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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">MS Office Integration</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>BAAN Tools</Level1>
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	<AimSection><Paragraph>This topic briefly describes the features of the Microsoft® Office integration pack that is delivered with ERP LN 6.1.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Overview</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>This integration pack ( "SSA® Integration Pack 2.0 for SSA Baan ERP 5/6 - Microsoft® Office 97/2000/XP") enables you to integrate ERP LN 6.1 with:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>MS Word: you can select records in a ERP session and send them, via the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Send To</GUIRef> command in the session's <GUIRef href="" role="manual">File</GUIRef> menu, to a ERP specific MS Word template. Based on this template, one or more Word documents are generated automatically.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>MS Excel: in a similar way, you can send a set of records to a ERP specific MS Excel template to create an Excel workbook. Changes made in Excel can be saved (uploaded) to ERP LN 6.1.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>The data transfer between the ERP server and the client PCs is via SSA® OpenWorldX.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>To use the integration pack, two roles can be distinguished:</ListIntro>
			<ListItemHead>Template designer</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>A template designer develops and publishes the ERP specific templates for MS Word and MS Excel. A template designer is an experienced ERP user that is familiar with the ERP functionality.</ListItem>
			<ListItemHead>End user</ListItemHead>
			<ListItem>An end user uses the ERP specific templates to generate MS Word documents and MS Excel workbooks that contain ERP specific data.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>Published templates are stored per company number. You can export published templates to another company in your ERP environment, or to another ERP environment.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>For details on the MS Office integration pack, refer to the <DocRef>User's and Installation Guide for SSA® Integration Pack 2.0 for SSA Baan ERP 5/6 - Microsoft® Office 97/2000/XP (U8308B US)</DocRef>.</Paragraph>
		</Note>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Prerequisites</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>You can only use the MS Office integration pack if:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>MS Office parameters are defined on the ERP server.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The OpenWorldX server is configured.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The OpenWorldX Client adapter is installed on your PC.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The "Integration Pack for ERP 5/6 - MS Office" client software is installed on your PC. You can choose different types of client installations, for example Word/end user and Word/template designer.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>For details on the installation and configuration, refer to chapter 4 "Installation procedure" in the <DocRef>User's and Installation Guide for SSA® Integration Pack 2.0 for SSA Baan ERP 5/6 - Microsoft® Office 97/2000/XP (U8308B US)</DocRef>.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Sessions</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>The following sessions are available in the Office Integrations menu on the ERP server:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/nt/int/ntint0500m000" role="session">Office Parameters (ntint0500m000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/nt/wrd/ntwrd0510m000" role="session">SSA Related MS Word Templates (ntwrd0510m000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/nt/exl/ntexl0110s000" role="session">SSA related MS Excel Templates (ntexl0110s000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/nt/int/ntint0200m000" role="session">Export Published SSA related MS Word/Excel Templates (ntint0200m000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/nt/int/ntint0201m000" role="session">Import Published SSA related MS Word/Excel Templates (ntint0201m000)</GUIRef>
			</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><DocRef>User's and Installation Guide for SSA® Integration Pack 2.0 for SSA Baan ERP 5/6 - Microsoft® Office 97/2000/XP (U8308B US)</DocRef>
		</RelTopic>
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