LaTeX-Offer

A modular LaTeX template for creating clean, professional service quotes and offers — the kind you send to a client for freelance or consulting work. Change a handful of variables in one config file and get a polished, two-page PDF: a cover letter and an itemised offer with positions, subtotals, and a VAT summary.

Built out of the recurring need to send tidy, consistent offers without wrestling with a word processor every time.

Features

• Single source of truth — all your data (sender, client, bank details, hourly rate, offer ID) lives in config.tex. Edit once, no digging through the document.
• Two-page layout — a formal cover letter followed by a detailed offer sheet.
• Itemised positions — group line items into positions with automatic subtotals.
• VAT summary — net / VAT / gross totals in a clean summary table.
• Automatic footer — contact and banking details plus Page X of Y, generated in structure.tex.
• One-command build on Windows via make.ps1 — compiles, cleans up build artifacts, and opens the PDF.
• Portable — compiles with any LaTeX toolchain (Libertine font, A4 geometry, hyperref, fancyhdr).

Requirements

• A TeX distribution — e.g. MiKTeX (Windows), TeX Live (cross-platform), or MacTeX (macOS)
• A LaTeX editor — VS Code with the LaTeX Workshop extension is a good choice

Quick start

1. Clone the repo:

   git clone https://github.com/gerfru/LaTex-Offer.git
   cd LaTex-Offer

2. Edit config.tex with your details and offer line items.

3. Build the PDF:

   Windows (one command — requires an enabled PowerShell execution policy):

   .\make.ps1

   Any platform (manual compile):

   pdflatex Offer_XX.tex

What you configure

Everything you normally change per offer is in config.tex:

Variable	Purpose
\Sender, \Street, \City, \Country, \Phone, \Mail	Your contact details
\Bankname, \BIC, \IBAN	Banking details for the footer
\Company, \Companyperson, \Companyaddress	The client you're sending to
\Subject	What the offer is about
\Offer, \Customer, \CreateDate	Offer ID, customer reference, date
\Stdlohn	Your hourly rate

The line items and totals live in the offer table inside Offer_XX.tex.

Project structure

File	Role
Offer_XX.tex	Main document — cover letter and offer positions
config.tex	All per-offer variables (edit this)
includes.tex	Document class and packages
structure.tex	Footer definition
make.ps1	Windows build script

The modular split may look like a lot for a short document, but it keeps the content you edit cleanly separated from the layout you don't.

License

Released under the MIT License — free to use, adapt, and share.

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Questions or ideas? Open an issue or reach out. Best regards, Gerald