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Product Estimating
Categories Bill Import Describe
Created by Ian Badhams
Created on Dec 12, 2022

Allow formatted text/colour text and strikethrough to be part of bill description & imported as such

We find that a lot of the bills I receive from my Clients come in Excel and the text formats contain a few things which Estimating cannot handle. For instance, bold text / coloured text / strikethrough text to part of a description. Examples below:

  • 2nr 16 diameter reinforcement bars at 200 250 centres

  • 2nr 16 diameter reinforcement bars at 200 250 centres

  • 2nr 16 diameter reinforcement bars at 200 250 centres

All 3 of the above lines would be imported into Estimating and look like the below, which would give it a totally different meaning:

  • 2nr 16 diameter reinforcement bars at 200 250 centres

Do you have any plans to bring more functionality to font formats in Estimating? It would be really helpful, as the strikethrough in particular can cause hours of extra time when importing if the Clients bill contains a lot of strikethrough.

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