# Show Bundles on Invoices and Estimates > I use bundles in QuickBooks. How do I get my invoices and estimates to show them the way I want? Every bundle prints as its own line, followed by a line for each item in it. A few filters on your line item placeholders decide how those lines look: indent the items, hide the bundle's total, hide the items' prices, or leave the items off altogether. Each one is shown below with an example. ## What you need - Microsoft Word, to edit your template. - A template with a line item table, like the one in [Templates](/docs/features/templates). ## The estimate in these examples Every example on this page uses the same estimate. In QuickBooks it has one bundle, **Spring Cleanup**, made up of two items, and one regular item: | Line | What it is | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | -------------- | -------------------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | Bundle | 1 | | 375.00 | | Mulch | Item in the Spring Cleanup | 3 | 45.00 | 135.00 | | Labor | Item in the Spring Cleanup | 4 | 60.00 | 240.00 | | Haul-Away Fee | Regular item | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | The estimate's subtotal is **425.00**: the bundle's 375.00 plus the haul-away fee. The bundle's 375.00 is the total of its two items, so QuickBooks doesn't count it twice. A bundle has no rate in QuickBooks, so its rate is always blank. ## With no filters A line item row with no filters: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ------------ | ---------------- | ------------ | -------------- | | ${LINE_NAME} | ${LINE_QUANTITY} | ${LINE_RATE} | ${LINE_AMOUNT} | Prints every line as it comes from QuickBooks: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | -------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | 1 | | 375.00 | | Mulch | 3 | 45.00 | 135.00 | | Labor | 4 | 60.00 | 240.00 | | Haul-Away Fee | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | The bundle's total and its items' amounts both appear, so the amount column adds up to more than the subtotal. The filters below change that. ## Each filter ### Indent the items Add `|indent_bundle_items` to the item name, with the number of spaces to indent: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ----------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | -------------- | | ${LINE_NAME\|indent_bundle_items:4} | ${LINE_QUANTITY} | ${LINE_RATE} | ${LINE_AMOUNT} | The items in the bundle move in, so it's clear which lines belong to it: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ----------------------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | 1 | | 375.00 | |     Mulch | 3 | 45.00 | 135.00 | |     Labor | 4 | 60.00 | 240.00 | | Haul-Away Fee | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ### Hide a value on the bundle line Add `|hide_bundle_line` to any placeholder you want left blank on the bundle line. Here it's on the amount: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ------------ | ---------------- | ------------ | -------------------------------- | | ${LINE_NAME} | ${LINE_QUANTITY} | ${LINE_RATE} | ${LINE_AMOUNT\|hide_bundle_line} | The bundle line keeps its name and quantity but drops its total, so the amount column adds up to the subtotal: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | -------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | 1 | | | | Mulch | 3 | 45.00 | 135.00 | | Labor | 4 | 60.00 | 240.00 | | Haul-Away Fee | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ### Hide a value on the items Add `|hide_bundle_items` to any placeholder you want left blank on the items in a bundle. Here it's on the rate and the amount: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ------------ | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | ${LINE_NAME} | ${LINE_QUANTITY} | ${LINE_RATE\|hide_bundle_items} | ${LINE_AMOUNT\|hide_bundle_items} | The items are still listed, but only the bundle shows a price: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | -------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | 1 | | 375.00 | | Mulch | 3 | | | | Labor | 4 | | | | Haul-Away Fee | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ### Leave the items out Add `|skip_bundle_items` to one placeholder in the row. It doesn't matter which one, because it removes whole lines: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | -------------- | | ${LINE_NAME\|skip_bundle_items} | ${LINE_QUANTITY} | ${LINE_RATE} | ${LINE_AMOUNT} | Each bundle prints as one line with its total, and its items don't print at all: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | -------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | 1 | | 375.00 | | Haul-Away Fee | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | This suits a customer copy of an estimate you built in detail for your own costing. ## Putting filters together Filters work best combined. These are the two most common layouts. ### Prices on the items Indent the items and hide the bundle's total: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ----------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------ | -------------------------------- | | ${LINE_NAME\|indent_bundle_items:4} | ${LINE_QUANTITY} | ${LINE_RATE} | ${LINE_AMOUNT\|hide_bundle_line} | | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ----------------------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | 1 | | | |     Mulch | 3 | 45.00 | 135.00 | |     Labor | 4 | 60.00 | 240.00 | | Haul-Away Fee | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ### One price per bundle Indent the items and hide their prices: | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ----------------------------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | ${LINE_NAME\|indent_bundle_items:4} | ${LINE_QUANTITY} | ${LINE_RATE\|hide_bundle_items} | ${LINE_AMOUNT\|hide_bundle_items} | | Item | Quantity | Rate | Amount | | ----------------------------- | -------- | ----- | ------ | | Spring Cleanup | 1 | | 375.00 | |     Mulch | 3 | | | |     Labor | 4 | | | | Haul-Away Fee | 1 | 50.00 | 50.00 | ## Adding filters to your template 1. Open your template in Word. 2. In your line item row, type the filter after the placeholder name, inside the braces, like `${LINE_AMOUNT|hide_bundle_line}`. 3. Save the file. In **Templates**, open the template, click **Edit**, then **Replace document**. ## The bundle filters | Filter | What it does | | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `\|indent_bundle_items:4` | Adds 4 spaces in front of each item in a bundle. Use any number up to 20. | | `\|hide_bundle_line` | Leaves this placeholder blank on the bundle line. | | `\|hide_bundle_items` | Leaves this placeholder blank on each item in a bundle. | | `\|skip_bundle_items` | Leaves out each item in a bundle, so its line doesn't print at all. | Regular items, the ones not in a bundle, are never changed by these filters. ## Good to know - These filters only work on line item placeholders, the ones that start with `LINE_`. - You can use them on any line item placeholder. For example, `${LINE_DESCRIPTION|hide_bundle_items}` leaves out the items' descriptions. - An indented name that is too long for its cell wraps back to the left edge on its second line. - `${LINE_ITEMS}` builds a whole table for you and can't use filters, so it always prints every bundle line and item as they come from QuickBooks. - A template that prints one page or one label per line skips the bundle line and prints its items. - This works the same on invoices, estimates and credit memos. - If your company already had bundles when you connected QuickBooks, your starter invoice and estimate use the "Prices on the items" layout already. Without bundles on a document, they print just like any other. ## Related - [Placeholders — Filters](/docs/features/placeholders#filters) - [Templates](/docs/features/templates)