| Do you like to save time? Do you like to have your | | | | few hours. There is no need to print labels and then |
| phone ringing with customers calling? Of course, who | | | | have to stick them on your mailer. |
| doesn't want these things? | | | | Another use for the spreadsheet is to do job costing. |
| Just as you have to spend money in order to make | | | | You can keep track of your painter's hours and |
| money. You need to spend time to learn to save time. | | | | compare those hours to the hours you used to |
| Spend a little time to learn how to use Excel and you | | | | calculate the estimate for the job. Enter the painter's |
| will save time and have more customers. Excel can | | | | names in the first column, you can then enter to rooms |
| be an unpaid personal assistant. | | | | or job names in the first row. Then in each column |
| Some of the things that I use the Excel Spreadsheet | | | | under the room name put the hours or you can break |
| for are to calculate square footages, lineal footages | | | | it down further, putting the separate items like walls |
| and total them instantly without errors. Even if the list is | | | | and molding/trim and keep track of the hours spent |
| 25 items long, it will calculate the totals, without error in | | | | doing individual items. |
| seconds. I use it for calculating square footages from | | | | Of course there is always the profit and loss |
| the length and width of the room. I can take a list of | | | | statement or spreadsheet with all expenses, which |
| rooms and add their dimensions, hit enter and the | | | | you give to the accountant. Using the spreadsheet to |
| calculations are done for ceiling square footage, wall | | | | keep track of company expenses is a good use, and |
| square footages, moldings, including baseboards, crown | | | | again you can use the "AutoSum" feature to keep |
| and chair railing. I can even make an additional factor | | | | totals. One nice thing about Excel is that if you change |
| for high time difficulty, or any other factor that can | | | | a figure in the column or row that you are totaling, the |
| influence the job. | | | | "AutoSum" will automatically adjust the total to reflect |
| The second big use of the Excel Spreadsheet is my | | | | the new figure. |
| direct mail campaign. I use the spreadsheet along with | | | | So whatever uses you find for this program, you will |
| MsWord to create a mail merge, the two programs | | | | find that it saves time and energy to do these |
| work together to print addresses directly on flyers, | | | | repetitious jobs. And it will do things like adding or |
| post cards or envelopes. I can print 10,000 names in a | | | | multiplying correctly and with ease. |