Customizing a table is more intuitive, informative, and restrictive, with the goal of visually aligning the designer’s version of the table with the PDF version. You will see these changes:
The last table column in the PDF file used to span the remaining available space, and there was no way of controlling it. This functionality has been removed to give you full control over the width of the last column.
You can can resize the table to be narrower than the page size.
Columns that do not fit within the width of the current page size (or table size, if less than full width) are not printed. Previously, tables could overflow and wrap, causing it to split the data into two separate “tables”. This made it hard to read and hard to associate the partial data with the item it belonged to. To keep the information readable, the table now only prints the first columns that fit. You must adjust them the way you want the information to fit. The designer table hides the excess columns accordingly.
The page displays a warning if the new width is wider than the current page width or the table width (if smaller than full width):
When clicking on Click for suggestions, an information box opens with the different actions that can be taken to adjust the table’s width:
Closing the Edit Columns popup with the warning still showing, shows the designer’s table as it would appear in the PDF file.
If the table is marked in red, it indicates there is a problem and hovering over it shows a tooltip:
To fix this, go back into Edit mode and readjust the width. The right border is now pronounced and can be dragged left or right to adjust it. To see this line, make sure the table is scrolled all the way to the right.
Column widths cannot be reduced beyond the length of the longest word in the column’s header.
Percentage being billed was removed from the stock invoice template. This was done due to only being relevant for progress invoices. You can create a template specifically for progress invoices where this column is included in the table.
Note: About the resizable grid in the Edit Columns popup, the editable grid in this popup may look a little different than the designer table due to having a column menu (the three vertical dots on the right of each column). Sometimes when shrinking a column, closing the popup, and then opening it again, it may readjust the width of its display a bit, but the actual width (as displayed in the designer) is not affected by this adjustment. Only dragging the edge of the column to resize it changes the width of the column in the designer, and subsequently in the PDF file.
