How to print invoices from gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

"R. Victor Klassen" <rvklassen at gmail.com> writes:

> Unless something’s changed since I last attempted to print an unposted
> invoice, that should work too.

Yes, you *can* print an unposted invoice, but only by...

> The way I print invoices is to 
> a) have the invoice open (like you are adding data)
> b) select the create printable invoice menu item - possibly an icon on
> the top bar, but possibly off in the drop down menu of items that
> didn’t fit in the top bar.

.. this, which is what allows you to print a non-posted invoice.  If the
invoice is not posted then the "Print" button will not be active.

> c) an invoice appears, with columns I don’t want, so I go to “report
> options” and uncheck the columns I don’t want
> d) print the invoice - using the same process as for printing a web
> page or whatever.
>
> Because I’m on a mac, there may be an extra step if the invoice is
> particularly long (more than one page), as the html interpreter
> ignores the directive to not split cells across pages.  In that case,
> save the html, and open it in Firefox (not Safari).  Then print from
> there.  But that’s only for long invoices.
>
> If the invoice isn’t posted, the place where the invoice number should
> appear says “invoice in progress”, to replace that text with the
> invoice number, post the invoice, and then refresh the printable
> invoice (refresh button on the top bar).

-derek

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