Checks

[Dennis Shimer]

They are text files, I edit them with whatever my favorite text editor is
on each operating system.  There is also a local user directory that you
can store custom files in which varies by system.  That is where I tend to
keep my custom files.


On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Gregory Forster <fgreg74 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, I looked over the documentation.  It all seems to assume you are
> using a Linux operating system.  Unfortunately, I am using Windows 7 Pro
> 64. I had a tough time finding the default check files.  They are located
> in the C:\Program Files (x86) subdirectory.  I had to use OpenOffice to
> look at them.  Even with Linux, you need another software program - uuidgen
> to create the unique Guid identifier for each check file.  With  Windows, I
> wouldn't even know what program to use to create the check file. Though it
> uses a .chk extension, is it a text file?  To look at a default file,
> OpenOffice has to use an ascii filter.
>
>
> Greg
>
>
> On 2/10/2014 8:09 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>
>> On 2/10/2014 5:54 PM, Gregory Forster wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>      I usually try to help.  This time, I need the help. Creating
>>> checks, I like the Quicken with side stub,  however even if that
>>> doesn't line up correctly, it is suggested to custom format the
>>> checks.  Don't you then lose the check stub info?  Even when you
>>> custom format checks, where is the ability to create a check stub with
>>> payee, date and amount info?  It seems that creating a custom format
>>> check does not provide ability to print stub info.
>>>
>>> Greg
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>>>  Generally, in the U. S., anyway, personal checks do not have stubs.
>> When business checks do have stubs, it is for the payee, not for the
>> payor.  The payor has all the information resident in his data file, and
>> no data is lost when there is no stub.
>>
>> If you want to use a blank check form that has a stub, then you need to
>> put those fields into your custom format, and as I recall, that is
>> possible, and here is the detail information on how to do that.
>> <http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/check_format_info.html
>> >.
>>
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