Import Spreadsheet and Word Processing Data into Microstation® with Perfect Formatting!

Microsoft Office Importer ™

A component of MicroStation Acceleration Garage ™


Problem #1 You're tired of spending hours futzing around with imported spreadsheets and Word documents trying to get them to look okay.	Problem #2 You're trying to import huge spreadsheets into MicroStation without having to make multiple pastes.	Problem #3 You're pasting a bill of materials or a schedule into a design file and the link to the original spreadsheet keeps breaking.	Problem #4 You're having other issues with importing spreadsheets or Word documents.
If you've ever wanted a better, faster, easier and more reliable way to paste Microsoft Word or Excel spreadsheets into your MicroStation design files, then call 727-442-7774 extension 8194 or click here for a free demo.

Perfect Formatting That's Not Just a Picture

You know how importing things into MicroStation usually goes: First, you have to make the lousy choice of either having terrible formatting or, if you want to make the formatting any good at all, you have to paste a frozen picture of your data. If you go the first route, you can spend hours futzing with the imported data trying to get it look anything close to what you need. If you go the second route, you have to re-paste the entire thing every time there is even one tiny change to the data. Oh yeah, and when you go to make that paste, you also know that if you have a large spreadsheet, MicroStation alone doesn't handle that well and you usually end up having to break your paste into smaller parts — we've even heard of users having to paste one column at a time!

Paste — futz — re-paste — futz — re-paste — futz — re-paste — futz some more... It's no wonder you sometimes hate your job.

Now you can import and link nearly unlimited quantities of spreadsheet data into MicroStation with ease, perfect formatting and a more reliable method of linking and automatically synchronizing the spreadsheet file with the MicroStation file than by using MicroStation alone. The links to Microsoft Excel and Word files created by Microsoft Office Importer are very stable and do not cause MicroStation file corruption, even when unlinked.

When you paste data using Microsoft Office Importer, all the data comes in with perfect formatting (even on spreadsheets a hundred times the size of the above). Plus Microsoft Office Importer does it all in one paste.

Now ProjectWise users, just like the rest of the world, can use Microsoft Office Importer to easily paste spreadsheets (such as bills of material) into design files with links back to the spreadsheet. The pasted data has perfect formatting and can be set to automatically update whenever changes are made to the source spreadsheet.

Huge Pasting Capability Plus Automatic Linking

Microsoft Office Importer enables MicroStation users to import and link nearly unlimited quantities of spreadsheet data into MicroStation with ease, perfect formatting and reliability. Latest version now works with Excel 2007 spreadsheet data and Word 2007 documents.

What does this mean to MicroStation users?

It means that information like equipment schedules, bills of materials, tabular data, construction notes and the like can be pasted once and stay current with no further user interaction. Links can be updated automatically or with user interaction. Setting up links in automatic mode causes the MicroStation file to be updated each time it is opened.

Linking

Pastes huge amounts of spreadsheet and word processing data into MicroStation files in a single paste. No more having to import a large spreadsheet in pieces.
Links to the source document are created automatically and are extremely reliable.
Links are updated automatically every time the MicroStation file is opened or can be updated while working on the MicroStation file.
Automatically import and link charts from Excel into your design files.

Elements

Creates native, editable MicroStation text and line elements matching the format of the data on the Windows clipboard, not space-consuming, inflexible raster data.
When pasted in MicroStation, the color and weight of text appear the same as they do in the source document.
When pasted in MicroStation, the color, weight and line style of borders appear the same as they do in the source document.
Users have the option to paste text and borders using the symbology from the active MicroStation file or to select specific color, weight, line style and level regardless of the active symbology.
Users can change the symbology of imported data after the fact.
Native MicroStation text and linear elements minimize design file size and plotting issues.
Imported Excel charts are recreated in the design file using MicroStation elements.

MicroStation V8i, ProjectWise Support and More

Microsoft Office Importer works with the following:

MicroStation V8i
MicroStation V8/XM
MicroStation V7
ProjectWise

Microsoft Office Importer works with Microsoft Word and Excel including importing of Excel charts. It also supports stacked fractions and UNICODE fonts.

Import spreadsheet and Word files directly into your MicroStation file in ProjectWise with perfect formatting and reliable updating of the design file when the source file changes.

For more information or a free, online demonstration, click here or call 727-442-7774 extension Learn how to import spreadsheet and word processing data into MicroStation with perfect formatting. in the U.S. or e-mail us.