Template packs dashboard shown on a laptop screen, with a hand holding a pen toward reusable pack options in a blue Quotelixa-style interface.

Templates & reuse

How to choose the right template pack

Pick the pack that is closest to the job in front of you, then load more if you need them, keep the lines that help, drop the rest, and save your own version. Export when you want a backup or a file you can work on further.

Start with the closest fit, not the perfect pack

You do not need one perfect pack on day one. You need a sensible starting point so you are not typing the same skeleton lines from scratch.

Browse by trade if the job looks like your usual trade work. Browse by workflow if the job shape matters more than the label on the van, for example service calls, installs, or quotes with lots of lines.

If two packs both look partly right, that is fine. Pick the one that gets you most of the way there first. You can bring in more later.

You do not have to choose just one pack

Quotelixa Pro does not lock you into a single pack. You can load more than one if that matches how you work.

Maybe one pack matches the overall job shape and another has lines you use every week. Use both, then tidy the result into one list that feels like yours.

Build your own setup from useful lines

The useful part of a pack is often a handful of lines, not every row the pack ships with. Pull in what helps from one pack, pull in what helps from another, and line them up the way you actually talk a customer through a quote.

Over time that becomes your own working template: the list you open because it matches the jobs you quote again and again.

Remove what you do not need

Stripping lines you never use is normal. It is not a workaround and it is not cheating the template.

If a pack throws in example lines, placeholders, or options you do not sell, delete them so the quote stays clear for you and for the customer.

Save the version that fits your work

Once the list reflects how you really quote, save it as your own version. That is the practical next step after you have combined and trimmed, not an extra chore for power users.

The goal is a setup you trust on a busy Tuesday, not a neat label you picked once in a quiet hour.

Export when you want a backup or want to work on it further

Export gives you a copy outside the day-to-day flow. Common reasons are a backup before you make big changes, a record you can file away, or a file you want to work on in bulk.

If you prefer to adjust lots of wording or numbers in a spreadsheet, you can export to CSV, work there, then bring the result back through your usual import path. No need to treat that as a technical project. It is just another way to get the list right.

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How to import a template pack

Open the template area in Quotelixa Pro, bring in the pack you want, then review what landed, remove what you do not need, edit the rest, save your version, and export a backup if you want one before bigger changes.

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How to edit a template pack

Rename lines, tweak prices and defaults, add or drop lines, and tidy groups so the pack fits repeat jobs and how you speak to customers on site.

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How to export a template pack

Save a copy of a Quotelixa Pro template pack before major edits, after creating a version that works, or when you want a backup you can keep outside your current setup.