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I get its an accounting program and not a design program, but good lord the layout designer is from 1991!
How on Earth can I remove the grid lines in the layout designer for an invoice. I'm not talking about the snap-grid, I mean the table that displays each invoice line item. There doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of the border lines on the table.
Also - can I just remove the header row completely from the table? I tried deleting the text from the header columns and unchecking the "fill color"box, thinking that would do it, but nope, it just puts an empty grey box over it in print preview (but its correct in the layout designer).
Again, I get its not Photoshop, but serious, this is basic customization for my invoices.
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try
menu file>printer set up
select invoice, bottom left check mark to not print lines around fields
use print preview to see how it looks
try
menu file>printer set up
select invoice, bottom left check mark to not print lines around fields
use print preview to see how it looks
You can remove All of the lines, using Layout designer.
Look at the "Attorney's" and the "Fixed Fee" invoice templates, to see how much this can vary.
Take a look at my attachment, which is an Estimate Template from QB, but it looks like a Letter.
"I mean the table that displays each invoice line item. There doesn't seem to be any way to get rid of the border lines on the table."
Click in the area in question, then click on the Properties button. Here are fonts, borders, etc.
"Also - can I just remove the header row completely from the table? I tried deleting the text from the header columns and unchecking the "fill color"box, thinking that would do it, but nope, it just puts an empty grey box over it in print preview (but its correct in the layout designer)."
You can remove the Text (label) and the formatting, and squeeze the "reserved" space to 1/16" by using the smallest resolution Snap To grid, and customers won't know you didn't "start at the top of line 1."
You will still see the pale Gray in layout designer = the Field Borders, not Printing borders. That is for your reference, to avoid positioning overlapping stuff, or to allow you to position them overlapping, if that is what you want. Intuit has overlapping elements in the templates, already.
In my class, I show that we should look at what our customer will see. Is there a reason you want to Hide so much meaningful info from them? Did you know there are formats for printing on Preprinted forms? There also is a gallery available.
"Again, I get its not Photoshop, but serious, this is basic customization for my invoices."
You have so much control here, I don't understand the issue. You can even bring in Adobe Pro .des files.
Please see my attachment.
the printed invoice doesn't show all the blocks drawn around the items but email version has blocks drawn all over and NO Borders is applied
solution works great in print but I'm emailing the template has blocks all over it
I appreciate for following this thread, 2cureat.
It's good to hear that it works in printing, and it would be even greater if it also does when emailing templates. However, the option to get rid of the blocks is unavailable.
I recommend sending feedback to our product developers to let them know how this option would improve your QuickBooks experience. This way, they can review your suggestion and might add it to their future product updates. Here's how:
You can check the status of your request by checking this link: Customer Online Customer Feedback.
In addition, you can refer to the following articles to add details to your invoices, modify the form template, and resolve any customization issues:
Let me know if you have other concerns or questions. We're always here to help.
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