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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe weekly timesheet template is ideal for tracking how employees, freelancers, and contractors spend their time weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You’ll find empty spaces where users can effortlessly record start times, end times, breaks, and overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Template features:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Need bi-weekly or monthly templates? Check out our timesheet templates<\/a> page for more templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s a simple five-step process to start tracking time in a spreadsheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Download our timesheet template and begin prepping it by filling in the basics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Start by adding your company name, your employees name, and their number of regular hours per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t forget to add the WEEK NUMBER, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Feel free to change this to “week of” or something similar and add the date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, you may want it to read WEEK OF: <\/strong>August 28th, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, you will want to add time-related such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The timesheet template contains all of these fields:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, the important fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The \ud83d\udcb0 labels!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our timesheet template contains the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now comes the complicated part. Spreadsheet formulas. \ud83d\ude22<\/p>\n\n\n\n But don’t worry \u2014 you can find examples of some basic formulas already used in our timesheet template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The template will automatically calculate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your team will then be able to log their hours each day and, by the end of the week, have their total billable owed calculated automatically! \ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n\n\n\n Don’t get me wrong \u2014 I think our timesheet templates<\/a> are solid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But are spreadsheets your best<\/em> option?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’ve chatted with a few agencies that use spreadsheets to track employee hours \u2014 and they always<\/em> say how chaotic they are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You also have to remember that employees generally hate time tracking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So using a spreadsheet to track their time may not be the best approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Are there better alternatives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yep! \ud83d\udc47<\/p>\n\n\n\n A modern online timesheet app<\/a> is the best way to keep track of employees hours<\/a> \u2014 especially for teams that work on client projects and tasks all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike spreadsheets, many of the best timesheet software<\/a> comes with features that help to automate and streamline the entire time tracking process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using a time tracker<\/a> like Toggl Track,<\/a> you can access a web, desktop, and two mobile apps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can quickly start tracking your time by entering a time entry description and hitting the timer button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It takes a few seconds to switch the timer to a different task (especially if projects and tasks are already set up).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Easy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
How to create a timesheet in Excel in 4 steps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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1. Prep your timesheet<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nExcel time tracking \u2014 is there an alternative?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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