Display Options on Progress Invoice from Estimate

Hello there, @pandregg.

Allow me to share some details about the items from the estimate that wasn't included on the progress invoice.

When creating a progress invoice transaction, all of the items from the estimate will automatically show even if the quantity is zero. However, by the time you're going to send this to your customers or print it out, those zero-quantity items will not show.

You may delete those line items manually so that they will not display on the invoice page since the option to take out the items with zero quantity is unavailable. 

I've added a screenshot to see how it looks like when you're going to print or send the invoice to your customer:

I've added an article for your future tasks about putting your customers' payments to Undeposited Funds: Deposit payments into the Undeposited Funds account in QuickBooks Desktop.

Please don't' hesitate to let me know in the comment section if you have other questions. I'd be happy to answer them for you. Wishing your business more sales to come!

Thank you for your reply.  The short answer is that if I don't want to see them I have to manually delete them.  There's not a setting I can select so they don't move from estimate to invoice.  That's fine.  I knew that zero items don't print.  I wanted to know if there was a check box that I couldn't find on some preference setting.  All good.  

Is there a way to get the 0 lines on a progress invoice to print on the invoice? 

Yes, there's a way, @Jim Walsh. I'll gladly show you how.

Let's go to the Preferences window and turn off the Don't print items with zero amounts when converting to invoice option so you can get the 0 lines on a progress invoice to print on your invoice transaction in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

To do this, here's how: 

1. Go to the Edit menu at the top, then choose Preferences.
2. Select Sales & Customers, then choose Company Preferences.
3. Remove the check mark for the Don't print items with zero amounts when converting to Invoice option.
4. Click OK. 

Here's a screenshot to see what it looks like after performing the steps above:

You Can read this article to learn more about using progress invoicing in QBDT: Send progress invoices in QuickBooks Desktop.

Also, you may want to check out this article as your reference to guide you through the different ways you can track customer transactions in QBDT: Customer transaction workflows in QuickBooks Desktop.

Let me know if you have other concerns about progress invoicing or questions about managing sales transactions in QBDT. I'm always ready to help. Take care, and have a great day, @Jim Walsh.