Dreaded invoice pdf

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Hello All,

My pdf invoices have too much spacing and logo is not displaying. I have tried overrides (as supplied by the forum) and have exhausted all google searches to no avail. What i'd like is information on eliminating or minimizing the spacing, and/or information on creating a pdf in the invoice tab. All I seem to be able to do is the header and footer (which also do not display). Additionally, when I view invoices in the backend, using the "invoice" button, all of the invoices appear differently. Can someone help?

VM 2.6.2
Joomla 2.5.17

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