How do I handle a partial payment?

To handle a partial payment:

Download and accept the payment for this invoice into the checking (Cheque in Canada), credit card, or savings account you use for this business.
If necessary, in the Category field, select the account that you use to track the customer's invoices payments and invoices. You may need to click the Transfer tab on the left to see the available accounts.
Open the account that you use to track this customer's payments and invoices.
Select the payment transaction, and then double-click the word --Form-- in the Category field.
In the Outstanding Invoices area, select the invoice this partial payment applies to.
Enter the amount of the payment.
Click Enter. Quicken applies the payment to the invoice and keeps track of how much the customer still owes.

To enter this partial payment manually

Open the account that you use to track this customer's payments and invoices.
Click
(the Account Actions icon), and then choose New Customer Payment.
In the Customer Payment form, enter the customer name.

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Quicken displays any outstanding invoices from this customer at the bottom of the form.
In the Outstanding Invoices area, select the invoice this partial payment applies to.
Enter the amount of the payment.
Click Enter. Quicken applies the payment to the invoice and keeps track of how much the customer still owes.

Note for our Canadian Customers

The following terms will be different in the Canadian releases of Quicken.

Canada: "Cheque" / United States: "Check"
Canada: "Colour" / United States: "Color"
Canada: "Centre" / United States: "Center"
Canada: "Realise" / United States: "Realize"
Canada: "Behaviour" / United States: "Behavior"
Canada: "Analyse" / United States: "Analyze"

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