Thanks you, Hal_Al. Manipulating block 1 was the approach I had settled on as the best of possible workarounds. With your validation, I'll move forward.
I had hoped that I was somehow overlooking a direct input option. It frustrates me that 7 years after I first started added 1098-Ts to my tax return for children's education, the TT mechanization is still flawed and requires workarounds to comply with IRS Pub 970.
