Startup

Starting Excel OM/QM

There are a few different ways that Excel OM/Excel QM can be started. The easiest way in Windows is to click on the Excel OM/QM 5 icon that is placed on your desktop at installation. If you are already in Excel then you may Open the file ExcelOMQMv5.XLA to start this add-in. On a Mac, open the file ExcelOMQMv5.xlam from within the ExcelOMQMv5 folder or create an alias for this file and place it on the dektop.

What appears on your screen depends on the version of Excel you have and your security settings. You may get a message asking if you want to enable the Macros, answer YES. It is possible that the macros will be turned off by Excel and not even give you the opportunity to enable them. In this case do the following.

Excel 2003 and earlier

Go to Tools, Macros, Security and set the security to medium. Then close Excel and begin again.

Excel 2007 and later

Please see the instructions for creating a trusted location that are included in the file named Security inthe program folder or posted at prenhall.com/weiss.

Using Excel OM/QM

Regardless of the version of Excel that you have, two menus, will be added to Excel. In Excel 2007 and later you can find these menus on the Excel OM/QM Tab on the Excel 2007 ribbon. In Excel 2003 and Excel 2017 (Mac) and earlier you will find these menus on the main Excel menu bar.

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Add-ins
Excel OM/QM is an addin and it is possible (though I do not recommend it) to set up Excel so that Excel OM/QM automatically loads every time that Excel loads. The means for doing this depends on your version of Excel.

Please note that this product and the Crystal Ball addin may not coexist well. Do not have both loaded at the same time.

Excel OM/QM v5 by Howard J. Weiss, Temple University, (c) 2018