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Sales > Entering sales > Task 3: Enter the items or services you are selling
The scrolling list in the middle of the Sales window is where you enter details of what you are selling. In this area you will enter item numbers, activity ID numbers, descriptions, account numbers (or names depending on your selection in the Preferences window), and other information to describe the transaction.
One row in the scrolling list is one line item of the transaction. You can enter as many line items for a sale as you want. The fields that appear in the scrolling list differ depending on the layout you are using.
The following illustration briefly describes the line-item entries you can make for a sale with an Item layout and an Invoice status.
The quantity to be delivered.
The quantity of the item to be placed on backorder. An order for this amount will be created automatically when you click Record.
Item Number
Press Tab and select it from your item list.
If you sell this item from multiple locations, select the location where the item will be sold from.
The following illustration shows the line item entries for a sale with a Service layout and an Invoice status. These fields also appear in the Professional and Miscellaneous layouts.
Description of the goods or services being sold.
Acct# or Account Name
The account to which to allocate the sale.
The amount you are charging for this sale.
[Optional] Select a job number here to assign a line item to a job.
note : Add lines, subtotals, and headers to sales transactions
You can add lines, headers, and subtotals to invoices to make it easy to separate and subtotal different groups of line items on one invoice. For more information, see Adding and deleting transaction lines, subtotals, and headers in sales transactions.
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