Writing checks in Gnucash?

[Gregory Forster]

You can also design different check formats.

I am the Treasurer and Financial Accountant at our church. We have both 
a General Fund  and a Missionary Fund.  We support over 50 Missionaries, 
Ministries and Evangelists. The General Fund checks are 3 "wallet" style 
checks on a page with a check stub Quicken style checks, where as the 
Missionary Fund checks are 3 big checks to a page.  I usually try to 
print 3 General Fund checks at a time, paying 3 different bills.  
Whereas, paying over 50 missionary checks may be a little tricky.  Oh, 
they'll print fine, coordinating the correct numerical order running 
several sheets of checks can be tricky.

Greg

On 4/9/2015 4:50 PM, Mike Alexander wrote:
> On 9 Apr 2015, at 7:03, R. Victor Klassen wrote:
>
>   GNUcash does have check printing capability.  Once you have it set up it
>> looks like:
>>
>> 1) Go to the account window/tab for the checking account.
>> 2) Select the transaction for the check in question
>> 3) Type <command-P> on a Mac, similar short cut on other systems, or use
>> File->Print Checks
>> 4) A pop-up will come up, allowing you to select a check format.
>> 5) After you get that all right, you press print, and the regular, system
>> print dialogue comes up, and you still need to select print.
>>
> You can also print multiple checks simultaneously by doing a search to find
> whatever transactions you want to print (I set the check number to "Print"
> and search for that) then printing from the search results window with
> nothing selected.  This will print all the checks currently being viewed in
> the search window.  If you have a check form with more than one check per
> page you can specify how many checks remain on the first page.
>
>           Mike
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 7:03 AM, R. Victor Klassen <rvklassen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Look again.
>>
>> GNUcash does have check printing capability.  Once you have it set up it
>> looks like:
>>
>> 1) Go to the account window/tab for the checking account.
>> 2) Select the transaction for the check in question
>> 3) Type <command-P> on a Mac, similar short cut on other systems, or use
>> File->Print Checks
>> 4) A pop-up will come up, allowing you to select a check format.
>> 5) After you get that all right, you press print, and the regular, system
>> print dialogue comes up, and you still need to select print.
>>
>> ——
>>
>> That is, once you have it set up.  If you already have checks of a
>> supplied format, you can just select it from the menu.   Otherwise, there’s
>> some setup required.
>> The setup is something you do once, and I’ve been through it but it was
>> several years ago, so what I can remember was choosing something close,
>> finding in the manual where the check format files are stored and editing
>> the corresponding file, printing a test page and holding it up to the
>> light; adjusting it, and iterating.   The information is in the tutorial on
>> the web.
>>
>> If you’re coming from Quicken, and have checks of their required format,
>> you’re all set, as that format is already there.   Unless you want to do
>> something fancy with the stub (which I do).
>>
>> You asked about auto-numbering.   It sort of works.  I’m assuming your
>> checks are printed with numbers on them, and you’re just talking about
>> getting the right number in the register.  If you go to the register, and
>> click on the number field, hit + it gives you the next number in sequence.
>> Which only works if the last check you printed OR entered by hand was the
>> one before the one you’re about to print.
>>
>>
>> On Apr 9, 2015, at 12:36 AM, L. D. James <ljames at apollo3.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm relatively new to Gnucash.  What you describe would be great
>> functionality, but I don't think it is currently available in Gnucash.
>> Adjusting for the layout of the checks would require formating capability.
>> At present Gnucash is lacking in such functionality.
>>> I don't know specifically where the feature request is located, but this
>> would be a great feature to be added to Gnucash.  Hopefully there would be
>> discussion on this in such that the developers will see merit and give it
>> priority in consideration.
>>> For details of some discussion in formating features look at the thread:
>>> Invoice - Custom Design Header for No. 9 Double Window Envelope
>>>
>>> I just checked and you can easily find the thread by typing it into
>> Google, or using this link:
>> https://www.google.com/#q=gnucash+Invoice+-+Custom+Design+Header+for+%22No.+9+Double+Window+Envelope%22
>>> -- L. James
>>>
>>> --
>>> L. D. James
>>> ljames at apollo3.com
>>> www.apollo3.com/~ljames
>>>
>>> On 04/08/2015 07:44 PM, Jim Hogg, D.C. wrote:
>>>>     I very seldom write checks by hand for my business. I've used both
>>>>     Quicken and Quickbooks to write checks. They both have a "write
>> checks"
>>>>     function. In Gnucash, I see a "print checks" function but not a
>> "write
>>>>     checks" function. In the Quicken print checks function, it will pick
>> up
>>>>     and print any unprinted check. Will Gnucash do this? If so, how do I
>>>>     get there?
>>>>     Also, does Gnucash have a function to automatically fill in the
>> number
>>>>     of the checks printed or would I have to number each check
>>>>     individually?
>>>>     Thanks,
>>>>     Jim
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