Setting up general invoice format options

To set up general invoice format options

  1. On the General tab, complete information, as follows:
For Do this

Description

Type a name for the invoice format.

Billing types to include

Make a selection:

Select To include

Time & Expense

Only Time & Expense billing on the invoice.

Fee types

Only fee-type billing (Fixed Fee, Percent Complete, Unit Price, or Percent of Construction Cost) on the invoice.

Both

Both Time & Expense and fee-type billing on the invoice.

Use custom design

Not applicable

Print company information:

On letterhead

First page only

Select the On letterhead check box if you want to print the invoice on your company letterhead paper. This option leaves one inch at the top of each page for your company letterhead.

Select the First page only check box if you want to print your invoice on company letterhead on only the first page of the invoice.

Logo

First page only

Select the Logo check box to print your company logo, which you identified when setting up company billing preferences.

Select the First page only check box if you want to print your logo on only the first page of the invoice.

Name

Bold

Select the Name check box if you want to print your company name on the invoice.

Select the Bold check box to print it in boldface.

Address

Bold

Select the Address check box if you want to print your company address on the invoice.

Select the Bold check box to print it in boldface.

Phone #

Bold

Prints a company phone number on the invoice. It uses the number in the first phone number field on the General tab of the Company Preferences window.

Select the Bold check box to print it in boldface.

Position

Select the place on the invoice where you want to print the company information.

If you select Left - window envelope, the client information prints on the invoice so it fits in the address window of a #10 window envelope.

Print project:

ID

Select the ID check box to print the project ID on the invoice along with the project name/billing description.

Bold

Select the Bold check box to print the billing description/project name in boldface.

Uppercase

Select the Uppercase check box to print the billing description/project name in all uppercase letters. If the check box is cleared, the billing description/project name prints the way you entered it when setting up the project.

Text

Select the Text check box to print header text on the invoice. It prints the way you entered it on the Company Preferences window, unless you changed it on the Project window or the Client Invoice window.

Note: If you entered header text that is longer than two full lines on the invoice, the fold line on the invoice becomes out of alignment for using the address window on the envelope.

Other positions:

Page number

Select if or where you want to print the page number.

Billing contact

Select where you want to print the billing contact.

Project scope

Select where you want to print the project scope.

The fold line is the first place the invoice is folded, which falls between the header information and the main content of the invoice. If you choose to print the project scope above the fold line, limit the project scope to two lines so the invoice fits properly in the window envelope.

Approvals:

Position

If your clients require a manager or principal to sign the invoice, you can print approval information at the end of the invoice. Select to print it on the right or left of the invoice, or not at all.

Style

Select to print a signature line or a signature block.

To the right of the Style field, type any text that you want to appear near the signature. For example, you might type Approved by. Otherwise, leave it blank.

Signer

Applies only if you selected Signature Block in the Style field. Select to print the name of the billing manager, project manager, or principal in charge, as entered in > Manage > Project Command Center> Project Info tab. You can also choose not to print a name.

Title

Applies only if you selected Signature Block in the Style field, and a signer (not Don't Print) in the Signer field.

Make a selection as follows:

Select To

From Employee

Print the title you entered when setting up information for this employee.

Text

Type the title for the employee to the right of the Title field.

Page Footer:

Left, Center, Right

Select the information that you want to print in the left, center, and right part of the page footer.

If you select Text, you can type specific text in the field to the right.

Print Overline

Select it if you want to print a line above the footer.

Invoice Total:

Bold

Select it to print the total in boldface.

Box

Select it to print a box around the total.

Underline

Select it to underline the total.

 

Print aging summary

Select it to print a receivables aging summary at the end of the invoice.

Include finance charges

If you selected to print the aging summary, select this check box to include amounts for finance charge invoices in the aging summary section of the invoice.

  1. Include any notes about the invoice format by clicking the Notes tab and typing your notes.