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Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher Desktop is a Windows-based design tool that allows you to create layouts for Oracle BI Publisher. The BI Publisher Desktop contains the Template Builder for Word, the Template Viewer, documentation, demos and samples.

• The Template Builder for Word is an Add-In to Microsoft Word that facilitates the development of RTF layout templates.
• The Template Viewer facilitates testing and viewing of any template types (RTF, PDF and eText).
• The Excel Analyzer is installed on demand when an Excel Analyzer document is downloaded.

See the topic Installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop.