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Free Accounting Tutorial
Introduction
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Lesson 1. Company Information in Free Accounting
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 3. Create an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills in Free Accounting
Lesson 8. Create a Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order in Free Accounting
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge in Free Accounting
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor PO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Return PO Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 17. View Reports in Free Accounting
Lesson 18. Bank Reconciliation in Free Accounting
Lesson 19. Trial Balance in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Print Checks
The Print Checks window displays a list of the checks made.
If you want to open this window you should select Banks and Checks / Print checks from the Main menu or select it from the Navigation pane by pressing the button and selecting the appropriate icon Print Checks.

Print Checks tab shows the following information:


    Refresh - Click on this button to refresh the data of the Print Checks window.
    Account - Select the account you want to print the checks for from the drop-down.
    View Checks - Select the radiobuttons for the checks you want to view: All Checks, Printed, Not Printed.
    Items to be Printed - Select the checks you want to print in the grid. The Count will show the number of checks you selected,                      the Balance will show their total amount.

Print Checks grid shows the following information:



    Date - The date the check was created.
    Check No. - The number of the check made.
    Reference No. - The reference number of the check made.
    Name - The name of the Customer, Vendor, Payee the check was made for.
    Amount - The dollar amount of the check made.
    Effective Account - The name of the account the payment affects.
    Source - The name of the transaction.

Right click functions:
    Right Click
Print - Outtypes the check.
View Check - Goes to the check source.
Select all - Selects all the checks displayed.
Unselect all - Unselects the checks that have already been selected.

If you want to print checks you should use the following steps:

  1. Select the account the payment was made from in the Account drop-down list.
  2. The View Checks group-box shows three options the checks can be viewed in. Click one of the radio buttons to select the view.
  3. The Items to be Printed group-box shows how many checks that have been selected are to be printed and the dollar amount of those entries.
  4. Check the boxes beside the checks to be printed.
    Use the Select All button to select all the checks displayed.
    Use the Unselect All to unselect the checks that have already been selected.
  5. Press the Print button to preview the checks to be printed.



On pressing the Print button the Print Settings window will appear with the marked checks to be printed. At the top of the window the information about the number of the checks selected and their total amount will be displayed.


If any of the checks are not to be printed, unmark them.
If you want to view if the check has been adjusted against the charges, you should press the Checks Items button.
The Printed Checks Items window shows the information about the invoices (invoice number, invoice date, total invoice amount, check amount, discount applied to the invoice, net check amount that was adjusted against the invoice) which the printed check has been adjusted against.



The Partial Page Tab shows the mode of printing checks: center or portrait.



The Settings Tab displays a number of printing styles:
  1. Standard checks - Business size which means no voucher area; three checks per page.
  2. Voucher checks - Business size with a detachable stub, can be used for payroll or accounts payable information.
  3. Wallet checks - Personal checks as ordinary checks received from the bank; three checks per page.
  4. Simple check - The standard form of checks.
Press the Print button to start printing.
After printing a check, the confirmation window will appear. Please validate the printed checks manually.
If they are printed correctly press 'Yes', otherwise press 'No' and reprint the checks that have been printed incorrectly.

See also:
Free Accounting Bank and Checks

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