The application works on Excel 97 or later versions.
If you have an evaluation verson, it will expire after 30 days from agreeing
to the licence agreement.
At anytime you can download a full version www.staff-planner.com/Download/Download.htm
that will import from the evaluation version into a full version without losing
your data.
The full version has an import facility so that you can import data from other
Staff Planners (Versions 3.1 &4.0).
Staff Planner consists of a single excel file and a help file - StaffPlannerHelp.chm.
They must be in the same folder.
1. Open the excel file.
3. First startup
On first startup you will be presented with the license agreement. After agreeing
to
it, your settings are saved and you can login to the application.
If you have a full (non-evaluation) version, you will be given the opportunity
to make a
working copy of your files, leaving the original 'blank copy' for backup purposes.
You are then given an opportunity to run a short tutorial (recommended). You can come back to the tutorial at any time.
Select Help on the Staff Planner toolbar to view the user manual - in particular the sections 'Getting Started' and 'Minimum Setup Requirements'.
You can also run Help from Windows Explorer by double-clicking the file 'StaffPlannerHelp'.
Select Help on the Staff Planner toolbar, and click 'Tutorial' to run the tutorial.
7. Excel 2000 and later versions
To run the application in Excel 2000 or later the Microsoft Excel Security
level must be set at Medium or Low. If you experience this problem see the Help
Section
'Microsoft Security Levels'.