How to print memo on check?

Hello, ulift2015. 

Thank you for reaching out to the community. Printing a memo on the check is super easy. However, if you don't have input in your memo field yet, simply open the check and manually enter the memo onto the check. 

1. Go to the Expenses menu on the left panel, then Expenses.
2. Open the check that has the memo you want to appear on the printed.
3. Click Print Check. 
4. Press Preview and Print. 
5. Hit Print. 

For your reference, you can check out this article to know more about what you can and can't print in the memo field: When the memo field will and will not print. 

I am all hands open here if you need further help with printing your checks. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. 

Hi, I recently moved from QB Desktop to QB Online. When using QB Desktop and paying bills/printing checks in bulk, QB Desktop would apply the memo that was entered on the bill to the check and it would print the same memo on the check. The only exception would be if I was paying multiple bills for the same vendor with one check (in which case, it would leave the memo blank on the printed check). Is there a way to enable this same feature in Quickbooks Online? I have a large volume of bills so it would be a pain to copy the memo from each bill manually and paste it in the check when printing checks.

I see the challenges of grasping a new QuickBooks product, @crcurry. Despite that, congratulations on moving to QBO from QBDT. Rest assured I'm here to share a few details about this.

To automatically apply a memo entered on the bill to the check is a great idea. I understand the convenience of using the same memo when printing checks. That's why I recommend sending feedback requests to our Product Developers.

Here's how:

1. Go to the Gear icon.
2. Under the Profile column, select Feedback.
3. Share your suggestion, then click Next.

These suggestions are reviewed by our Product Development Team to help improve your experience while using the program. You can track your suggestion through this website. You can also visit our blog to keep up with recent events and developments.

If you added a memo to the entered bill, it won't appear in the bill payment. Thus, you'll want to continue manually inputting it when printing checks. To learn when it will appear in transactions, refer to this guide: When the memo field will and will not print.

You can read these resources for more tips on setting up your print settings so you can print checks correctly:

• Print a check in QuickBooks Online
• Configure your print settings for printing checks in QuickBooks Online

I'm all ears if you have other concerns about QuickBooks features. Just drop a comment below, and I'll gladly help. Take care, and I wish you continued success.

I agree. This is a dumb thing to not be included. To have to manually copy and paste the memo on each bill payment check is a HUGE waste of time and a serious design flaw in my opinion. We use QB for convenience and to have to pay bills one at a time is not convenient. It worked great in desktop. Is there a plan to add it to the on-line version???

I understand the inconvenience of a service that doesn't have the same features as your previous version of QuickBooks, kchags.

The number of requests sent to our developers determines which features are added to QuickBooks Online. If you haven't already, consider sending feedback to our product developers so they can review it and might include it in future product updates.

In the meantime, I recommend visiting the following links to our websites for any updates or announcements:

• The QuickBooks Blog
• Firm of the Future

Let me know if you have other concerns or questions. We're always here to help.

I clicked on feedback and QBO froze, could be my connection I suppose :-).

I'll add my feedback here, I use QBO as Treasurer of a NFP and just realized the memo I typed in doesn't print on the check so I'm writing in the memo on the check.  I hope there is a decent reason and this is not an oversight.  I use QBD as fiscal director of a second NFP and see the writing on the wall that QBD is not going to be supported long term, so I am looking for a replacement.  I'm not sure the memo field will be a deal breaker but at the moment, I think it is.  QB in general is ~ adequate but added workarounds for something as baseline as printing the memo would lead me to expect more errors deeper in QBO.  If there is a reason that I should feel otherwise please share it as I'd prefer to keep using a familiar system :-)!

Thanks for reading, Jim