How to set your Document / Invoice numbers

How to set your Document / Invoice numbers

How to set your document numbers for orders, quotes, invoices, credit notes etc.

(Guide for Pastel Partner 14, but older versions will loosely follow the same method).


  • Go to 'Setup > Company Parameters'.


  • Now go in the 'Settings' tab and you can modify the document numbers here.


  • If you want each user to have their own set of document numbers, then tick the option for 'Separate Set of Numbers for Each User'
  • Now you can set the individual numbers for customer documents and supplier documents.
  • For customers, go to 'Setup > Customers > Documents'


  • Now you can scroll through each tab, select the relevant user and enter your own document numbers.


  • For suppliers, you go to 'Setup > Suppliers > Documents'.














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