Service Invoice Template is an Excel workbook file which provides an easy to use, neat and simple invoice form for small businesses who provides service to their clients and don't have a need to ship physical products. The invoice format in this Service Invoice Template is for intended for general use, i.e. it is suitable for consultants, advisers, solicitors and many other small businesses.

# Excel-based

The service invoice template is provided in an Excel workbook file format, supporting all Microsoft Excel versions starting from Excel 2000. Microsoft Excel is well known as a powerful spreadsheet program, supporting many features which you can use to customize the template. For example, you can use formulas to calculate new values from one or more existing cells/values, use the Format Cells dialog box to set colors, fonts, background/patterns, borders, locking/unlocking cells, alignments, etc. If you have ever used Excel, you already knew Excel is surely a good choice for an invoice template. If you already have Microsoft Excel installed, why invest again for an expensive invoice software program/accounting system, while an easy invoice template is enough for your current small business?

# What you see is what you get

Since the service invoice template is Excel-based, you get exactly what you see on your screen when you print invoices. The interface you see when opening the invoice template is intuitive enough that you know what to fill into each cell to get your final invoice, which means no extra you should spend to learn a unfamiliar invoice software program.

# Basic customizations

Before creating invoices, there are basic customizations you need to do to fit your business requirements. The first step is to unprotect the spreadsheet. The second step is to enter your own company information, including company name, address, city and state zip, and optionally a LOGO image. Finally, protect the sheet again. See inline instructions for details.