Previewing and Saving an Invoice
- Click on “Sales” from the main menu.
- Click on “Create Invoice”.
- Fill in the invoice information and items as required.
- For more details on how to create a new invoice, refer to the “Creating a Sales Invoice” guide.
- After setting up the invoice data, you can take one of the following actions:
- Preview: The printed format of the invoice is displayed for reviewing the data before final saving.
- Click on the arrow next to the “Preview” button to display the different preview options, as you can choose from:
- Web Preview: Display the invoice in HTML format supported directly by browsers.
- PDF Preview: Display the invoice in a PDF file format.
- Click on the arrow next to the “Preview” button to display the different preview options, as you can choose from:
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- Within the preview screen, you can click on:
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- Edit: Return to the invoice creation page to edit the data.
- Save: Save the invoice on the system.
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- Save as Draft: The invoice is saved to the system but does not affect any financial accounts or balances.
- Note: You can later return to the invoice, review it, and then click the “Issue Invoice” button to save it permanently and then affect the accounts and balances in the system.
- Save Invoice: The invoice is saved permanently and affects the balances and accounts in the system, and you can choose from different actions to save the invoice:
- Save & Send Email: Save the invoice and send it to the client via email.
- Save & Don’t Email: Save the invoice, but do not send it to the customer.
- Send With Revised Email: Save the invoice and go to the email template editing page to adjust the text or any other data before sending.
- Note: The actions can be changed from “Save & Send Email” and “Save & Don’t Email” to “Save & Print” and “Save & Don’t Print” by changing the invoicing method from “Send via Email” to “Print (Offline)” at the top of the page.