The only way I can bypass it is to save the invoice, and then go back out to the vendor list.  If I then look up the vendor I am trying to issue a check to, the make payment option is available on the right hand side.  If you click on the "make Payment" it takes  you to the screen that you can print a check from.  I hate the new set up and all the searching to be able to do simple tasks.  Many of my vendors do not take anything but check, so quickbooks needs to fix this.