Payables Account Names

[MVA]

Hi,
I'm still working my way through this new program... learning curve is...
anyway, getting there.

I have an account to pay that has a name that is longer then allowed in the accounts payable Name. It is kind of important to have the correct name for check cashing. How can I change the system to accept more letters?

Thank you,
Debby

[NeilZ]

Hi,
I'm still working my way through this new program... learning curve is...
anyway, getting there.

I have an account to pay that has a name that is longer then allowed in the accounts payable Name. It is kind of important to have the correct name for check cashing. How can I change the system to accept more letters?

Thank you,
Debby

Debbie ..

depending on the name, you can abbreviate some things, like West Penn Pwr, or stuff like that. FWIW .. most banks will cash the check if the name on the address block printed on the check is OK. You have 30 characters to work with for the vendor name, plus you have the area that is labeled Contact, which is printed as the second line of the address if something is in there.

So if you have a vendor with a name of: Great Lakes Electric and Supply of Chicago, IL Inc.

You can split it up like this:

Vendor Name: Great Lakes Electric and Supply
Contact: of Chicago IL Inc.
Address: PO Box 111
City: Chicago
St: IL
ZIP: 00000

It will print on the check as:
Great Lakes Electric and Supply
of Chicago IL Inc.
PO Box 111

and so on.

What is the name of the vendor?

[tborgal]

Well now I just learned something new. I have been using PCPlus as long as you have been Neil and I did not know that. Thank you for all your support here.

[MVA]

Thank you,
It did cross my mind to use the second line, but I opted to lose the space...
Pentecostal AssembliesOfCanada. It didn't look right abbreviating Canada.
I have another one that is all Abbreviated & can just see sending both checks to one. LOL.
I was thinking there was a way to increase the space a few characters in set-up.

Thanks again for your help!

[NeilZ]

Thank you,
It did cross my mind to use the second line, but I opted to lose the space...
Pentecostal AssembliesOfCanada. It didn't look right abbreviating Canada.
I have another one that is all Abbreviated & can just see sending both checks to one. LOL.
I was thinking there was a way to increase the space a few characters in set-up.

Thanks again for your help!

Nope, that's a 30 character data item setup that way in the tables, and cannot be customized by the user.