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The xpna Excel Add-in

Installation

To install the xpna add-in, from the Excel "Home" ribbon, open "Add-ins" > "More Add-ins" to show the Add-in management dialog.

An image showing the Excel home ribbon with the Add-ins menu open

Select the "STORE" section from the options along the top of the dialog and then search for "xpna" and click "Add" on the result for xpna that returns.

An image showing the Excel Add-ins dialog open with xpna in the search box and a highlight to clikc the add button

Link through to read the terms and privacy policy and then check "I agreee..." and click "Continue".

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The xpna add-in will load into the "Home" ribbon in Microsoft Excel on the right end.

An image showing the Excel home ribbon with the xpna add-in loaded

Clicking the xpna "Report & Plan" button in the xpna group will open the xpna taskpane.

An image showing Excel with the xpna add-in loaded and the xpna taskpane showing

Reloading

Desktop App

To reload the xpna add-in when within the Microsoft Excel desktop app, firstly click somewhere within the xpna taskpane to give it the focus.

This will show the in-built Microsoft Excel add-in menu:

An image showing the xpna taskpane with the built-in Microsoft Excel location being highlighted

Click this button and a menu wil pop out.

An image showing the xpna taskpane with the built-in Microsoft Excel add-in menu showing

Select "Reload" from this menu and the xpna add-in will get reloaded by Microsoft Excel.

Web

To reload the xpna Microsoft Excel add-in when within the web version, just reload the entire webpage.

Re-installation

If the xpna add-in is already loaded, re-installation can be achieved by doing the following:

From the Excel "Home" ribbon, open "Add-ins" > "More Add-ins".

An image showing the Excel home ribbon with the Add-ins menu open

Remove the add-in

Select the "MY ADD-INS" section then find the xpna add-in and using the menu "Remove" it.

An image showing the Excel home ribbon with the Add-ins menu open

Important:

Before installing the add-in, close down Microsoft Excel and restart it to make sure it clears its caches of the xpna add-in.

Install the add-in

Follow the installation instructions above to install the xpna add-in.