{"id":9419,"date":"2026-01-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9419"},"modified":"2025-09-09T11:41:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:41:20","password":"","slug":"19-how-to-edit-the-templates-for-donation-receipts","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-how-to-edit-the-templates-for-donation-receipts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to edit the templates for donation receipts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Depending on the legal form of your church or which federal state you are located in, the specifications for the appearance of the donation receipts or collective receipts may vary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In ChurchTools you have the possibility to change the template for the donation receipts. Either by editing the existing template or by saving a new template of your own in ChurchTools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Download and upload the template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started, you can download our template in the <em><strong>Preview<\/strong><\/em> (1) section and upload it back into ChurchTools in the same place (2) after you have adapted it to your specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-354.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-354.png 940w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-354-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-354-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/image-354-360x167.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Customise the template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The templates are based on HTML and are therefore best edited in a text-only editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Windows: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heise.de\/download\/product\/notepad-26659\">Notepad++<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mac: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barebones.com\/products\/bbedit\/download.html\">BBEdit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use various placeholders to adapt the template. We have compiled a small overview for you <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-placeholders-for-donation-receipts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9433\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to use images, e.g. logos or signatures, you can find our explanation <a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-how-to-insert-pictures-in-donation-receipts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9426\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">Our <a href=\"https:\/\/contact.church.tools\/help\">support team<\/a> will be happy to help you if you have difficulties creating a template according to your specifications.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-artikel-zum-weiterlesen has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-89fd719a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:8px;background-color:#f9fafb;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:24px;padding-top:32px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:32px;padding-left:24px\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Read more<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-how-to-create-donation-receipts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9417\">How to create donation receipts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-placeholders-for-donation-receipts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9433\">Placeholders for donation receipts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/donations\/19-how-to-insert-pictures-in-donation-receipts\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"9426\">How to insert pictures in donation receipts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depending on the legal form of your church or which federal state you are located in, the specifications for the appearance of the donation receipts or collective receipts may vary. 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