Excel for Office 365 Excel 2019 Excel 2016 Excel 2013 Excel 2010 Excel 2007Smart documents are files, such as Excel workbooks, that are programmed to give you help as you work with them. Several types of Excel files, such as forms and templates, can also function as smart documents. Learn more about smart documentsSmart documents provide solutions to two common business problems: controlling business process workflow and reusing and sharing information. You add XML expansion packs to your Excel workbooks to create these smart document solutions. These solutions can be downloaded or they can be developed by using a Smart Document Software Development Kit. Smart documents work especially well for workbooks that are part of a workflow.

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A workflow is the automated movement of documents or items through a specific sequence of actions or tasks related to a business process. Workflows can be used to consistently manage common business processes, such as document approval or review. For example, your company might have a process for filling out annual employee expense forms, and you might already use an Excel template for this purpose. If that template is converted into a smart document, it can be connected to a database that automatically completes some of the required information, such as employee name, employee number, and manager's name. When you complete the expense report, the smart document can display a button that allows you to send it to the next step in the workflow.

Because the smart document 'knows' who your manager is, it can automatically route itself to that person. And, no matter who has the document, the smart document knows where it is in the expense review workflow and what step needs to happen next. When you add a smart document solution, it appears in the list of available solutions whenever you open a new smart document. To use a solution, you must first attach XML expansion packs to your document, which converts your Excel workbook into a smart document. An XML expansion pack contains multiple components, which include XML files and a manifest that references those components. When you open a document that is attached to an expansion pack, Excel also opens the Document Actions task pane.

That task pane can include tools for completing tasks and help for using the smart document. The specific features that a smart document provides depend on the design that its creator — the developer or IT professional — implements. If necessary, contact your Information Technology (IT) professional for the location of and details about your smart document solution. If you do not have development or IT resources available, you can download smart documents that were created by third parties. If you are a developer and you want to know more about how to create smart documents, see the Smart Document Software Development Kit on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site.Add and attach a smart document solution.If the Developer tab is not visible, do the following to display it:.On the File tab, click Options Customize Ribbon.On the right side of the Customize the Ribbon dialog box, select Main Tabs from the Customize the Ribbon drop-down list, and then check the Developer box.Click OK.

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Note: If you are using Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options. Note: If you are using Excel 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options. In the Popular category, under Top options for working with Excel, select the Show Developer tab in the Ribbon check box, and then click OK.On the Developer tab, in the XML group, click Expansion Packs.Do any of the following:.To remove the XML expansion pack's name and URL properties from the document, click Delete. The XML expansion pack will still be available in the Available XML expansion packs list.To replace the current XML expansion pack with the new XML expansion pack, in the Available XML expansion packs list, select a different XML expansion pack and then click Attach.XML expansion packs can be configured to update automatically at set intervals. To check for updates outside those intervals, click Update. If an updated XML expansion pack is available, the new components will be downloaded.Delete a smart document solution.If the Developer tab is not available, do the following to display it:.On the File tab, click Options Customize Ribbon.On the right side of the Customize the Ribbon dialog box, select Main Tabs from the Customize the Ribbon drop-down list, and then check the Developer box.Click OK.