When you are recording cheque transactions through your Detail cheque accounts, Jim2 uses numeric cheque sequencing, regardless of the payment type you are using. Naturally, Jim2 will assume that the next cheque number you are recording is one higher than the last.
Because cheque book re-issuing might see your cheque book numbering change significantly, we have put in a more advanced cheque number management routine. Where Jim2 detects a cheque entry as being more than 10 higher or lower than the last entry, the following warning will pop to screen:
Example
Cheque sequence started at 1000. A new cheque book is issued where the numbers start at 2030. Jim2 will question your new numbering sequence for the next ten entries – then automatically switch to the new numbering sequence.
Duplicate Cheque Numbers
There may be times where you receive a warning about duplicate cheque numbers. This would normally be because you have just cancelled a cheque and then re-entered a payment using the same payment method. Jim2 simply picks up the number of the previously cancelled payment to re-use it. This is not an issue unless it is actually a cheque with a number that cannot be duplicated. Each payment type has its own numbering sequence.
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