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You can use estimate work orders to record estimates of the labor and materials required for a job and to track actual consumption against the estimates. You can also use them to generate an invoice for a customer, provided that the Ownership and Depreciation tab on the Data -> Equipment Units -> Fleet Equipment screen identifies the equipment unit on the work order as a customer unit. The system treats all labor, parts, and commercial charges posted during the times when the order is an estimate as estimates or billing charges; they have no effect on employee labor records, parts inventory, or actual charges. When you type a work order ID of estimate status in a Work order ID field on an the software screen, EST displays next to the number.