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How to Open and Use our Products INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS When installation is complete for an individual product, a new toolbar will appear in Microsoft® Excel®. If you are using Excel 97-2003, you will see the toolbar in the upper left part of the screen. You can drag it to your toolbar area to dock it there. If you are using Excel 2007-2010, the toolbar will appear on the Add-ins ribbon. Typically, clicking on the first button on the toolbar displays the main dialog. And on this dialog is a "How to use" button that opens a help and exercise file. PRODUCTIVITY SUITE When you click on the above button, the Add-ins.com Add-in Manager dialog will appear:
This dialog is used to open all of our products. The letters to the left of a product's name indicates if the product is installed ("I"), open ("O") or installed as an auto-opening add-in ("A").
HOW TO OPEN A DOWNLOADABLE BOOK If you purchased one our downloadable books, you will find an "I" beside it at the top of the product list in the above dialog. Select the book you want to open (ones you have installed have an "I" beside their name) and click on the Open button. You will be given the option to open as a Windows help file or as a PDF file. The help file is best for searching and copying examples. The PDF is best for printing. You can leave the books open as long as you want and just toggle back to Excel. HOW TO OPEN AN ADD-IN PRODUCT FROM THE ADD-IN MANAGER To open an add-in product, scroll down the list until you find it. Then double click on it to open it. Or you can select it and click the Open button or the Install as add-in button. If you double click or use the Open button, the add-in will close when Excel closes and not automatically re-open the next time you start Excel. If you use the Install as add-in open, it will automatically start each time you open Excel. Whenever you open an add-in, the add-in's toolbar will appear. If you are using Excel 97-2003, drag the toolbar to the toolbar area. If you are using Excel 2007-22010, the toolbar is on the Add-ins ribbon. Each add-in has is own unique toolbar. Most are one button toolbars. Clicking on the button will display a main dialog with access to the many features of the selected add-in. If the add-in is the Spreadsheet Assistant, several toolbars are added. You can hide the ones you don't want. Menu items are also added and a new menu titled "Assistants" is added. If for some reason you accidentally close an add-in's toolbar, just repeat the above steps and the toolbar will be redisplayed.
HOW TO LEARN TO USE Everyone of our add-ins has an exercise and help workbook . Each such workbook contains help on how to use and many hands on exercises. The hands on exercises give you practical experience with step by step instructions that make learning simple. To open this help workbook, look for a How to Use button on the add-ins main dialog or menu and click on it. The following illustrates the typical location:
If you purchased the Spreadsheet Assistant, click on the new "Assistants" menu, select the last item in the menu list titled "Help / About / Exercise File" to open the help and exercise workbook. Some products, such as the Spreadsheet Assistant and the Risk Analyzer also have Windows help file with addition help information. Doing the exercises typically take 5-10 minutes and give you a great understanding on how to use an add-in. HOW TO UN-INSTALL AS AN AUTO-OPENING ADD-IN Add-ins which are opened by the Open button are automatically un-installed from Excel when you close Excel. And they do not re-open the next time. Thus there is no need to un-install add-ins opened this way. If you use the "Install as add-in" button, the add-in will open each time you open Excel. To un-install as an auto-open add-in, just select the add-in in the list. the "Install as add-in" button's name will change to "Un-install as add-in". Clicking on it will remove it as an auto-opening add-in. HOW TO UN-INSTALL FROM EXCEL If using Excel 97-2003, select Tools, Add-ins and uncheck the Add-ins.com add-in manager and the add-in you purchased (if it is installed in the list). If using Excel 2007, click on the Office button and select Excel Options. If Excel 2010, click File, Options. On the left side select Add-ins. Then on the right side select at the bottom Manage Excel Add-ins and Go. Uncheck the Add-ins.com add-in manager and the add-in you purchased (if it is installed in the list). Close Excel and run the product's un-install in Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs (XP) or Programs (Vista). Visitors who viewed this page also viewed
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If you are using Excel 97-2003, you will see the toolbar in the upper left part of the screen. You can drag it to your toolbar area to dock it there. If you are using Excel 2007-2010, the above toolbar will appear on the Add-ins ribbon.
