## Numbering Documents

All financial documents in Parallels Business Automation - Standard, together with the database ID get a reference number.

You can configure documents reference numbers in accordance with your accounting requirements (set the starting number and assign both specific suffixes and prefixed to each document type.

To set documents numbering:

1. Open the Billing Director submenu and select Settings.
2. Click Documents Numbering on the Settings submenu. The current document numbering settings appear on the screen.
3. Click the Edit button.
4. Adjust documents numbering for each type of documents (invoices, orders, payments, adjustments, payment requests). Enter the new numbering settings into the relevant fields under a document type title, a new setting will be applied after you save changes to all new documents of a given type:
   1. Type a new starting reference number into the New start number field.
   2. Enter the reference number prefix into the Prefix field.
   3. Type the reference number suffix into the Suffix field.
5. To save changes, click the Update button, to skip changes, click the Cancel button.

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