# Installation Notes for
IBM Office Connect Analytics Edition
Version 4.0

# Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Server Compatibility and System Requirements

III. Installing IBM Office Connect

IV. Launching IBM Object Connect

V. Accessing IBM Office Connect Documentation

# I. Introduction

These installation notes provide system requirements, installation instructions, and other information to help you start using the IBM Office Connect Analytics Edition, Version 4.0.

# II. Server Compatibility and System Requirements

Office Connect supports the following platforms:

- Microsoft Windows XP

- Microsoft Windows 2000 (Server and Professional), with Service Pack 1 or higher

- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, with Service Pack 4 or higher

- Microsoft Windows 98

The computer on which you install Office Connect (usually your development computer) requires:

- A hard drive with 100 MB available for a typical install (or 65 MB for a minimal install)

- Microsoft Excel, Version 2000, with Service Pack 1 or higher
  or
  Microsoft Excel XP, with Service Pack 1 or higher

- Microsoft Internet Explorer, Version 5.5 with Service Pack 1 or higher

- IBM DB2 Universal Database Version 8.1 (FixPak 2 or later) client software and IBM DB2 Cube Views Version 8.1

## III. Installing IBM Office Connect

IMPORTANT: Before you install Office Connect 4.0, you must uninstall all previous versions of Office Connect, using the Add/Remove utility in the Windows Control Panel. After uninstalling Office Connect, you must shut down and restart your computer.

To install Office Connect Version 4.0

1. From the product CD, run the OfficeConnectsetup.exe file, which launches the InstallShield wizard.
2. When the installation is complete, shut down and restart your computer.

# IV. Launching IBM Office Connect

The Office Connect installation adds the IBM Office Connect menu to the Microsoft Excel menu bar and adds the Office Connect-Excel integrated toolbar to the Excel window. Use the commands on these tools to launch the different components of Office Connect.

Occasionally, Excel will not automatically display the IBM Office Connect menu options and toolbar after installation, and you will need to display the options and toolbar manually.

To display the IBM Office Connect menu options and toolbar

1. From the Excel main toolbar, select Tools->Add-Ins.
2. In the Add-In dialog box, select Browse and locate the directory in which you installed Office Connect.
3. Select TMSExcelAdd.Xla. The menu options and toolbar will display.

# V. Accessing IBM Office Connect Documentation

After you install Office Connect, you can access the following documentation:

- Overview and procedural online help

- Context-sensitve (What's This?) help for interface elements, such as the text boxes and buttons on dialog boxes or wizards

- The IBM Office Connect Analytics Tutorial

To access overview and procedural online help

- Choose Help->IBM Office Connect Help.

To access the tutorial

- Choose Help->IBM Office Connect Analytics Edition Tutorial.

To access the What's This? help

- Using the Keyboard: Make sure the cursor is in a window pane or page or on an interface element (such as a text box). Then press F1.
- Using the Mouse: Choose Help->What's This. When the What’s This? pointer appears, click anywhere in a pane or on a page or click an interface element. When the What’s This? pointer appears, click an interface element or click anywhere in a pane or on a page.

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Last updated May 5, 2003.