Download and Installation

Installing Pathagoras for Excel

Pathagoras is distributed exclusively over the Internet.  You were (or upon request will be) mailed a zipped copy of the program. Unzip it using any program designed for that purpose. The result will be a file called 'pathagoras.xla'. You must place this file in the startup folder for Excel® projects. (Pathagoras is an Excel add-in and runs from within Excel. It has no ‘stand-alone’ capacity.)

   The XLStart folder most likely is:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft OfficeXX\XLStart 

'XX' stands for the version number of Microsoft® Office that you have installed. (Office2007=12, Office2003=11, OfficeXP=10, Office2000=9)

When you enter Excel, Pathagoras will automatically run.

Access to Pathagoras’ features is done through the new toolbar that now resides in the menu area of your screen:

The Pathagoras toolbar as it appears in Excel.

The first element "PathSmart" allows you quick access to your stored spreadsheet.
Click the second element to display the Instant Database screen.
Create a new IDB record which can be used either in Word or Excel by clicking the third element.
The fourth element allows you to merge any Word document with any IDB record.

In 2007 installations, the Toolbar sits behind the Add-ins tab.

Uninstalling Pathagoras

  If you need to uninstall Pathagoras for Excel, do must navigate to the XLStart folder into which you originally installed the module and deleting the "pathagoras.xla" file.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft OfficeXX\XLStart

   If you cannot find 'pathagoras.xla' in the manner described above, follow these steps: