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Opening a New Workbook with Interactive Excel 
Prerequisites
You have installed Microsoft Excel 97 and the Interactive Excel component provided by SAP.

If you open an existing workbook from Excel that has been created using the Interactive Excel template, the menu option SAP automatically appears. You can use this to log on to a database connected to the SAP System.
Procedure
1. Start Microsoft Excel.
2. In the Excel menu, choose File
® New. Open the Interactive Excel template by double-clicking on the SAPActiveX icon in the General group.3. In the following dialog box, choose Enable macros.
4. Alternatively, the installation can create an Interactive Excel icon in the SAP Systems Start Menu.
Result
The item SAP is added to the standard Excel menu. You use this to log on to a SAP Systems or MS Access database.
