Okay, whoa! Let's get back to reason and cordiality here. Thank you for all
the compliments (expressed and implied). I was not, as you put it,
"stumped," and the method you propose would be what I would have suggested
if I had thought it worth the time and effort to set up (not to mention my
time and effort to describe the process). I should have known that Mike
would not have asked for a way to do this if he had not considered it worth
his time and effort.

And although Mike says he has QuickBooks, it would appear that he doesn't
want to use it for this purpose, probably because the checks he's writing
are from an account not set up in QuickBooks. But in addition to the
inherent difficulty of setting up such a form, Graham's point about the
printer's paper-handling capabilities is another deterrent. If Mike doesn't
want to accept your perfectly good suggested method and would prefer to take
umbrage and write us all off, that's his prerogative.

One factor that I do wonder about is the type of check to be printed. As
Graham says, the ordinary wallet check may be too small to be printed
successfully. What I would also be interested to know is whether there is a
standard layout for such checks. Obviously, the checks that are used with
Quicken, Money, QuickBooks, and the like are laid out in a standard form,
but I believe it is necessary to buy checks created specifically for this
purpose. Although ordinary wallet checks are all laid out the same in
general, I do not know whether the measurements are standardized, that is,
whether you could set up a form field to print on the payee line that would
exactly hit that line on checks printed by different companies. All of my
checks seem pretty standard, but they're also all from the same source and
are the no-frills checks provided at no extra charge; fancier ones might be
different, for all I know.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Swami" wrote in message
...
Oh Jeezus Graham. It's true. You yanks really don't get irony or humour. I
WAS NOT ATTACKING SUZANNE for god's sake. I respect her knowledge too much
for that. (I got HER joke, BTW). I was offering mcp6453 a suggestion as
to
how I might go about it myself and making a jocular point about time
wasting
on a computer and how Suzanne rarely misses a great answer to solve a
problem if it can be done and .....oh forget it ..... An explanation would
obviously be wasted on you. You would imagine insult where none was
intended - so I'll just insult you directly.

How much effort does it need to pick up the pen that will be used to
sign
the cheque and add the payee's name and amount?

Rather presumptuous of you. How do YOU know how many repetitive checks the
poor guy has to write. Maybe mcp6453 has good reason for wanting them
laser
printed instead of ink written. Just address his issue, creatively, why
don't you, instead of thinking for him or putting down his idea. Let him
decide how he wants to use his life on the computer. There's a lot more
anal
people on this NG than mcp6453. If you really want to defend commonsense,
why not just wait and let Jezabel have a go at him! ( Joke Graham.
Joke Jezabel, in case you're watching )


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
Suzanne's point was not that it couldn't be done, but rather what was
the
point. Computers are supposed to make your life easier not more
complicated. How much effort does it need to pick up the pen that will
be
used to sign the cheque and add the payee's name and amount?


--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Swami wrote:
What about setting up page size to suit the check (or cheque as we
say here in Australia!), scan it and insert it as a background image,
then insert your type-in-data-fields over that image in the correct
positioning, then remove the background (or hide it) just prior to
printing?? But save it as a locked template with image showing, and
save each filled cheque as a separate file for archive.

Ahem, is this too simple, or did I miss something here? I am not sure
in this newsgroup if/when to speak up with my simplistic ideas. Seeing
something that stumps "The Great Susanne. S. Barnhill" makes me
wonder if it is therefore not possible at all


"mcp6453" wrote in message
...
Using Word 2000, is it possible to make a template that has a
non-printable image of a check such that when I am typing in the
document, it looks like I'm filling out a check, but when I print,
only the newly entered information prints?