I am working in Check Designer (Payables module) and need to test a cheque template that I have created. Is there a way to do this so that real information shows up on the cheque, rather than just the code (i.e. Xmmmmmm.....) for that particular field, which is all that appears in the cheque preview?

I have looked at the Check Designer help and it indicates:

NOTE: If you would like to print an actual check to test out a new or revised specification, you can do so by going to the test check and selecting the new or revised specification from the Specification field in the Print check dialog box.

Where do I find the "test check" function? Or is the help referring to just printing a cheque based on an actual invoice that has been entered and is awaiting payment and then reprinting it if the formatting of the template isn't right. I don't want to create a mess in our live payables data through trying to test that the cheque format is okay. What is the best way to test a cheque template?

Thanks,
Tanja

I always test cheque layouts on Adagio's sample data or a copy of the live data.

If you want to use the sample data, you will need to copy the cheque layout file from your live data to the AP sample data. Then change the file extension to SAM. You can do both of these things with Windows Explorer.

When you are finished testing and modifying, you copy the cheque file back to your live data. Remember to delete the old one and change the file extension from SAM to your actual one.

Ah, great suggestion, I never think to use the sample database for anything. I have done as you have suggested above and it all works great.

Thank you!