How to use Check writing
- 1
Pick the country
Choose a US check, a UK cheque or an Indian cheque; each uses its own wording and number grouping.
- 2
Type the amount
Enter the amount with its cents, pence or paise, such as 1234.56; anything beyond two decimals is rounded and flagged.
- 3
Copy the words onto the line
Start at the far left, write the words exactly as shown, then draw a line through the space left, as in the preview.
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Fill in the box and check
Write the figures in the amount box, add the date, payee and signature, and compare words and figures before you hand the cheque over.
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About Check writing
The line for the amount in words is the part of a check people hesitate over. The habits differ by country, and the bank goes by the words, not the figures, if the two disagree.
In the United States the dollars are written in words and the cents as a fraction over one hundred, then a line is drawn to the word "Dollars" printed at the end: "One thousand two hundred thirty-four and 56/100". No "and" goes between the hundreds and the tens; the only "and" separates dollars from cents. A UK cheque writes the pounds the British way, with "and" after the hundreds, the pence in words or as 56p, and finishes with "only". An Indian cheque counts in lakh and crore, puts the words after the printed "Rupees", capitalises every word and ends with "Only": "One Lakh Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Fifty-Six and Seventy-Eight Paise Only".
Pick the country, type the amount and the page writes the line, the figures for the box (with Indian grouping such as 1,23,456.78 where it applies) and a preview of the cheque with the words, the closing rule and the amount box in place. You can add the payee and the date to see the whole thing and print the preview as a practice sheet at the usual cheque size.
The preview is a layout guide, not a cheque: write the real one by hand in ink, and never print on blank cheque paper.
Privacy
Everything happens in this browser tab: the amount, payee and date you type are used only to draw the preview and are never uploaded or stored. Only the country and your format and letter-case choices are remembered in local storage, so the page opens on the same cheque next time.