Invoice problems

[Katie Eldridge]

Hello Jerry,
1/2/4:  I think this sounds as though you haven't yet found the report 
options and different possible printable invoices.  There are four 
possible invoice layouts (more if you make custom ones), called 
'printable invoice', 'easy invoice', 'fancy invoice' and 'tax invoice'.  
You can find them under Reports ->Business.  Then go to Edit -> Report 
options, and select the invoice you want to print and the stylesheet you 
want to use.  There is also a box where you can add extra text, so you 
could put your billing terms there - there's a tick box for billing 
terms too, but I can't work out how this is connected to anything...
Printable invoice is the only one with today's date under your company 
details; tax invoice has the most flexibility, but works slightly 
differently than the others in how it uses the stylesheets.  When you've 
decided which layout you like best, you can set the 'invoice for 
printing' under Edit->Preferences -> Business, then when you go to print 
from your invoice it will pick the correct report layout for you.  If 
you completely can't get the invoice to look the way you want it to, 
it's possible to copy and paste from the report to a word processor for 
editing:  this is quicker in the short term at least than learning how 
to make a custom report.

3:  what exactly did you do when you were trying to enter the new 
account in your invoice?  I know I have had occasions when I've realised 
half-way through an invoice that I needed a new account, and when I 
added it to the income account list it immediately appeared in the 
drop-down list for account on the invoice:  you will need to press save, 
but I don't think I needed to do anything else.

hth,
Katie

On 02/03/17 18:33, Jerome Kremen wrote:
> Dear gnucash,
> I have multiple problems with the invoicing system
>
> 1.  When I alter the style sheets and apply changes the printable invoice does not show the changes.
> 2.  How do get the printable invoice to show terms: ie net 30 days.
> 3.  I cannot enter a new account - consulting - in my invoice which I added to the income account list.
> 4.  How do I prevent the printed invoice from showing today's date under my company info?
> I am trying to reconstruct my Quickbooks accounts for 2016 which could not be resurrected when my iMac bit the dust.
> I tried to use X-chat aqua to answer my questions but I cannot connect. The list of channels does not include #gnucash and none of the IRCXXX channels work.
> I am in desperate need of assistance.  Please help!
> Best Wishes,
> Jerry Kremen
>
>
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