I was entering a few sales invoices from the same client so was go through the motions of creating an invoice - then copy invoice to default most of the data,
But I somehow ended up with two duplicate invoices - here’s how it happens.
from the view all sales screen
select “view” and invoice
select “more options” / Make a copy
Then don’t save the new “copied” invoice - use the back arrow or quit altogether - the invoice is saved regardless. Of course, you can delete the invoice - but you also lose the next invoice number incremental counter too.
The “make a copy” process does just that - it creates a new invoice that’s is a copy of the source one. As a convenience to the user it immediately sends you to the editing page to allow you to modify the details of the invoice it has created, but this is editing an existing invoice rather than providing details that will subsequently be used to create a new one.
HI Ian. Thanks - that makes sense…but I guess we don’t know that until we’ve made the error. Normally when working on a “copy” - for example in word any any package, you still have to hit ‘save’ we don’t assume a copied document is saved before you even get to edit it. It’s a small point - but I get it and will know from now on. Thanks.
You can just leave this invoice in the system and then edit it later to keep the numbering intact. Done this on more than one occasion myself for various reasons!