Hello nancyl, 

We definitely want to help you create well-designed invoices as this helps promote your brand and present a professional image to your customer. 

At this time, the Payments/Credits field only shows the summary of all the payments and credits applied to the invoice. Another way to include the partial payments and their dates to show on the invoice is to set up a payment item. Please note that this applies to payments only; returns are an exception. 

Here's how we can set up the payment item: 

1. Go to Lists, and then choose Item List.
2. At the bottom click Item, and choose New. You can also use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+N. 
3. Choose Payment as the Type. 
4. Name this payment item. Then, choose whether you'd like to Group this payment to undeposited funds, or Deposit to an account.
5. Click OK.
   

You can then use this payment item to record a partial payment on the invoice and reduce the amount owed, too. You can put the date in the description field. 

To answer your second question, yes, we can change the font color in the body of an invoice. I've got the steps for you: 

1. Open an invoice. Then, choose the Formatting tab at the top. 
2. Click the Customize Data Layout icon. 
3. In the Additional Customization window, click the Layout Designer button.
4. Double click on the data field (Memo) you'd like to customize. 
5. In the Properties window, choose the Text tab. Then, click the color area. Pick a color, and then click OK.
6. Click OK to save your changes. 

Just in case you need a little help finding your way around, you can check out the screenshots I've added below. 

We'd love to hear more about how we can improve the customization options for invoices. Send us your feedback or ideas by going to the Help menu (right next to Window) at the top, clicking Send Feedback Online, and then choosing Product Suggestion.

Feel free to let us know if you ever need help with invoices or QuickBooks Desktop in the future─we'll be here.