User manual BUSINESS OBJECTS CRYSTAL XCELSIUS 4.5 FOR WINDOWS INSTALLATION GUIDE

[. . . ] All other names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Business Objects products in this release may contain redistributions of software licensed from third-party contributors. Some of these individual components may also be available under alternative licenses. [. . . ] This integration lets you attach your reports to Microsoft Outlook email messages or embed them into PowerPoint slides. Crystal Xcelsius installation Hardware and software requirements Minimum recommended hardware The following hardware is required: · · PC with Pentium 3 or equivalent processor 128MB of RAM Operating system The following operating systems are supported: · · Microsoft Office Windows 2000 Windows XP The following versions of Microsoft Office are supported: · · · Office 2000 Office XP Office 2003 Ensure that Microsoft Excel, from the Microsoft suite of products, is installed. 4 Crystal Xcelsius Designer 4. 5: Installation and Integration Guide Crystal Xcelsius Installation Guide Crystal Xcelsius installation 1 Installation and activation Installation Double click on the installation program and it will take you through the installation steps. Xcelsius requires that you install the latest version of the Flash 7 Player; this is an option in the install program, it is checked by default. Leave this option checked unless you are absolutely sure that you have the latest version of the Flash Player installed. Note: You must install Xcelsius under a user account that has Administrator privileges. Activation One license of Xcelsius will allow you to run the application on one machine. Activation is the process which establishes which machine will host the application. If you have purchased Xcelsius you will first need to register with the serial number provided to you. Once the registration has been confirmed, the application will prompt you to activate. To complete activation, you will be given the option to activate automatically if you have an internet connection, or you can choose to activate manually by phone or email. An activation wizard walks you through the manual activation process. Note: The application will run several times before you are required to activate. Crystal Xcelsius Designer 4. 5: Installation and Integration Guide 5 1 Crystal Xcelsius Installation Guide Crystal Xcelsius installation 6 Crystal Xcelsius Designer 4. 5: Installation and Integration Guide Business Objects Information Resources appendix A Business Objects Information Resources Documentation and information services Documentation and information services Business Objects offers a full documentation set covering its products and their deployment. Additional support and services are also available to help maximize the return on your business intelligence investment. The following sections detail where to get Business Objects documentation and how to use the resources at Business Objects to meet your needs for technical support, education, and consulting. Documentation You can find answers to your questions on how to install, configure, deploy, and use Business Objects products from the documentation. What's in the documentation set? View or download the Business Objects Documentation Roadmap, available with the product documentation at http://www. businessobjects. com/support/. The Documentation Roadmap references all Business Objects guides and lets you see at a glance what information is available, from where, and in what format. Where is the documentation? You can access electronic documentation at any time from the product interface, the web, or from your product CD. Documentation from the products Online help and guides in Adobe PDF format are available from the product Help menus. Where only online help is provided, the online help file contains the entire contents of the PDF version of the guide. Documentation on the web The full electronic documentation set is available to customers on the web from support web site at: http://www. businessobjects. com/support/. Documentation on the product CD Look in the docs directory of your product CD for versions of guides in Adobe PDF format. 8 Crystal Xcelsius Designer 4. 5: Installation and Integration Guide Business Objects Information Resources Customer support, consulting and training A Send us your feedback Do you have a suggestion on how we can improve our documentation?Is there something you particularly like or have found useful?Drop us a line, and we will do our best to ensure that your suggestion is included in the next release of our documentation: documentation@businessobjects. com. [. . . ] Business Objects product documentation, including the Business Objects Documentation Roadmap. Send us feedback or questions about documentation. Information on Customer Support programs, as well as links to technical articles, downloads, and online forums. 10 Crystal Xcelsius Designer 4. 5: Installation and Integration Guide Business Objects Information Resources Useful addresses at a glance A Address Business Objects Consulting Services http://www. businessobjects. com/ services/consulting/ Business Objects Education Services http://www. businessobjects. com/ services/training Content Information on how Business Objects can help maximize your business intelligence investment. [. . . ]