"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
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I can tell you that I didn't have to jump thru hoops last year when I
opened new new checking accounts. I really just wanted two small savings
accounts but the bank rep said that I'd be better off with checking
accounts. Both are tied to our names so I can go online and access all of
my data with one log-in. My husband was not with me when I started them so
I couldn't add his name to the account. It's been like that for years -
many years prior to 9/11. We recently added him just in case something
should happen to me.

To tie this all back to your original post, Publisher is *not* the right
program. Money, Accounting Express, Quicken - yes. Use your copy of
Publisher to make cards, newsletters, posters, etc and you'll be a much
happier person.

I think the point about my daughter and checking accounts was she had
moved there from FL and the bank she had in FL doesn't have any branches in
VT. So they didn't seem to want that as "credit". They told her (and me, I
called once and asked if she could open a checking account if I put my name
on it, too, but they said they still had to go by her) it was because of
homeland security. She would have to open a savings account and "use it"
(like put in money, buy money orders from the bank to pay bills, deposit,
etc to show it was active). The woman I talked to said it didn't apply to
small town banks like in VT, but the rules were still there, and they had to
follow them. She said they were afraid terrorists in foreign countries would
use fake names to set up accounts and deposit large amounts of money and
keep it there until it was needed for something. She seemed to think it was
odd herself, and said "maybe it's a big city thing" My daughter had moved
from FL, and the bank she had there wasn't in VT (where she had bought a
house and moved to) she was divorced and banks before FL had been in her
husband's name, too. It was just a hassle, she found the credit union much
different. Now she is established (at the credit union) she probably could
easily open a checking account at the bank, but now she doesn't want one
there.

Anyway, I have decided making a check register doesn't work in Publisher, I
thought I could use one of the booklet (pages and folds, etc) templates,
etc.

I ended up printing out the pdf of the register page. scanning it to my
computer, saving it as a jpg, then after finding out it didn't work good in
Publisher I just printed out pages of it (on both sides) cut them to size,
stapled them together with a piece of cardstock on the back.

It worked BUT, I think I will aim at getting a bunch of them from the
bank to have on hand from now on.




JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Carrie" wrote in message
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"JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
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I write maybe half of what you do, if that. I do everything online except
for depositing the occasional check I receive.

It's really hard to get a checking account now. Because of Homeland
Security (for one thing) or maybe it's the Patriot Act. You have to be
there in person to get an account (you know, terrorists might open a bank
account ) and then you need some high credit score. When we moved back to
VT in 1997 I called a bank, they sent me forms I sent them back with a
deposit and it was waiting when we got here. Three years ago, my daughter
moved here from FL (she had a Bank of America account there but they
don't have them in VT, nearest one is 80 miles away) she couldn't get a
checking account. She was buying money orders to send to her BOA online
account, or putting money in my acct and I'd give her checks. They kept
putting her off. Said if she openned a savings account and used it for a
few months. She did. They kept putting her off... About a year later she
went to a credit union and they gave her one, no problem. She has checks,
debit card, etc. She closed her savings account at the bank and put it in
the credit union. Wasn't just one bank but all she tried here. Banks are
under different guidelines (goverenment) or something.

I wonder if the REAL terrorists are laughing at us? (I was reading on
another group that proms in some places are using metal detectors and
breathilizers now).



--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote in
message ...
absolutely. i think we only physically write out 10 checks a year now!
it's great at tax time too. however, my bank only makes available the
last
90 days of history, so i have to remember to download my register
quarterly.

not t mention the money saved on stamps.


"Mary Sauer" wrote in message
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| My banking is online, I sort of keep track with Money 97. The bank
printouts are
| great, the cancelled checks are always there, ready to print. I'd
recommend
| online banking to anyone.
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| Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
| http://office.microsoft.com/
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| "JoAnn Paules" wrote in message
| news | Or Microsoft Money or even Accounting Express, which is free.
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| JoAnn Paules
| Microsoft MVP - Publisher
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| How to ask a question
| http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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| "Rob Giordano (Crash)" wrote in
message
| ...
| personally...I'd do this in Excel, then you could do calculations
as
well.
| or..dump the paper and get Quick Books :-)
|
|
| "Carrie" wrote in message
| ...
| | A template or something?
| |
| | I have Publisher 2000 (also Word 2000)
| |
| | I found in a search (online) a page with tutorials about money
management
| | that offered a printable check register but it turned out to be
a
| full-size
| | page (also a pdf version). I've tried to set the pages smaller,
thinking
| if
| | I printed 4-6 smaller versions of it one page I could cut them
apart
and
| put
| | them together, but they only print one (small) to a page.
| |
| | This might not seem like a big deal, but I don't have a car and
getting
| | something like this from my bank is a major project (I ask
people and
they
| | forget. I could probably call the bank and ask them to mail me
one)
One
| | comes with a box of checks when I order them but at some point
is
filled
| up.
| | I got the idea of printing it myself. Like several pages, with
checkbook
| | size "pages" printed several times on it- that could be cut
apart and
| folder
| | (maybe with a staple) to form a check register book.
| |
| | If I had a blank page from one, I could scan it, and possibly
figure out
| | how to set it up on a page (my printer has two sided duplex
printing)
so
| | each page could be cut and folded to make several pages of the
register
| | book.
| |
| | I know, I can cut plain paper to size and fold it to make one,
but I
| enjoy
| | a challenge- learning experience, and thought if I could find a
set
up for
| | this (with the lines, squares, spaces for check number, amounts,
etc)
I'd
| | like to know.
| |
| | Thanks,
| | Carrie
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