Chapter 8. Managing your creditors
Paying Bills
You can enter payments to creditors via the “Bill Payment Details” window.
1. From the
Creditors menu, click Bill Payment to open the “Bills Paid” window.
2. Click New to open the “Bill Payment Details” window.
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Figure 65: The “Bill Payment Details” window
Adjusting Payments
1. From the Creditors menu, click Bill Payment to open the Bills Paid” window.
2. To view a list of the bills paid with a single payment, highlight the payment and click View.
The "Bills Paid" (detailed) window will open.
Figure 66: The "Bills Paid" (detailed) window
Tip: For information on the “Bill Payment” and "Bills Paid" windows, press F1 to display the online help.
Writing Cheques
If cheque printing has been enabled on the “Debtors/Creditors Options” window (
Options /
Debtors / Creditors / Options Setup), you will be able to print cheques as follows:
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1. From the Creditors menu, click Write cheques. The "Report Writer" window will open listing the available cheque layouts.
Figure 67: The "Report Writer" (cheques) window
2. Highlight the required cheque layout and then click Select.
The HandiBiz 2015 will generate all outstanding payment cheques and display them in a
"Report Preview" window.
Tip: If required, you can create your own cheque layout. Refer to “
Customising the
Cheque Layout ” below.
3. Click Print.
A message will then appear “Mark cheques as printed?”
4. If the cheques have printed correctly, click OK. If you have to reprint the cheque, click
Cancel.
Customising the Cheque Layout
You may find that the default cheque layout that is provided with HandiBiz 2015 needs to be modified for the pre-printed cheques that have been provided by your bank. If this is the case, the procedure is as follows:
1. From the Reports menu, point to Debtors / Creditors and click Edit Reports. The "Report
Writer" window will open, listing the available cheque layouts.
2. Highlight the layout that requires alteration. (Example: Cheque).
3. Where the layout has a Y in the HandiSoft column, you will not be able to directly modify that layout. Instead, you will need to copy the layout to a new name. This is achieved as follows:
With the required layout highlighted, click Copy.
Specify the name that the new layout is to be called. (Example: Cheque – customised).
Click
OK.
You should now be highlighting the new layout. This is the one that you will modify.
4. With required layout highlighted, click Design. This will open the "Report Designer" window. From here you are able to 'drag and drop' the components of the cheques into
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