new job creation

[Geoffrey]

Derek Atkins wrote:
> "Maf. King" <maf at chilwell.net> writes:
> 
>> On Wednesday 16 Apr 2008, Geoffrey wrote:
>>> I've used gnucash for a while to generate invoices.  I thought I'd try
>>> to use it to generate a quote and assumed that this is what the 'create
>>> job' option was for.  After filling in the first 'job' window to create
>>> the job, I assumed I'd get another window, similar to the invoice window
>>> in order to build the job document.  Does this not work this way, or is
>>> the next window just not popping up?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> AFAIK the "Job" settings are intended to allow you to group bills/invoices 
>> together for a specific contract/client.  I had a dabble once, a few years 
>> back, but it seemed more trouble than it was worth, since I couldn't apply a 
>> job no. to non A/P & A/R items.
> 
> Correct.  A Job isn't a Quote.  A Job is a means to collect a bunch
> of invoices under a single banner.  You can think of Job as a Project,
> where you could have multiple Projects for the same Customer.


Thanks to both of you.  So I guess there is no functionality in gnucash 
to generate a quote.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

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