ReadMe.html – Opening instructions for PlanDeer 10 for MS Excel 64-Bit – Version number 20.1.064

1. Pre-requisites

a. Microsoft^® Excel^® Version 2010 (or later) (64-Bit) on Windows Operating System (64-Bit)

b. A PDF Viewer (like Adobe^® Reader^®) for viewing the help file. (Adobe^® Reader^® is freely downloadable)

Note: This version of PlanDeer 10 will not work with Microsoft Excel 32-Bit. Please get in touch with support team of the publisher regarding this.

2. Instructions to install PlanDeer 10 for Microsoft Excel 64-Bit

1. After you have downloaded PlanDeer10_v20_1_064_Installer.zip, extract the contents of this compressed file into a folder of your choice. (You can extract this by using Windows Explorer in some versions of Windows OS or WinZip or any other compatible application).

2. Please close Microsoft Excel or any other Microsoft Office programs.

3. If you have a previous version of PlanDeer installed, please Uninstall through “Add Remove Programs” (or its equivalent, based on your Operating System). If you do not have any previous version, proceed to the next step.

4. In the extracted folder, you would find PlanDeer10_v20_1_064_Installer_x64.bat. Run this batch file and follow the installation steps as the installer guides you through.

Note: In case the installer requests for any permission to run the application, you would need to provide the permission for the Installer to continue.

5. After the installation, if you want to work with a sample file to familiarize yourself with the Product, open “Start->All Programs->PlanDeer->Sample Plan”. PlanDeer file opens up. Enable macros and then go ahead and try it out.

6. If you want to create a new plan, open “Start->All Programs->PlanDeer->Create New Plan [from Read-Only Template]” and start using the plan after enabling the macros. You have to do a “Save As” to create your own plan from this template.

For detailed description of the features and functionalities in the tool, you can refer to the help file “PlanDeer10_Help.pdf”. You can access the help either through the PlanDeer menu that gets created (“Start->All Programs->PlanDeer->PlanDeer 10 Help”) or from inside the PlanDeer file or open directly from the “PlanDeer 10” folder under “My Documents” (or its equivalent). When you open PlanDeer after installation, you can go to “About_PlanDeer” worksheet to get a quick view of the features available in the product, through Indicator Quick Reference picture that is given in the worksheet.

Activation

After the installation, the Product will continue to work for 30 days. To continue using the product beyond the trial period, you would need to purchase license for the product and activate the license. If you have already made the purchase and not yet activated the license, see section “Activation of License” in the pdf help file for the activation procedure. You can also view the activation details at https://www.excelsquare.com/howtoactivate.

Note 1: PlanDeer 10 Version 20.1.064 will require a new activation code if you had activated any earlier version of PlanDeer.

You are now ready to experience “more simplicity more productivity”!