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BidScreen XL · Modules210
01Setup & Excel Add-In31 topics
  1. We Thank You
  2. Adding BidScreen XL to Excel
  3. System Requirements
  4. Items Installed with BidScreen
  5. Other Vertigraph Solutions
  6. BidScreen License Agreement
  7. Contact Vertigraph
  8. Overview
  9. BidScreen XL Commands in Excel
  10. BidScreen Toolbar
  11. BidScreen XL Menu
  12. BidScreen XL Popup Menu
  13. Takeoff Help
  14. Update Check
  15. About BidScreen XL
  16. Help
  17. Setup
  18. Setup Options
  19. Use Acrobat
  20. Suppress Acrobat Messages
  21. Prompt for Scale on Open Drawing
  22. Suppress Autoscale Messages
  23. Accept Multiple Drawings
  24. Accept Single Drawings
  25. Fast Comment Scanning
  26. Automatic Update Check
  27. Changed Drawings
  28. Contents...
  29. Index...
  30. Register...
  31. About...
02Scale & Drawing Setup34 topics
03Takeoff Types33 topics
04Styles & Reporting29 topics
05Advanced & Troubleshooting83 topics
Module 01Setup & Excel Add-In

Adding BidScreen XL to Excel

Prior to use, BidScreen XL must be "added" to Excel. 1) Add BidScreen Xl to Excel: a) Excel 2007 Right click on the Office button in the top left corner of the menu bar and select Customize Quick Acce

Prior to use, BidScreen XL must be "added" to Excel.
1) Add BidScreen Xl to Excel:
a) Excel 2007
  • Right click on the Office button in the top left corner of the menu bar and select Customize Quick Access Toolbar.
  • Select the Add-Ins option.
  • At the Add-ins windows, click the Go… button at the bottom of the page.
  • This will display a list of Add-Ins. Click the Browse... button to locate BidScreenXL.xla.
  • The BidScreenXL.xla file will be found in the C:\Program Files\Vertigraph\BidScreen XL folder if the files were installed to the default directory.
  • Highlight the file and press OK.
  • Press OK on the Add-Ins list to complete the process.
    b) Earlier versions of Excel
  • Open Excel and click on the Tools|Add-Ins menu.
  • Press the Browse button to select the BidScreenXL.xla add-in file.
  • The BidScreenXL.xla file will be found in the C:\Program Files\Vertigraph\BidScreen XL folder if the files were installed to the default directory.
  • Highlight the file and press OK.
  • Press OK on the Add-Ins list to complete the process.
    2) A registration dialog should appear. Press No.
    3) After adding BidScreen XL to your Excel application a BidScreen menu is added to the Excel menu bar and a BidScreen toolbar is added to Excel. If the BidScreen toolbar and menu are not active, please close and restart Excel.
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