Guide/Brand & Documents

Watermarks on draft documents

A quote is not an invoice, and the document makes that obvious. Every quote PDF carries a large, diagonal QUOTATION watermark across the page — so a customer (or their bookkeeper) can never mistake a quote for a bill that’s due.

Where it appears

  • On quote PDFs — a light-grey “QUOTATION” set at 45° across the page.
  • It’s subtle enough to read the quote through, but unmistakable at a glance.
  • Invoices have no watermark — the absence is itself the signal that this one is payable.
It’s automatic. There’s nothing to switch on. Quotes get the watermark, invoices don’t — so a document’s type is never ambiguous, which keeps your paperwork clean and avoids the “I thought this was just a quote” conversation.

When a quote becomes an invoice

Convert a quote and the resulting invoice is a fresh document with no watermark, its own number, and payment terms. See Convert a quote to an invoice and Customise invoice PDFs.