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Time Tool
Description
At its most basic use, Time Tool acts as a time clock; you may punch in and punch out as you begin and end sessions of work on a job. If you have multiple projects to bill time toward, you may punch in and out toward specific projects. Once your job is complete, Time Tool will generate a nicely formatted invoice, print it, and save it for you. Within Time Tool lies a powerful relational database engine that keeps track of all your jobs, time assigned to these jobs, and your clients. You may use it as a client database for quick lookup of your clients addresses and phone numbers, and since it is a relational database, youll never have to enter the same data twice. You are given complete access to the underlying data. If you forgot to punch in or punch out, dont worry -- its easy to go in and add, delete, or modify any session of time you wish on any job. Time Tool has embedded within it the power of a full-featured word processor. This means that you can use a full range of text formatting options and pictures as you design your invoices and your companys logo. You may design your logo for invoices within Time Tool, or just paste in an existing graphic. Time Tool also allows you to keep notes on each client as you work. If a client calls with a change to the job, just switch back to Time Tool, click on the notepad icon, and enter the notes right there. You may later retrieve these notes under the clients name. If you have questions you need to ask the client, this is also a great way to keep track of them.
Time Tool is a flexible and simple tool for creating invoices. You may create an invoice automatically filled in with your companys logo, clients address, and the billable hours for a job that you have tracked using Time Tool. You are completely free to modify this invoice however you wish; change your logo, add new item lines for travel or materials, modify the time youre billing for, whatever you need to do. You can even create a blank invoice and fill it in from scratch, if you need to bill for a project you didnt track through Time Tool. Time Tool can also be used to keep a record of when an invoice was paid and when it was printed.
Time Tool also allows you to export your invoices to text files for easy emailing to clients. All of Time Tools internal data may be exported as you wish, in order to provide detailed time reports to your clients upon demand or to integrate with other applications.
Monthly TIMESHEETS may also be generated for specified clients (or all clients) at any time for any month, itemizing the time you spent each day on each project. Timesheets, like invoices, may be printed, exported to a text file, or sent directly to your client as an email.
While Time Tool is a very powerful utility, its power is belied by its simple interface. To get started, just hit a big friendly punch in button and Time Tool will walk you through everything you need to do.
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