Compose an invoice

You can modify and reformat some text on invoices before they're sent.
  1. Select
    Time & Billing
    , then
    Billing
    .
  2. Select one or more clients, then
    Detail Bill
    .
  3. Select an invoice format and date.
  4. Select
    Invoice Properties
    .
  5. Select
    Add to Invoice
    .
  6. To bill an amount against the client's total accumulated WIP, leave
    Time and Expenses
    selected and select
    Next
    .
    You can select
    Flat Amount
    to add an adjustment entry or progress entry.
  7. Select items to include on the invoice, then select
    Next
    .
  8. Accept the number in the
    Bill
    field or change it as needed (the full amount of the selected items is shown by default).
    You can also change the text in the
    Project Description
    . If you want to carry over a balance, add an amount in the
    Adjust
    field. Otherwise, unbilled amounts are zeroed out.
  9. Select
    Finish
    to view the composed invoice.
  10. Edit and reformat any text shown with a blue background, as needed.
  11. Select
    Add to Invoice
    if you want to add more time or expense items, adjustment entries, or progress entries.
    You can
    Add
    adjustment and progress entries directly from the
    Billable Entries
    tab.
  12. Select the
    Preview
    tab to view the invoice on screen.
  13. Select
    Save
    . (Your saved invoice will be available on the
    Review Invoices
    tab of the Billing screen.)

Edit text and amounts

You can edit some text and amounts in an invoice.
  • Edit amounts to redistribute the invoice total among billed items. Changing amounts on the Compose tab will change the corresponding amounts on the Summary and Billable Entries tab, and vice versa.
  • Delete any editable row. Click in the row, and then click the Delete Row button that appears below it.
  • Edit column headings. To enable column headings, click the Report Options button in the toolbar and mark the Enable Detail box.
    To display these editable headings in an invoice format by default, click Setup > Invoice Formats and click Edit next to the invoice format. Click Billing Information and Tick the Entry Detail box.
  • Use standard text templates. First, create text templates. To add saved text to an invoice, click the Standard Text button in the toolbar to open a list of your saved standard text templates, and select the one you want to use.
  • Tick or clear the Enable Group Totals box (click the Report Options button in the toolbar).

Format text

Buttons in the toolbar enable you to make the following changes.
  • Make text bold
  • Italicize text
  • Underline text
  • Change text size
  • Change the font
  • Change the font colour
  • Change text alignment
  • Undo the last change
  • Redo the last change
  • Rebuild compose data, which reverts all changes
note
To change the invoice layout, click the Summary tab and select a new layout from the
Invoice Format
field. Doing so will not affect any changes you made on the Compose tab, nor will it change the default layout previously selected for the client.