The following names can be used on all check templates.
| Check Template Address Names | |
| PAYEE | Payee name. |
| ENAME | Employee name, as used on payroll checks through Payroll. |
| ADDRESS | Payee's address. |
| Individual address fields from an Accounts Receivable or Payable can also be used. i.e. the phone number of a customer or vendor. See Name and Address Information Cell Names for more. | |
| Check Template Cell Names | |
| CHECKAMOUNTASTERISK | Check amount, padded on the left with asterisks. For example: ****1,234.56. See the manual section Check Date & Amount Formatting for more information on the use of this cell name. |
| CHECKAMOUNT | Check amount. |
| TEXTAMOUNT | Check amount in words. The word text is padded on the left and right with hyphens (-) as required to fill the cell entirely. See the manual section Check Date & Amount Formatting for more information on the use of this cell name. |
| CHECKNUMBER | Check reference number. |
| CHECKDATE | Date of the check. (The format of the date is controlled by cell format of the Excel template.) |
| OCRCHECKDATE | Date of the check formatted for optical character recognition. e.g.: DDMMYYYY, MMDDYYYY, etc. See the manual section Check Date & Amount Formatting for more information on the use of this cell name. |
| OCRDATEGUIDE | Guide for the date of the check formatted for optical character recognition. e.g.: DDMMYYYY, MMDDYYYY, etc. The guide needs to be present on the template and just above the OCRCHECKDATE field. A COURIER font should be used and both fields set to the same font size and horizontal alignment. |
| BANKNAME | Account name of the bank the check is drawn on. |
| BANKDESCRIPTION | Account description of the bank the check is drawn on. |
| BANKID | (Canada Only) ID of the bank the check is drawn on. |
| BANKTRANSIT | (Canada Only) Bank's transit (branch) the check is drawn on. |
| BANKACCOUNT | (Canada Only) Bank account the check is drawn on. |
| EBANKID | Employee's bank ID the check is payable to. |
| EBANKTRANSIT | Employee's bank transit (branch) the check is payable to. |
| EBANKACCOUNT | Employee's bank account the check is payable to. |
| MICR | The MICR encoding at the bottom edge for use on blank paper check stock. It is a combination of the CheckNumber, BankTransit, BankId and BankAccount. You must use font E-13B to print this field, See the manual section Printing MICR Checks for more information on the use of this cell name. |
| Check Template Item Cell Names | |
| ITEM_ACCOUNT | Name of the cross-account for the transaction detail item. |
| ITEM_DESCRIPTION | Description of the cross-account for the transaction detail item. |
| ITEM_QUANTITY | Quantity of the transaction detail item. |
| ITEM_RATE | Rate of the transaction detail item. |
| ITEM_AMOUNT | Amount of the transaction detail item. |
| ITEM_BALANCE | Running balance of the check stub. |
| ITEM_YTD | Year-to-date total of amounts posted to the cross-account (for employee paychecks.) |
NOTE: Names are not case-sensitive.