Oracle Publisher Desktop

Oracle Publisher Desktop is a Microsoft Word add-in that you can use to create a report template, which is saved as an RTF file. Oracle Publisher Desktop is also known as the Oracle Publisher Add-in for Microsoft Word.

A report template is a type of template that includes layout information for a report, such as the fields that the report contains and the placement of these fields in the report.

The publisher add-in includes layout, query, and language functionality. It separates logic from the layout, and the layout doesn't depend on a specific language. The add-in provides flexibility during deployment and helps to reduce maintenance costs. It also includes documentation, demonstrations, and examples.

Microsoft Word displays the Publisher toolbar and Publisher menu after you install Oracle Publisher Desktop.

Note the following:

• As a best practice, only use this publisher to create report templates. If you use some other tool to create report templates, then you must manually code the XSL statements and references to the data fields. This book doesn't describe how to code XSL statements.
• Use the same version of Oracle Publisher Server and Oracle Publisher Desktop in your environment.
• Siebel CRM lets you use only some functionality that Oracle Publisher Desktop provides. Oracle only supports the features that this guide describes.

For more information see Oracle Help Center/Middleware/BI.