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 transfer 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.
    note
    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.
To add and remove sections from an invoice, such as the Period recap section, go to the
Setup
Invoice Formats
screen. In this example, you'd need to clear the
A/R Recap - Include totals for the client's beginning A/R balance, invoices, receipts, adjustments, late fees and total A/R balances
checkbox on step 3.
  • 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. Select the row, and then select the
    Delete Row
    button.
  • Edit column headings. To turn on column headings, select the
    Report Options
    button in the toolbar and mark the
    Enable Detail
    checkbox.
    To display these editable headings in an invoice format by default, select
    Setup
    Invoice Formats
    and select
    Edit
    next to the invoice format. Select
    Billing Information
    and mark the
    Entry Detail
    checkbox.
  • Use standard text templates. To add saved text to an invoice, select 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.
  • Mark or clear the
    Enable Group Totals
    checkbox. Select the
    Report Options
    button in the toolbar.

Format text

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