[mso] Re: Billing software

Sounds more to me like you need to use Outlook's journal in conjunction with
Excel's invoices...and probably an Access database would help you organize
it all, then use Word's mail merge to send them out. 

This is where you get to see why Office is a suite, and not just a bunch of
programs thrown together.  Every one of them can be part of this process.

And, BTW, I can say the same for AVG.  It's a matter of preference and not
something I really want discussed on this list ;-)

And, my book is at my website ... You can't miss it.

Linda F. Johnson
Linda's Computer Stop
http://personal-computer-tutor.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Joel Rosenthal
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 4:50 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Re: Billing software

Well in editing, I have different rates for different projects. Some
projects have different rates for different parts. I get paid by the page,
but I could get paid per project, per hour, or per word. Sometimes chapters
are inserted or removed, causing subsequent chapters to be renumbered. Some
jobs have images billed sepatately from the text. In that case, two images
count as one page. Sometimes, depending on circumstances, rates change
during the course of a project, even for part of the project.

In court reporting, there is a transcript page rate and a daily minimum. But
I don't type the transcripts myself, and in most cases, I have to bill
before the transcript is typed. So my invoices show my page estimates and
blanks for the client to fill in the number of transcript pages. Some jobs
have multiple cases, or multiple witnesses for single cases. Even multi-day
trials have to be broken down by each day.

I bill for expenses on most court-reporting jobs (which can include mileage,
parking, tolls, meals, lodging, and occasionally, some other expenses).

In addition to billing, I need to keep track of each job--when different
parts are due, when they are finished.

What's the name of your book? If it will help me do this, I'll buy it.

Joel


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