About Estimates

An estimate is an approximate calculation of a project's cost and time requirements. The Estimate Slips tab shows the slips that you've created to guess the time and cost of a project; these slips correspond to single line items on an estimate.

Billings creates high-quality PDF estimates that you can deliver to clients electronically, or by printing and sending by mail or fax. Although you can save a copy of an estimate anywhere, Billings always keeps a copy of the PDF accessible from the Links tab of the project window.

Estimates are automatically numbered, according to a format you can set up in the Numbering pane of Billings Preferences. As with invoices, you can customize the look and content of your estimates. Billings comes with several styles, which you can easily modify, or you can design a template of your own.

See also

Sending an estimate

Customizing estimates

Designing an estimate or invoice