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Setup for Using MS Word® Window

For Corporate Licence holders, the Setup for Using MS Word® window is used for selecting whether or not to use MS Word® to generate text-based schedules and reports. When MS Word® has been specified - by placing a check mark in the Use Microsoft Word for documents check box - it will be called whenever the user is printing a text-based document from ResSched.

Use Microsoft Word   Click the check box if you are using Word to print
for documents   your documents.

Register OCX:   This button becomes active after you click the Use Microsoft Word for documents check box. It is used to register the ResSched/Word ocx file before Word® can be used for ResSched documents. If the ArcoIntf.ocx file is not already in the system folder, users will be requested to locate and select it through a file selection window. Users will be notified if the registration is successful. This process has to be done only once for each workstation.

USER GLOBAL SETTINGS TAB

Word® Version Choose which version of Word® is to be used.

Language Choose which language is to be used.

Final file format Choose the file format in which the finished documents are to be stored.

How will Word® open   Choose how Word® will open when work is being done on reports.

Show table grid lines   Refers to grid lines being displayed when the document is displayed in Word®.

Show the document Choose whether or not to show the document after
after processing processing

Print the document You may print the document automatically without being shown the document.

Delete the document You may choose to delete the document after it is
after it is printed printed.

Folder for storing Users must also specify where the document files
documents should be held. This is especially important if a user has chosen not to delete the documents after printing.

DOCUMENT TEMPLATES TAB

For each text-based schedule or report, a user must specify a template file and a style sheet file. A look-up button beside each entry can be used to select the appropriate file. While there are only 10 basic schedules and reports, most may cover more than one type of entity or period. Before Word® is called to generate the schedule or report, a user will have already used the relevant window to specify the entity and period to be covered.

Booking Detailed information on one booking.

Browse bookings The equivalent to the main table displayed in the Browse Bookings window. Actual coverage and period are determined by the user's prior selections in the Browse Bookings window.

Day schedule Detailed bookings for one day in chronological order. Actual coverage and day are determined by the user's prior selections in the Print Text Calendars window.

Week schedule Same as Day Schedule, but covering the period of one week.

Flexible period Summary booking information for a period determined by user. Coverage and period are determined in the Print Text Calendars window.

Day by resource Detailed bookings for one day grouped by resource. Covers either all resources or those of a group. Coverage and day are determined by the user's prior selections in the Calendar Options window.

Resource list A detailed list of all resources or only those in a resource group. Coverage is determined by the user's selection in the Browse Resources window.

Client list A detailed list of clients. Called from the Browse Clients window.

Resource utilization Resource use for a period and a resource specified in the Resource Utilization window.

Group utilization Resource group use for a period and a resource group specified in the Resource Group Utilization window.

Client invoice Invoice for client's use of resources in a specified period.

After settings are entered, ResSched will call Word® whenever a user selects a text-based report or schedule to be printed.

See: Using MS Word with ResSched
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