How to Apply Credit Memo to Standard Payables Invoice - Lower liability

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Does anyone know if there is an option to apply a credit memo to a standard payables invoice and lower the liabilty without running a payment batch where they are both included?

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We want to match a standard invoice and an credit that sum to 00,00 but get the invoices in status paid. This is possible of course with running a payment batch but this seems so cumbersome. I have found this MOS How to Apply Credit Memo to Standard Payables Invoice (Doc ID 1623766.1) but this applies to the distribution and not the liabilty.

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