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If your invoices from QuickBooks® Pro Desktop 2021 print in landscape and you want portrait (or the other way round), the orientation can be set in three places: on the invoice itself, on the invoice template, or in your Windows printer settings. Here is how our team does it.
Option 1: Set the orientation for a single invoice
- Open the Customers menu and go to the Customer Center.
- Find and open the invoice you want to print.
- On the Formatting tab, click Customize Data Layout.
- Switch to the Print tab.
- Choose Use specified printer settings below for this Invoice.
- Under Orientation, pick Portrait.
- Click OK to save the change.
Option 2: Set the orientation on the invoice template
If you print through an invoice template, change the template so every invoice that uses it follows the same layout:
- With your company file open, go to the Lists menu.
- Choose Templates.
- Select the template you print with, then click the Templates button at the bottom of the window.
- Choose Edit Template.
- In the Basic Customization window, click Additional Customization.
- Open the Print tab.
- Choose Use specified printer settings below for this invoice.
- Under Orientation, pick Portrait.
- Click OK.
Keep in mind that QuickBooks Desktop remembers the printer settings you used most recently. If you switch the printer to landscape for one document, other reports and forms may keep printing that way until you change it back.
Option 3: Change the default in your printer settings
- Open the Windows Control Panel and go to Devices and Printers.
- Right-click your printer.
- Open its printing preferences.
- Next to Layout (or Orientation), choose Portrait and set it as the default.
- Save the setting.
If you still can't print, email or save invoices as PDF from QuickBooks Desktop, our team can help you troubleshoot. Penieltech is an independent provider; Intuit's own help for QuickBooks is available at quickbooks.intuit.com.
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