XpressDox Docussembly™ frequently asked questions
You should be able to find answers to most of your technical questions on the site, but you still may want to find out more about XpressDox Docussembly™. This is the place to do it. If we don’t yet address your query here, please leave a comment and we’ll get on to it immediately.
What’s the payback period and ROI for XpressDox?
This is a bit like asking “How long is a piece of string?” ROI depends on what you use XpressDox for, and how well you make use of it. It is true that one of the reasons why document assembly is not adopted by many organizations is that they cannot accurately calculate the ROI.
However, XpressDox does pay for itself in many ways. For example, re-using a contract document just once could pay for XpressDox. And avoiding just one embarrassing mistake in a document will also instantly pay for XpressDox. Even in normal day-to-day usage, if XpressDox saves as little as 5 minutes a day per user, the system will pay for itself within 6 months. Back to top
What hardware and software will I need for XpressDox?
XpressDox requires Microsoft® XP, Vista, or Windows 7, and Microsoft® Office Word 2003 or later. Provided your hardware runs Word, it will be more than powerful enough to run XpressDox. Back to top
Which versions of Microsoft® Office Word does XpressDox work with?
XpressDox uses Word’s XML format for its templates, and because Word 2003 is the first version to produce this XML format XpressDox works with Word 2003 and Word 2007. Back to top
Why are there two versions of XpressDox?
Because Word 2003 and Word 2007 operate differently with regard to add-ins and toolbars, we’ve created a version of XpressDox specific to each. This will enable you to get the most out of XpressDox for the version of Word you use. Use these instructions to check which Microsoft® Office Word version you have. Back to top
What does “UNLICENSED COPY” mean?
XpressDox is not Freeware or Shareware. If you intend to use the product for commercial purposes, you need to pay for it. When you download the evaluation copy, it will show “UNLICENSED COPY” in the XpressDox title bar until the product is licensed. Back to top
What’s all the hubbub about Docussembly™?
Because we’re passionate about document assembly we found we were using this phrase a lot! So we invented a shorter version of it, which rolls off the tongue very much easier. And so the term Docussembly™ was coined.
Why not ‘docassembly’? Well, that’s just so impersonal. ‘Docassembly’ sounds like something that goes on in that office upstairs, the one with the strange-looking folk working in it.
But XpressDox is about you being empowered to meet your own document assembly needs. You are at the center of your document assembly requirements, and that’s why we put ‘U’ in your rightful place in XpressDox Docussembly™. Back to top
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How can I make calculations with functions such as POWER and MOD? I am trying to build functions that allow to convert numbers and dates into Spanish language.
XpressDox uses XSLT to perform the merging, and so you can use the Xpath function mod to get remainders. <<mod(Amount,10)>> will result in 8 where Amount is 18 (or 28, etc.) I don’t think there’s an XSLT functions for raising a number to a power. If you think it would be useful I will add that to the suite of XpressDox functions.
Peter, I tried with the mod function that you mentioned, but the system states that there is not XSLT mod() function.
I must apologise – mod is an operator, not a function. So the syntax is, for example, <<SetV(‘Remainder’,Value mod 10)>>.
Is there any independently published evaluations and comparisons with Hot Docs available?
What would make Hot docs a superior product to this?
Also, is the web-server version managed above same as cloud computing? Will it work with GoogleDocs?
Thanks
I don’t know of any comparisons to HotDocs.
Your question about GoogleDocs is interesting – in what way would you see XpressDox and Google Docs working together?
32-bit version of Word 2010..
Hi Scott, yes XpressDox is available for 32-bit Word 2010. Regarding a desktop license in anticipation of our web server version, why don’t you download the free 90–day trial, if you haven’t already. Thereafter, if you purchase a desktop license and subsequently a web server license, we’ll gladly refund the desktop license price to you. (The web server version will come with a free single desktop license for authoring templates.)
Been looking through the functions available.
Is there a calculation function, as in setting subtractions of amounts?
Thanks
WH, certainly is. You can find out more information here: http://www.xpressdox.com/help/cookbook/performing-calculations/
Subtraction may be performed like this:
<<Amount1 - Amount2>>, the resultant value being placed into your document at this point. (Note that there must be a space on either side of the operand.)1. Works with Word 2010?
2. Interested in the Web-Server version, should I wait (or just start with the demo)? Will there be any incentives to purchase the current version in anticipation of the Server version?
Yes- it does work with Word 2010.
As to the web-server version, it is being architected to function as closely as possible to the Word Add-in version. This means that templates that are authored and run with the Add-in will run in the server version with no changes being necessary. That would mean that any investment of time and effort in authoring templates in advance of the server version would not be wasted.
I have downloaded the demo software but installation does not seem to work.
It’s important that you download the version of XpressDox for your specific version of Word.
In particular, Word 2010 can give problems because it comes in two flavours – a 32 bit version and a 64 bit version. If you do have Word 2010, the way to tell whether it is the 32 bit or 64 bit version is:
Press the File menu and then Help in Word 2010, then on the right hand side of the screen is a whole lot of information about Office. In the middle is “About Microsoft Word” and under that is the version and either (32-bit) or (64-bit).
Where can I find the XpressDox Supervisor’s Guide?
The XpressDox Supervisor’s Guide is available to licensed users, on request.
How do I enable macros?
I think you might be asking about this because you are using the Word 2003 instance of XpressDox, which needs to employ macros in order to have shortcut settings for keys (shortcut key settings are done in an automatic way in Office versions later than 2003).
The Microsoft article in the following web site tells you how to enable or disable macros in Word 2003: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290949
Does this software work with the Mac and OS X?
Thanks
This software requires Microsoft’s .NET Framework, and so will not, unfortunately, run under Mac/OSX.