How-To-Add-In-Excel-2007

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Excel 2007 is for Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system. It will not work with the Mac

OS. You can install Windows on an Intel based Mac and then run Excel 2007.

Excel 2007 is quite improved compared to its predecessor Excel XP. Fortunately, the Jensen add-ins

work correctly in most respects. I tried to correct most problems introduced by the new version, but

may have missed a few. Download theArchive dated at or after July 3, 2007, and let me know if

you discover any problems.

There are significant changes in the navigation of Excel. Access to features is no longer provided by

extensive menus and submenus. The main menu bar no longer exists and there is no Tools menu.

Instead there are a series of tabs that present ribbons indicating the tasks formerly described by the

menus.

Many of the pages of this ORMM site show pictures of the menu structure, so rather than correct all

references I provide this brief discussion of the navigational features necessary to use the add-ins.

Installing Add-ins

The upper left corner of the Excel display now holds an image called the Office Button. Clicking

that button gives a list of recent documents and commands such as Save and Print formerly under

the Files menu. At the lower bar of this display is a button calledExcel Options. This opens a dialog

with items that formerly were in the Preferences dialog. One new item on the list isAdd-ins.

Clicking this entry provides a list of active and inactive add-ins. Near the bottom of the page is a

button calledManage: Excel Add-ins. Clicking that button opens the familiar add-in dialog box

with the add-in names and checkboxes for selecting and deleting add-ins.


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If you do not see an add-in on the list, click theBrowse... button to search for it on your hard drive.

The Add ORMM, Add OMIE and Add Teach OR can be installed at this point. Once these are

installed, you can install and delete add-ins using these control add-ins.

To use an add-in you may have to respond to a message from the Trust Center. You must choose to

open the macros.

Add-in Menus

The add-in menus were formerly placed on the main menu bar. In Excel 2007 the menus for the of

installed add-ins are found under theAdd-in tab. The menus are arrayed in a column on the left side

of the window. When an add-in from the ORMM collection is installed the item OR_MMis part of

the list. Clicking on that title reveals the menus of all the installed add-ins in the collection.

Similarly, the OM/IE collection is under the OM_IEtitle, and the Teach OR collection is under the

Teach title.

Excel Solver Add-in

Some activities require that theExcel Solverdialog be opened before a mathematical programming

model is created and solved. You may access Solverthrough theData tab. Click the word Solverat

the far right of the ribbon to open the dialog.

Functions

Some of the add-ins create User-Definedfunctions. Examples areRandom Variables, Queuing,

andEconomics add-ins. The forms built by an add-in create the references to these functions

automatically. If you want to use the function outside a form choose the Formulas tab. Select the

largefx that is at the left margin. Choose User Definedfrom the category list. The functions


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provided by add-ins are listed in the subsequent dialog. Click the function name to insert the

function.

View

Some pages are automatically split when the add-in creates a model. To change the view or

remove the split choose the appropriate icon on the View tab. Do not use the page-layout view for

add-ins.

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