[GNC] Customize terminology in printable invoice

[Lawrence Suer]

I am a long time user of Gnucash, 15 or more years. I am also a solo practicing architect and have been using GNC for the last 6 years for business accounting. I am a willing hacker with no training in coding/IT. At first, with ver 3.10 on windows 10 or 11, I used the default "printable invoice" until I discovered and modified the .scm file. I adjusted all the setups to my preferred defaults and swapped out some of the terminology ("Project" instead of "Job", "Fee" instead of "Price", etc.), and it worked great for years.

I recently purchased a new laptop:
WIN 11 pro. V25H2
Intel Core Ultra 7
16 GB RAM

and proceeded to download version GNC v5.13. Lost all my customizations and discovered my gnucash file was upgraded, and it's not backward compatible with v3.10. Researching the wiki, I found that most of the format customizations can now be done with "save report config." However, changing the terminology noted above with the .scm file caused GNC to crash. The only fix that I was able to discover was to uninstall/reinstall GNC. A brief look indicates likely a modification of .css file(s) is required to the default invoice contents (text)-but I'm not clear on this. I have not dabbled with .CSS files, and earlier attempts to explore it revealed that dabbling with .css is probably an oxymoron.

I have searched the wiki and have been monitoring this email list for a month or so and am hoping some more experienced folks can provide some advice or assistance as to how to modify the default terminology on the default invoice. Thanks in advance. (EOM is approaching.)

Larry Suer
Dovetail ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES
dasspecs.com