Void cheques

[Pensioner]

Recently I wrote a cheque and entred its details as normal in BG.  Subsequently the cheque was destroyed and I needed to retain the entry but mark it as VOID so that the cheque number is seen as used.  The only way I can find to do this is to cange the amount to zero and type VOID in the Transaction Details field.  By comparison Money allows it to be marked as VOID (the word appears in the amount field and is treated as zero).

Was the method I used the best way of achieving this end?

[ideasguy]

Yes Richard, that's exactly how its done in Bank Genie Pro.

Allowing a Zero amount was introduced in response to a request by Barry - for the purpose you have described.

That feature is present in Bank Genie Pro only.
In line with the KIS (Keep it simple) theme, Bank Genie 4 does not allow zero amounts.
In that system, the Void cheque should be deleted.

[barryl]

And I set the payee as "cancelled" and the category also as cancelled. If I need to record what the cheque actually was for I put it in the details.

[ideasguy]

Thanks for that tip, Barry.
With that category called Cancelled, it would be easy to do a search in Transaction Analyser for any Void cheques.