Word Wrapping on Accounts Payable Checks

When accounts payable checks are printed the dollar amount is printed as a number and as text. For example:

                                                                     01R689623

                                                      5/18/00   ****291,451.00

TWO HUNDRED & NINETY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED & FIFTY ONE DOLLARS  & 00 CENTS

         A Good Business 

         234 Main Street

         Hometown ON  A1A-2B2

If the wording does not appear it is because the text is too long for the space provided. For example, a check for $777,777.00 will look like:

                                                                     01R443566

                                                      5/18/00   ****777,777.00

         A Good Business 

         234 Main Street

         Hometown ON  A1A-2B2

For specific logic, see Example Scenarios.

Topics in this section include:

• Settings for Wrapping

• Localization Behavior and Settings

• Example Scenarios

Settings for Wrapping

The wording can be set to wrap if it exceeds the space available on one line by setting the A/P Checks Print Setting parameter in System Settings - Division.

Localization Behavior and Settings

Dealers are deemed Canadian or American based on the Company Location parameter in System Settings - Company. The check format follows that setting by company (not by division or vendor). It appears as:

01R014403

3/01/06 ****888,777.33

EXACTLY EIGHT HUNDRED & EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED &

SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS & 33 CENTS 

A Good Business 

234 Main Street

Hometown ON  A1A-2B2

The number of characters to be wrapped is affected by the currency Code used by the dealer and the verbiage set for that currency. If some verbiage is to be printed, such as DOLLARS and CENTS, that will add to the characters, however, the verbiage could also be left blank, reducing the total number of characters.

To modify these configurations go to:

• The currency Code is configured under Configuration > General Ledger > Accounts Payable > Currency.

• The verbiage for a currency Code is set in the A/P Checks & A/R Statement Verbiage parameter on the Add Currency/Change Currency screen.

When wrapping check wording, Canadian and non-Canadian dealers wrap differently. The total wording characters that can print is 122 characters. The Canadian dealer's checks wrap after 61 characters while for non-Canadian dealer's checks IntelliDealer tries to print 80 characters on the first line and if more than 80 characters, wrap back to 61 characters.

Also note that the wording is left justified for Canadian dealers and right justified for non-Canadian dealers. For Canadian format checks IntelliDealer does not print a dollar sign $ and instead prints *******nnn.nn. For other currencies, IntelliDealer prints the $ before the amount. There is no switch to control whether or not the dollar sign prints.

Example Scenarios

The following are examples of how check wording prints in full check format. Each example represents a different scenario.