eXtyles is a fully configurable and expandable suite of tools that allow editorial staff to work in the familiar Microsoft Word environment. Once installed, the eXtyles menu appears on the Word menu ribbon as a separate tab. This new tab lists all of your organization’s eXtyles tools as well as handy shortcuts to native Word functions. If you or your organization have any questions or concerns about troublesome documents or the eXtyles process, the eXtyles Support Team is available to help.

“Getting Started” will help you do just that: get started with eXtyles!

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Overview of eXtyles

eXtyles allows editorial staff to automated editing, styling, and XML creation in the familiar Microsoft Word environment. It provides a bridge between editorial departments, which need easy-to-use tools, and production departments, which increasingly need XML for web, print, and ePub production.

eXtyles extends the functionality of Word by automating the formatting and structuring of documents derived from various sources and by enforcing specific editorial style requirements. It is an integrated suite of tools that simplifies the time-consuming and error-prone aspects of cleaning up, styling, and editing content. eXtyles enables users to:

Mold Word documents into a standard style
Automatically edit normative references and bibliographies to a preferred style
Check reference and object citations
Export valid XML from Word
Improve editorial quality and cut production costs

eXtyles Support

If you encounter problems while working with eXtyles, please check the support pages at https://www.inera.com/support/technical-support. Most common issues are described there.

We encourage you to create an account and use Inera’s support portal for technical support questions. To register, simply go to https://support.extyles.com/support/home, and select “Sign Up” from the top-right of the screen.

An account with Inera support allows you to easily submit technical queries to the Inera customer services team, track the status of queries, and have easy access to Inera’s extensive eXtyles FAQ library.

You can send technical support questions to eXtyles-support@inera.com. Inera’s customer services team will receive these queries, ensuring that the question will be addressed promptly.

If possible, please provide the following information when submitting technical support queries:

A complete description of the problem, including the eXtyles step at which the problem occurred
Your version of Microsoft Windows (e.g., Windows 10)
Your version of Microsoft Word (e.g., Office 2016)
Your eXtyles build number (e.g., 4210; this can be retrieved by clicking the “About eXtyles” button on the eXtyles ribbon)
Any relevant documents, including the working version and $base or $original files created by eXtyles during processing

Including this information will help us solve your problem quickly and efficiently.

Thank you!

Installation

eXtyles is an advanced add-on to Microsoft Word that is simple to install. Before installing eXtyles, review the following software and hardware requirements and recommendations.

eXtyles is compatible with locally installed versions of O365, which is a Microsoft licensing model rather than a specific version of Office. For more information about eXtyles and O365, see https://support.extyles.com/support/solutions/articles/1000183138-extyles-and-office-365

Microsoft Word for Windows (32-bit only): 2007, 2010, 2013, or 2016
Microsoft Windows (32- or 64-bit): 7, 8, 1, or 10
1024 × 768 screen resolution (minimum)
5 GHz Intel Core i5 dual-core CPU equivalent or faster (recommended: systems less than four years old)
8 GB RAM (minimum; we recommend twice the minimum Microsoft specification for any combination of Windows and Word)
1 GB free HD space to install
Internet access for certain processes (e.g., URL Checking)

eXtyles supports 64-bit Windows, but 64-bit Microsoft Office does not support eXtyles. Learn more here: https://support.extyles.com/support/solutions/articles/11000025548-extyles-and-64-bit-office

Before installing eXtyles, ensure that you are logged into your PC under an account with administrator privileges. Quit Microsoft Word before running these steps.

To install eXtyles:

If you are installing a keyed version of eXtyles, install the HASP drivers and hardware key by following the instructions in the next section, “Installing eXtyles with a Hardware ”
Double-click the eXtyles installation file that you downloaded from the provided URL; this file will probably look something like eXtyles for exe.
The InstallShield Wizard will open and provide you with step-by-step instructions for entering your user information and installing the program.
If necessary, install any patch files according to the instructions provided in the release email
Start Microsoft Word
If necessary, accept the security alert to allow macros signed by Inera Inc. to run. You will see the eXtyles menu added to the Word ribbon (or to the Word menus in earlier versions of Word).

If you do not see the eXtyles menu/ribbon in Word after installation, please visit our FAQ at http://support.extyles.com or contact eXtyles technical support at eXtyles-support@inera.com.

Installing eXtyles with a Hardware Key

Some customers must have a hardware key, in the form of a small USB drive, inserted into a USB drive on a computer before installing eXtyles. If this is the first time you are installing eXtyles on this specific computer, you must first install the HASP drivers for the key before installing eXtyles as follows:

1. Download the HASP drivers from

http://www.extyles.com/drivers/HASP_drivers_latest.zip

2. Attach your hardware key from Inera to a USB port on the

3. Unzip the downloaded drivers from step 1; inside the resulting folder Sentinel_HASP_Run-time_setup, double-click the file exe.

4. Reboot your PC (at this point, a red light should be glowing on the end of the hardware key).

You can then install eXtyles as described earlier in this section. When prompted for a serial number, enter the serial number attached to that key.

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