Memo lines from
>> transaction splits) printed very low on the check (just below where
>> the address would print if you could do so). With the template in
>> GnuCash 2.2.9, NOTHING prints on either of the stubs, nor does
>> anything print in the address area of the check.
>
> I believe I used the wrong terminology. I believe the first line BELOW
> the Payee in an un-split double-line checkbook register view is called
> the Note line, and it is this line that prints on the check template
> in 2.2.9. An additional note attached to split lines in the split
> register view I believe is called a "memo."

This is correct.  You need to View -> Double Line Mode in order to
display the Transaction Note field, which is what gets printed on the
check.

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-derek

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