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Customizing Fonts in Quicken

Quicken allows you to personalize the appearance of reports, graphs, checks (cheques in Canada), and

other documents by selecting different fonts, with options varying based on the fonts installed on your computer.

Selecting or Changing Fonts

1. Accessing Printer Setup: Navigate through File menu > Printer Setup

1. and choose the item you're

1. printing (such as Reports/Graphs

1. , Checks, or Invoices).

1. Choosing Fonts:

   • Reports:

1. • For title and heading fonts, select Heading Font; for body text, choose Body Font.
   • Checks: To

1. • modify any text field except the numeric dollar amount

1. • , select the font option provided. Note: Due to Check 21

1. • regulations, the numeric dollar amount field

1. • is fixed to Arial, Regular

1. • , 10 pt

1. • , and cannot be

1. • altered.
   • Invoices/Forms (

1. • Quicken Business & Personal only):

1. • For the company address, click

1. • Company Font

1. • ; for entered text like line items and customer

1. • messages,

1. • choose Main Font.

Understanding Font Choices

• Invoice Printer Setup: This dialog

• allows specifying fonts for invoices

• not edited in

• Forms

• Designer (

• Quicken Business & Personal

• only). Fonts chosen in Forms Designer take precedence over Invoice Printer Setup selections.
• Font, Style, and Size: You can change any combination of these elements and confirm by clicking OK.

About the

Font List

The font list

shows all

available fonts

on your printer

Check 21 is a federal law enacted in 2004 to help banks handle more checks electronically. Because check scanners may reject checks that use an incompatible font style or size in the numeric dollar amount field, you can print only checks from Quicken that use Arial (font), Regular (font style), 10 pt (font size) in this field. The font style and size of all other typed fields don't interfere with the Check 21 restrictions, so you again have the flexibility to change this information in Quicken.

, with style and size options depending on the selected font.

Achieving the Best Results

• Reports and Invoices: Opt for Regular style in sizes 9 to 12.
• Checks: Regular or Bold style in sizes 9 to 12 works best, respecting Check 21 restrictions for the numeric dollar amount field.

Previewing Fonts

View your selections in the Sample box to approximate how they'll appear. Finalize by clicking OK.

Understanding Check 21

The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (

Check 21)

Check 21 changes you may notice:

• Time between writing a check and when it's cashed generally decreases.
• Many financial institutions may no longer retain and return your original checks. However, substitute checks are always available in printed format for you from your financial institution.
• Your financial institution may contact you about fees for checks that are not Check 21 compatible.
• Text for the check dollar amount is preset by Quicken to Arial 10 point font, and can't be changed. (You still have the option to use other fonts for all other text on your printed check.)
• Text fonts printed on your checks can't be in color.
• There are additional impacts for Check 21 wallet checks.

As Check 21 changes continue to evolve, Quicken monitors industry developments and updates Quicken and the checking products supplied to individuals and businesses. If you purchase your checks from Quicken, we will continue to protect you with our money-back guarantee that our checks will be accepted by every financial institution in the U.S.

Quicken doesn't guarantee, however, that Traditional wallet checks purchased after August 1, 2005 are Check 21 compatible.

For more information about Check 21, visit http://intuitmarket.intuit.com.

If you don't select a font, Quicken chooses a font for you (usually Arial). For the fonts you select:

facilitates electronic check processing to speed up clearing times and reduce physical transport costs. It mandates the use of Arial, Regular, 10 pt, for the numeric dollar amount on checks to ensure compatibility with check scanners. Quicken adheres to Check 21 requirements, offering flexibility for other text fields within checks but restricting the dollar amount font and color to ensure compliance.