I Hate Some Software
Of the billing sort.
I was doing year-end billing Saturday, after having to Email the vendor to get the program to work, the third time it crashed. Stupid me, I quit just before ending a bill to a client. This morning, the program opened but wouldn’t do anything. I spent about an hour and a half finally getting it to print what I’d done. I then did a Word bill for the rest of what I charged.
I still have three more bills to do; and, no program, other the piece of ^%&#% that doesn’t work to create them. In comparison with legal billing software, Microsoft at its worst is a wonderful company with wonderful programs.
I was doing year-end billing Saturday, after having to Email the vendor to get the program to work, the third time it crashed. Stupid me, I quit just before ending a bill to a client. This morning, the program opened but wouldn’t do anything. I spent about an hour and a half finally getting it to print what I’d done. I then did a Word bill for the rest of what I charged.
I still have three more bills to do; and, no program, other the piece of ^%&#% that doesn’t work to create them. In comparison with legal billing software, Microsoft at its worst is a wonderful company with wonderful programs.
Tomorrow morning, I’m going to either figure out how to create an Excel billing program or just type a Word document and manually do all of the math.
4 comments:
I have used legal system billing software but it is very expensive. Quickbooks will also give you a good statement but it too is expensive. Excel is your best bet - it really shouldn't be to hard. I have created all kinds of document type forms in Excel. Word is a little harder linning up amounts - they tend to shift on you. You will need to use the colum feature. Good luck.
Microsoft isn't a bad company, I just think they peaked with Windows 3.1.
Later versions of Windows contained innovations like animated paper clips, but the basic functionality remained the same.
At the moment, QuickBooks is a steal. Staples offered it for free (after rebate) on 12/22, and it's currently running a 50% off sale ($99.99 after rebate). You can buy it online if you don't have a Staples nearby.
Not only will QuickBooks make your invoicing much easier to handle, it'll also help with your accounting. You'll probably save $100 on your tax prep fees alone, since they'll have to spend much less time sorting out your records.
I've downloaded a Microsoft template that without the financial stuff is working just fine to put out the invoices.
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