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Configure Sage Desktop Tasks

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About the Utility

Sage Desktop Tasks for Office Connector is a stand-alone utility that adds or removes the group of tasks in Sage Desktop under "Excel-Based Reporting - Office Connector".  The program is launched automatically the first time that Office Connector is loaded, after which the tasks will be available the next time that Sage Timberline Desktop is launched.

About the Tasks

The tasks include a shortcut to a Welcome page about Office Connector, shortcuts to individual Starter reports and a shortcut to the Office Connector Launch Pad, which can be used to access Excel-Based report templates, tutorial videos and more.

Running the Program

You may wish to run the utility manually to remove or re-add the Timberline tasks. Launch the program by double-clicking SageDesktopOCTasks.exe in the Office Connector folder under Program Files. When you launch the program, the following window is displayed:



Create Office Connector shortcuts
Select this option to create the group of tasks in Sage Desktop.

Remove Office Connector shortcuts
Select this option to remove the group of tasks in Sage Desktop labeled "Excel-Based Reporting - Office Connector".

Command-Line Options

This utlility can be run with the following command-line options:
  • -s Specifies silent mode. No windows or messages will be displayed. The default action will be to create shortcuts unless the -u switch has also been specified.
  • -u Specifies that shortcuts should be removed from Sage Desktop.



Content updated 12/4/2012

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