MTS Series 793 Application - Manual (Page 558)

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How to Install the Excel File Converter
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How to Install the Excel File Converter
The Excel File Converter is included with the Model 793.00 System Software.
During the system software installation, you will asked if you want to install the
MTS Excel File Converter.
If you did not install it during the main software installation, insert the Model
793.00 System Software disc into your CD-ROM drive and follow these steps:
1. Follow this path using Windows NT Explorer:
Your CD-ROM drive > Excel Converter > Setup.exe
The following message appears:
Do you wish to install the MTS Excel converter onto
your system?
2. Click Yes.
3. In the Select Directory window, specify the location for the MTS Excel File
Converter utility, and then click Next.
4. Click OK to acknowledge a successful installation.
How to Set Excel File Converter Options
Specify your Excel File Converter options to customize your data files in some
useful ways.
1. Start the Microsoft Excel application. (A new spreadsheet will appear.)
2. On the Microsoft Excel Tools menu, click MTS Converter Options.
3. Select options as desired.
Option descriptions
Enabled—This check box must be checked to enable the File Converter.
Smart Processing—If this box is enabled, the File Converter looks for certain
labels. When it finds one of these labels, and there is not the required number of
rows left in the current sheet, it will start filling a new worksheet. These are the
labels it looks for, along with their respective numbers of rows:
• Data Acquisition—4,000 rows
• Dynamic Characterization—2,000 rows
• Static Deflection—1,200 rows