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Why is my logo not showing on the PDF?

Work through the usual causes: the wrong design, the wrong language, the Logo block switched off, Use default on, no logo uploaded, or Show text left on.

Updated 3 min read

A logo missing from the PDF is nearly always a question of which design the document is using, or of the logo settings inside that design. Work through these in order.

1. Check which design the document is using

First confirm the document is using the document design you think it is. Open the document, click Settings in the editor’s header, and check the Document design chosen there — that is the design the PDF is built from.

2. Open that design

Go to Settings → Documents → Document designs and open the design from its row’s ⋮ → Open. Match its Name in the list to the one selected on the document. It is easy to edit one design and preview another.

3. Cannot find the design in the list? Check the language

Document designs are held per language. If the design is not in the list, you are probably looking at a different language — use the language selector at the top of the list, and pick the same language as the one selected on the document. A language you have never set up shows No document design found.

4. Check the Logo block is switched on

The logo is a block, and a block can be turned off. In the design’s Blocks tab, look at Logo at the top of the list — its switch has to be on.

The Blocks tab of the Invoice Office document design editor with the Logo row outlined in red, its switch on, at the top of the list of blocks

While you are there, the Page tab has Show header and logo on every page — worth switching on if the logo only appears on page one.

5. Check the logo itself

Click the logo on the page, or the gear icon next to Logo, and open the Content tab:

  • Logo image — upload your file here. If nothing is uploaded, there is no logo to print.
  • Logo position — Left, Center or Right.
  • Logo size — drag the slider up if the logo is there but too small to notice.

See Upload logo and background image for the upload itself.

6. Check whether “Show text” is switched on

Show text at the top of that same tab prints a Logo text instead of the logo image. If it is on, that is what you get. Switch it off when you want the logo image to show.

The Logo settings in the Invoice Office document design editor with the Show text switch outlined in red above the uploaded Northwind Studio logo, Logo position and Logo size

7. Check Use default

On an invoice, quote or other design, the Logo panel can have Use default at the top. While it is on, the design shows the logo of your base Document design — so a logo uploaded or removed there is what you get. Switch Use default off to give this design its own logo. In the basic editor, the Use default design switch at the top of the Settings tab does the same for the whole design.

8. Preview the document

Use Preview in the middle of the editor’s toolbar, then preview the document itself — your uploaded logo should now be visible in the PDF.

Still nothing?

If the customer has their own design assigned, that one is used instead of your default — check the logo on that design too, see Choose a design template per customer.

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