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Introduction to Quotation Documents

The 'Documents' routine allows you to print particular documents or Forms in batches. You can print Quotation documents from the Contact module. To begin printing documents, use the [Module] button in the Master Control panel to ensure you are in the Contact module and then click the [Documents] button, also in the Master Control panel. You can also use the Ctrl-D (Windows)/⌘-D (Mac OS X) key combination. A list of the documents that you can print from the Contact module will appear. Then, double-click the item in the list that you need. A specification window will then appear, where you can decide the Quotations that you want to be printed. Click [Run] to print the documents.

You can often print documents for a selection range, such as a range of Quotations. To do this, enter the lowest and highest values of the range, separated by a colon. For example, to print Quotations 001 to 010, enter "001:010" in the Quotation Number field. Depending on the field, the sort used might be alpha or numeric. In the case of an alpha sort, a range of 1:2 would also include 100, 10109, etc.

To determine the Form that will be used when you print the document, follow this procedure:

  1. Design a Form using the Form register in the System module. This process is fully described here. A file containing samples of each Form is supplied with Standard CRM, and will have been imported to your database if you chose the option to start with standard settings when you created it (as described here).

  2. Change to the Contact module and open the 'Documents' list window by clicking the [Documents] button in the Master Control panel or using the Ctrl-D (Windows)/⌘-D (Mac OS X) key combination.

  3. Highlight 'Quotations' in the list and select 'Define Document' from the Operations menu. In the subsequent window, assign a Form (or more than one Form) to the document: this window is fully described here. For example, the document can be printed using different Forms determined perhaps by the Number Series of the Quotation.

  4. You only need use the 'Define Document' function once. Afterwards, Form selection will be automatic.
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