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Installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop on a Workstation

Installation Procedure

Verifying the Certified Versions of Oracle BI Publisher Desktop.

Download Oracle BI Publisher Desktop from the Oracle Analytics Publisher site. Choose the Oracle BI Publisher Desktop installer according to your version of Microsoft Office : 32 bit or 64 bit.

The following versions of Microsoft Word are certified for Oracle BI Publisher Desktop 12.2.1.4.0

  • Microsoft Office 2021 (Microsoft 365)

  • Microsoft Office 2019 (Microsoft 365)

  • Microsoft Office 2016

Installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

Note:

If a previous version of Oracle BI Publisher Desktop is installed it must be uninstalled prior to the installation of new version. See Uninstalling Oracle BI Publisher Desktop. A user with admin rights must perform the Oracle BI Publisher Desktop installation on a workstation.

Note:

The Oracle BI Publisher Desktop installer must configure some Microsoft Word components, if you launch Microsoft Word during this process, the installation fails.

Note:

Close all Microsoft Office products prior to running the installation. This includes not only Microsoft Word but also Outlook or any software that uses Microsoft Word as a text editor.

The following procedure describes the steps for installing Oracle BI Publisher Desktop for Microsoft Office 365 (32-bit) on a Microsoft Windows 10 machine with JRE 1.8 (32-bit).

  1. From Windows explorer, right-click on the Oracle BI Publisher Desktop installer executable and choose Run as Administrator.

  2. You are prompted to choose a language. Click the list to select the setup language for this installation and then click OK to continue.

  3. Click OK to begin the Oracle BI Publisher Desktop - InstallShield Wizard process.

  4. A Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue.

  5. Click Browse and choose the desired folder to install Oracle BI Publisher Desktop, then click Next to run the setup.

  6. Click Finish.

Post Installation Steps

  1. Launch Microsoft Word.

  2. Click the BI Publisher tab in your Microsoft Word toolbar and select Options. An Option screen appears.

  3. See figure, BI Publisher Tab.

    Figure 9-18 BI Publisher Tab


    This figure shows the BI Publisher Tab selected in Microsoft Word.
  4. Click the Build tab and select the Backward Compatible option.

    Figure 9-19 Option screen


    This figure shows the Option screen with the Build tab selected.

  5. See figure, Option screen.

  6. Click OK to close the screen.

Barcode Fonts

There are several fonts that output barcodes included with BI Publisher. The following table describes the barcodes that are included with BI Publisher.
Font File Supported Algorithm

128R00.TTF

code128a, code128b, and code128c

B39R00.TTF

code39, code39mod43

UPCR00.TTF

upca, upce

Installing Barcode Fonts

  1. Launch File Explorer.

  2. Navigate to x:\Program Files (x86)\Oracle\BI Publisher\BI Publisher Desktop\Template Builder for Word \ fonts.

  3. Select the font file, then right-click  and select Install for all Users (requires Administrator authority).

    This image represents the navigation for Installing Barcode Fonts

Uninstalling Oracle BI Publisher Desktop

  1. Uninstall the Oracle BI Publisher / Analytics Publisher from the Microsoft Windows Control Panel, Add or Remove Programs option.

  2. Go to the installation folder (for example, C:\Program Files\Oracle) and verify the BI Publisher directory is removed. Delete this folder if it still exists.

  3. Open Microsoft Word and verify the BI Publisher tab no longer appears.

  4. Shut down and restart your workstation before reinstalling Oracle BI Publisher Desktop.

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