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System Requirements for Siebel Presentations

Certain system requirements must be met to use Siebel Presentations. For information about the Documentation Server and other software that is required for Siebel Presentations, see Document Server.

System Requirements for the Siebel Web Client

Before you can use Siebel Presentations, you must meet the system requirements for the Siebel Web Client.

To meet the system requirements for the Siebel Web Client

1. Install on the server, such as a Siebel Server and a Web Server, all of the components that are required to use the Siebel application.
2. Install the Document Server on one or more Windows computers.
3. Install Microsoft Office on the Document Server computer.

NOTE:  If you deploy the Siebel Server in UNIX and want to use Siebel Presentations, a separate Windows computer is required for the Document Server.

Siebel Presentations uses the Document Server. The Document Server is a component of the Siebel Server that lets users on the Web work with Microsoft PowerPoint slides on the server. For more information about installing the components required to use the Siebel application, see Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using.

Before employees or partners can use Siebel Presentations, they must have the following:

• A Web browser to use the application. For information about the Web browsers that Siebel applications support, see Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms on Oracle Technology Network.
• (Optional) Microsoft Office to edit presentations.

System Requirements for the Siebel Remote Web Client

Siebel Presentations is available for the Siebel Remote Web Client and the Siebel Web Client. The user interface for Presentations is identical in the Siebel Remote Web Client and the Siebel Web Client.

Siebel Remote Web Client processes requests to generate presentations locally so field sales representatives can generate presentations while traveling. To run Siebel Presentations on the Siebel Remote Web Client, Microsoft Office must be installed on the same computer as the Siebel Remote Web Client.