How much to charge?

Suppose you have to translate a table which is in pdf format into a word document. You cannot convert the pdf into doc file(either permission is not given to you or you dont have the necessary software), then you need to handle word entries from large number of cells manually, this could be very very time consuming. For a table contaietg 20 columns and 15 rows there are 300 cells. Consider the time required to do this. If you charge your usual rates for this job then you are a loser. So the strategy could be to charge separately for PDF, JPG or other non-editable files. You can charge per word rate enhanced by a certain percentage between 15% to 30%. Or you can charge an extra amount for the formatting. You can charge an amount for the whole text or a charge per page. These are tentaive figures, but you can always calculate the extra time required for formatting and charge an amount to compensate that. Do visit my blog for the next post on this subject. Ostom PS. you can send your comments to me at gdc @ getdirectclient dot com Remove all the spaces and place (.) in place of dot without the brackets __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com