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From Carmen===
Dear Webby,
I heard that word processors now can save files so that
they can be uploaded to the Internet and I want to try that
for our invoices. Which one is best for that?
Carmen

Dear Carmen
None of them.
For invoices use a spreadsheet.
You can do calculations in a word processor table, but that
is a klutzy and time consuming way to do it when compared
to using a spreadsheet.

Most spreadsheet programs let you save a page in HTML
format, ready to upload. Some, like Quattro, produce
surprisingly clean HTML, quite unlike the sick mess that
you get when you save MS WORD as HTML.

Thanks to the three-dimensional nature of modern
spreadsheets, you can stack them, for example one per
month for a client, and then drill down through the stack
to total all the billing amounts on an annual sheet, and add
a nice graph there.

That may sound silly and cutesy, but it is an extremely
valuable tool. A graph not only instantly alerts you to
anything missed or miscalculated, it shows the trends.

Have FUN
Dear Webby