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Working with Odoo 11 - Third Edition

By : Greg Moss
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Working with Odoo 11 - Third Edition

By: Greg Moss

Overview of this book

Odoo is an all-in-one management software that offers an array of business applications, forming a complete suite of enterprise management applications. Odoo 11 comes with advances on usability, speed, and design. Working with Odoo 11 starts with how to set up Odoo, both online and on your own server. You’ll then configure the basic company settings required to quickly get your first Odoo system up and running. Later, you’ll explore customer relationship management in Odoo and its importance in a modern business environment. You'll then dive into purchasing applications with Odoo, learn some of the primary functionalities of ERP systems for manufacturing operations, and use analytic accounting to provide better reporting. After that, you'll learn how to work with Odoo for mobile, and finally, you will walk through the recent Odoo 11 features with respect to the community and enterprise edition, giving you a complete understanding of what Odoo can do for your business.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)

Company report configuration

When Odoo is first installed, you are presented with a default template that will appear on many of the standard reports. Even if you don't plan to make a lot of major changes to the standard reports in Odoo, it is very likely that you will want to modify the headers and footers and other parts of your report template to be more unique to your company.

To begin editing Odoo headers and footers, it is best if you log in as an Odoo administrator. Furthermore, to access all of the report settings and configurations, you will need to go into Developer Mode, as described in Chapter 13, Customizing Odoo for Your Business. This is accomplished by going to the Settings menu and then clicking on the Activate Developer Mode link on the right-hand side of the form.

Once you have Developer Mode turned on, navigate to the Settings menu and click General Settings...