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Installing the SDL add-in for Microsoft Office

Each set of add-ins has its own installer. Run a specific installer to add the add-ins for that SDL product to all supported Office products.

Before you begin

Make sure:
  1. You requested the Microsoft Office add-in from Sales/Support or that you purchased it during contract sign-off. The add-in is an *.exe file you need to run on your machine.
  2. You closed all Microsoft Office applications.

About this task

You need to run the installer once, so that all the supported Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) have SDL ETS translation enabled.

Procedure

  1. Access the machine where you have one or more of Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint installed and where you want to add the SDL product add-in.
  2. Run the installer and follow the instructions in the installation wizard.
  3. For each supported Office product on your system, do the following:
    1. Start the Office product.
    2. In the ribbon toolbar of the product, select the new Translate tab and configure the SDL add-in for Microsoft Office.
    After the configuration is done, you are logged in to SDL ETS, and will stay logged in until you select Log out (for example, because your credentials changed).