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Following are the steps for entering cheques, and printing them if required.

Paperless workflow (draft)

Enter the cheque

1. Be in the ledger that you wish to enter the cheque for.
2. Go to Input and click on Cheque Entry.
   1. Period - choose the correct period (or confirm that the period displayed is correct).
   2. Bank Account Number - select the bank account that the cheque will be paid from.
   3. Payee Account Number - select the account number of the payee. The Payee Name field (and Payee Address, if completed on the sub-account) will be automatically populated. Otherwise they can be manually entered.
   4. Remittance Advice - enter what you would like to appear on the remittance advice, such as the invoice number being paid.
   5. Return To - enter the name of the person the cheque is to be given to once it is printed.
   6. Amount - enter the amount of the cheque.
   7. Cheque Date - enter the date of the cheque.
   8. Cheque Printed - if the cheque has already been printed or handwritten, tick this box so it will not require printing from GL2. Enter the cheque number in the Cheque Number field.
3. Complete the line/s for the account/s to be debited (the credit line has been automatically completed).
4. If backing documents have been scanned and are to be added to the cheque, click the Attachments button. Add attachments to the journal and/or specific journal lines, and click OK. Note that attachments must be less than 1MB compressed.
5. When the cheque is done, click Save.
6. A message window will appear asking if the journal is ready to post. Click Yes if it is ready to be posted. Otherwise, click No to save the journal as being On Hold.

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