Layout Editor [Setup menu, System Configuration]

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Use the Layout Editor to create, copy, or modify a check or form layout, which is a kind of picture of how text and variables will appear on your checks or forms when you print them. The Layout Editor is a special window that allows you to enter and adjust the placement of text, choose various font settings, format paragraph alignments, insert data variables or graphic elements such as company logos and bitmaps, adjust the specific placement of everything that will print on the selected layout, and so forth.

Choose Setup > System Configuration > Layout Editor. When the Layout Editor window opens, choose Document > New Layout to create a new layout, or choose Document > Open Layout to select an existing layout to copy or modify.

For detailed information about creating or modifying a layout, see About the Layout Editor.

Related topics

  • A number of pre-defined check layouts are already included with your Payroll CS application and are stored in the Layouts subfolder of the folder where your Creative Solutions Accounting and Payroll CS application files are installed.
  • Layouts for W-2, W-3, 1096, and 1099 forms are already included with the Payroll Compliance module and are stored in the W-2 And 1099 Forms subfolder of the Layouts folder.
  • When setting up a new payroll client, you will need to select a payroll layout and a vendor layout to use for each checkbook. See Checkbook Setup > Check Layout Information tab.

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