Business check formatting

[Rich Shepard]

   I've copied the US letter 3-part check to ~/.gnucash/checks/ with a new
GUID and title. Now I want to modify it to fit my business needs so I'm
reading Appendix D in the GnuCash Guide. Two questions to start:

   1. In Table D-1, page 253, there is the field type DateFormat that appears
to belong in the [Top] section above Rotation. The description tells me this
is "the default used when printing all DATE items on this check. When set to
true, will print the format of the DATE in 8 point type, centered and below
the actual DATE. For example DDMMYYYY."

   While DateFormat is not in the example or copied file dates are printed on
test checks I produce. I interpret the above to mean I must explicitly set
DateFormat = true. But, I don't want it in an 8pt font, but a 10pt font and
I want each printed date in the format of DD Mon. YYYY, with the month in
words and abbreviated. How do I define DateFormat (or an individual DATE
field) for the proper format and font size?

   2. Because I'm printing test checks from File->Print checks the amount is
0.00 (and I'd like to learn how to prefix that with $ and add Blocking_chars
to only amount fields and not all text fields) and there's a dummy vendor
name and address.

   Is there a way for me to print a text check that has all the Type_n and
Coords_n printed so I can see where they are placed on the check and know
which need to be modified?

   I know what I want on the two stubs (middle and bottom) and have to learn
either what GC calls these fields or how to include them in the file so
they're printed.

TIA,

Rich