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System Requirements for the Siebel Web Client


To use Siebel Proposals, you must have:

NOTE:  If you are deploying the Siebel Server in UNIX and want to use Siebel Proposals, a separate Windows machine is required for the Document Server.

Siebel Proposals uses the Document Server, which is a new component of the Siebel Server that lets users on the Web work with Word documents that are on the server.

Your employees or partners who use Siebel Proposals need:

For information on the Web browsers that are supported by Siebel applications, see Siebel System Requirements and Supported Platforms.

System Requirements for the Siebel Remote Web Client

Siebel Proposals is available for the Siebel Remote Web Client as well as for the Siebel Web Client. The user interface for Proposals is identical in the Siebel Remote Web Client and the Web Client.

However, the Siebel Remote Web Client processes requests to generate documents locally, so that field sales representatives can generate correspondences, proposals, and presentations while traveling.

To run Siebel Proposals on the Remote Web client, you must have Microsoft Office installed on the same machine as the Remote Web Client.

Setting Up the Document Server

Siebel Correspondence, Siebel Presentations, and Siebel Proposals all use the Siebel Document Server to generate Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint documents through the Web.

After installing your Siebel applications, you must enable the Document Server.

For more information, see Installing the Document Server.


 Applications Administration Guide
 Published: 09 September 2004