Do you need to make invoices?

If you operate a small business then you will probably need the ability to create an invoice. The most popular program out there to create invoices and to do all your accounting is QuickBooks by Intuit.

However, even for the cheap version of Quickbooks with has limited function and cannot transfer data to the advance model is a hundred dollars. So what are the alternatives?

There is several lesser priced accounting and invoicing programs on the market. However, in my experience many of these programs have limited functionality or are hard to use. So what is the small business to do who needs to save money?

This video will show you how to make invoices using Excel. Many computers already have Excel as part of the package so you have no additional cost. You may also be able to use the Microsoft Works spreadsheet that comes with some more basic computers.

The thing to remember is that it will take time the first time you use Excel to make an invoice, but then you can make a template and use that each succeeding time making easier.