Compose an invoice
You can modify and reformat some text on invoices before they're sent.
- SelectTime & Billing, thenBilling.
- Select one or more clients, thenDetail Bill.
- Select an invoice format and date.
- SelectInvoice Properties.
- SelectAdd to Invoice.
- To bill an amount against the client's total accumulated WIP, leaveTime and Expensesselected and selectNext.You can selectFlat Amountto add an adjustment entry or progress entry.
- Select items to include on the invoice, then selectNext.
- Accept the number in theBillfield or change it as needed (the full amount of the selected items is shown by default).You can also change the text in theProject Description. If you want to transfer over a balance, add an amount in theAdjustfield. Otherwise, unbilled amounts are zeroed out.
- SelectFinishto view the composed invoice.
- Edit and reformat any text shown with a blue background, as needed.
- SelectAdd to Invoiceif you want to add more time or expense items, adjustment entries, or progress entries.noteYou canAddadjustment and progress entries directly from theBillable Entriestab.
- Select thePreviewtab to view the invoice on screen.
- SelectSave. Your saved invoice will be available on theReview Invoicestab of theBillingscreen.
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 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 theComposetab will change the corresponding amounts on theSummary and Billable Entriestab, and vice versa.
- Delete any editable row. Select the row, and then select theDelete Rowbutton.
- Edit column headings. To turn on column headings, select theReport Optionsbutton in the toolbar and mark theEnable Detailcheckbox.To display these editable headings in an invoice format by default, select and selectEditnext to the invoice format. SelectBilling Informationand mark theEntry Detailcheckbox.
- Use standard text templates. To add saved text to an invoice, select theStandard Textbutton in the toolbar to open a list of your saved standard text templates, and select the one you want to use.
- Mark or clear theEnable Group Totalscheckbox. Select theReport Optionsbutton 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.