Pick the price

Entering a quote doesn't price the job by itself — you still have to choose which subcontractor's number counts. That's what Pick does.

Pick and unpick

Select a cell and press Pick (P) — or Unpick if it's already chosen. Only one cell per ledger line can be picked at a time; picking a different sub's cell on the same line replaces whichever one was picked before.

A cell has to carry something decisive before it can be picked:

Cell state	Can it be picked?
Empty, or a lead with no number yet	No
A typed rate or total	Yes
Include	Yes
Fill from estimate / Fill from a sub	Yes, once it resolves to a number
Plug	Yes — it's a real figure, just a borrowed one

Why the tender total is what it is

The job's price is the sum of the picked cell on every line, trade by trade. A line nobody has picked yet contributes nothing to the total — which is what makes Quote Comparison a working document rather than just a record: scan for lines with no picked cell, and you're looking at exactly what's still undecided on the job.

This also means the total moves the instant you change a pick. Swap which sub is chosen on a line and the tender total updates immediately, because it is always just the sum of whatever is currently picked — never a separate estimate kept in step by hand.

Picking trade by trade

You don't need every trade finished before picking starts. Pick a line the moment you're confident in it, even while other lines on the same trade are still leads — the total simply reflects whatever's decided so far, and rises as more lines get picked. That makes the running total a live read on how far through pricing the job actually is, not just a figure you check once at the end.

Related: Enter quotes, and Comparison & margin for what happens to the picked totals once you move on from Quote Comparison.