Document headers

Gestan offers several formats for orders, quotations and invoices (only the ‘Gestan Original’ header is available in the Standard version).

The default header is defined in the options_individualisables general settings.

It is also possible to set a different header for each document, as required, via the individual settings for each document.

Here is an invoice with the standard “Gestan Original” header.

The field 1 displays the customer’s address: their home address if they are a private individual, or their business address if they are a company. If a different billing address is specified, this will be entered by default. In any case, you can change it manually.

If you use this type of header, your company’s contact details may need to be included in the “half-page” logo image of the half-page logo.

This header is suitable for international documents or bank transfer payments; it displays your IBAN and BIC details as configured via your business bank account settings.

If you use this type of header, your company’s details may need to be incorporated into the “half-page” logo image in the logos half-page logo.

In these letterheads, two addresses are printed: the billing address on the right-hand side and the contact address on the left-hand side for the 2AdrC letterhead, or the delivery address for the 2AdrL header, or the third-party delivery address for the 2AdrT header, or even another address for the 2AdrA header.

In France, if the delivery address differs from the billing address, it is mandatory to include both (Article Article L441-9 of the Commercial Code).

The customer’s address is printed on the left, whilst the address details entered at document level appear on the right.

The 2AdrC header type is particularly useful when you are invoicing for work carried out on behalf of third parties. For example, you may be invoicing the property manager of a block of flats for work carried out in one of the flats in the block. With 2AdrC, you can invoice the contact who occupies the flat in question, specifying the property manager’s address as the billing address for that contact. This information will enable the property manager to identify which flat is involved in the work you are invoicing them for.

In this header, the field 1 shows the customer’s default delivery address (to use a different delivery address, you must use the header ‘Gestan 2AdrA’), whilst the field 2 indicates the billing address.

Using this header allows you to reference a “Third Party” contact, in addition to the contact to whom the delivery is linked.

The left-hand address indicates for the third-party contact :

• their delivery address, if provided
• their usual address, if the delivery address is not provided.

The address on the right shows the billing address of the contact linked to the invoice.

The 2AdrT header type is particularly useful when you are invoicing for work carried out on behalf of third parties. For example, you might invoice the property manager of a block of flats for work carried out in one of the flats in the block. With 2AdrT, you can invoice the property manager whilst displaying the address of the third party concerned (the contact who occupies the flat). This information will enable the property manager to identify which flat is involved in the work you are invoicing them for.

In this header, the address on the left indicates one of the client’s addresses that you have selected as the “site address”, with the address type indicated above it, whilst the address on the right is the billing address.

This can be used, for example, to specify the address of the relevant building when invoicing a property manager, or the site address when invoicing for work carried out at several locations simultaneously.

If you would like a layout that is completely different from those offered as standard by Gestan, you can have a fully customised layout developed.

These developments can be carried out by the team at Gestan, or by any partner at Gestan with the ‘Development’ qualification.

The cost of developing a specific report ranges from 0.5 to 2 man-days (the price per man-day varies between 400 and 800 euros).

You can find some examples on this page.

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