version 6.8A (020618)

A cheque for 421.47 printed leading asteriks, no trailing asterisks.

A cheque for 2,798.64 printed with leading and trailing asterisks.

In my setup, I have:
Line one: A02 string options length 70 max 120 offset 0
Line two: A02 string options length 100 max 120
offset 0

(The 120 is greyed in.)