Free business document generators

Which document do I need?

A quotation

Before the work. A fixed price you are offering, with a date it expires. Once the customer accepts it within that window, that is usually the price.

An invoice

After the work, to ask for payment. Needs a unique number, the date, both parties’ details and the amount due.

A receipt

After the money arrives, to confirm it did. Sending one by mistake tells your customer they have already paid, so keep the two apart.

A payslip

For an employee, each pay period. Shows gross pay, every deduction itemised, and the net figure that reaches their account.

Applying for a job?

A resume, or CV

One column, plain text, no sidebar. Most applications are read by software before a person sees them, and the two-column templates with icons are exactly the ones applicant tracking systems garble.

A cover letter

One page, three or four paragraphs. Its job is to say why this role and why you — the CV already lists what you did.

Introducing yourself

A business card

85 × 55 mm, the size every print shop expects. The PDF comes out at exactly that size rather than as a picture of a card sitting on a sheet of A4.

An email signature

Built as a table with inline styles, which looks dated and is the only thing that renders correctly in Outlook — it draws mail with Word’s engine, not a browser’s.