How to partial invoice for a deposit

Open the job you wish to invoice a deposit for.
Click Quotes & Invoicing
Click the arrow next to Produce Invoice
Click New Partial Invoice
Click Add Material/Service
Add Deposit Item
Click Confirm Invoice
A new completed job will be created with the original job number followed by a alphabetical character.
The original job will have a negative partial invoice item added.

If you want an easy, automatic way to collect pre-payment upon quote acceptance, check out Deposits with ServiceM8 Pay. This article will show how to create a partial invoice for the deposit on a job using the Partial/Progress Invoice add-on.