Mac Invoicing
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- function82
any freelance mac users want to share what program they use to invoice customers?
i've always used excel to keep track of everything, but i'd love a better solution. i've also tried programs like iWork and Studiometry, but im not a big fan
- timg0
in true designer style, i use Illustrator for all my invoicing:
its painfully tedious, but my billing looks really good!
- function820
yeah, indesign would be ideal, but i really would like some automation to the process to ensure that everything is correct
- webhead0
Check out StudioBoss
I use it, works good for my purposes.
- webhead0
http://www.dennisbest.com/studio…
For some reason I guess I can't add html links. Oh well.
- welded0
Khronos is a great little free app for tracking hours. You can export everything to PDF which then plops into Illustrator if you want to dress it up.
- ********0
qucikbooks pro here
- Gorbie0
i clock more hours designing my invoices and proposals than actual client work.
- rasko40
I started using filemaker pro he other day to track hours, then all of a sudden after about 10 entries I go to put in another entry and it starts deleting previous ones.. and it fucking saves itself so I couldn't revert.. wont be using that piece of shit again... though maybe I should have read the manual.
- chimchim0
function...sorry I didn't fully read your question
>>tried iwork before
- iDp0
I use macBusiness to track jobs and invoices...and illy to produce them. It's a time consuming pain in the ass.
- function820
so what im seeing is theres no real efficient way to create invoices that look nice and are functional... weird
- iDp0
isn't it? I was going through the same problems a while back. I think your only other option would be to have invoices printed up and then tweek an excel file with no borders to fit in your spaces and print ontop of the pre printed page...make sense
- timg0
there's plenty business-oriented invoicing apps available for Mac users, the problem is we're all hyper-sensitive control-freaks when it comes to design, layout and aesthetics :P
- warheros0
why not make a template in excel? put in your hours and it'll figure everything for you ( if you knwo the equations )
- DutchBoy0
haha, i use indesign for my invoices as well!
:P
- ********0
use quickbooks pro, print on your letterhead-- it's not that bad-- you use your own type, etc.
- function820
i am using excel, the problem is, in the past, my invoices have been ugly, because i havnt had time to update them, now i tried to import some graphics in, and they all print out terrible, 72dpi, and i cant find a format that will import into excel and print out nicely, even the 'export to microsft office' option in illustrator yeilds terrible results, and i have no idea why
- DutchBoy0
function82, i had the same problem over and over again. Apparently M$ office only supports 72dpi clipart trash..
just give up. like i did.
- function820
strange, because if i import one of their lame clip art items into excel, its fine, just nothing i make works... frustrating...
if any of the invoicing programs were made well i'd use them. studio boss is pretty nice looking, but it exports to word when you go to make invoices, and seems needlessly complex
i have a really simple system that works great for me, except that the invoices are ass ugly... and that bugs me