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The demonstration workbook is available in a file format for Windows Excel 97, 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007. It does NOT run in any MacOS version of Excel due to MacOS Excel's inability to generate normally distributed random numbers from Visual Basic using the Analysis Toolpak - VBA. Microsoft is aware of the problem but has no plans to fix it. If you have a modern web browser you should be able to download the binary Excel file directly by clicking on the link below.
Generates Time and Population Count values using a mathematical model with user-adjustable parameters.Note: The first version of the Excel file was dated May 1, 2007. The February 21, 2008 version adds compatibility with Windows Excel 2007, adds one additional generated data point at Time=0 for each data set, improves tick mark labeling on the X (Time) and Z (DataSets) axes, changes the order of the 3D chart entries in column A from X,Z,Y to X,Y,Z and updates several comment notes.
If you have Microsoft Excel installed on your hard drive, you should be able to open the MicPopExplModel.xls file in Excel by double-clicking on its icon. If that doesn't work, open the workbook file by first starting Excel, choosing Open... from the File menu and then selecting the Excel file that was downloaded and saved on your hard disk. If the file does not appear on the list of file names, set the Files of type: pop-up menu to All Files (*.*) then select and open the file. If you were unable to open the file by double-clicking on it, use the alternate method just described to open it and once the file has opened in Excel you should immediately save it by choosing Save from the File menu. This will make it possible to open the file in the future by simply double-clicking on its icon.
When you are shown a dialog box asking about enabling macros, click the Enable Macros button. If you are using a recent version of Excel for Windows, you may need to reduce the security level in Tools>Macro>Security to Medium, then close and reopen the file to enable the macros.
Clicking the Clear All button will erase the five charts from Sheet1 and any previously generated data cells on Sheet1 through Sheet16. Clicking the Generate Data button erases any data and charts before new data are generated so it is not necessary to click Clear All before clicking Generate Data. (For Excel 97-2003: If after clicking the Generate Data button you see an error box that says, "Runtime error '1004'; 'ATPVBAEN.XLA' could not be found.", go to the 'Tools' menu, choose 'Add-Ins...', check the 'Analysis ToolPak-VBA' checkbox and click 'OK'. The Generate Data button should then work without error. For Excel 2007: If after clicking the Generate Data button you see an error box that says,"Runtime error '1004'; 'ATPVBAEN.XLAM' could not be found.", click on the Office Button, choose 'Excel Options', click on the 'Add-Ins' category then click on 'Analysis ToolPak-VBA' in the list of Add-Ins and click the 'Go...' button. Be sure the 'Analysis ToolPak-VBA' box is checked in the list of Add-Ins available then click 'OK'. The Generate Data button should then work without error.) After data have been generated, click the Draw Charts button to draw five charts on Sheet1. You many make changes to any chart settings in columns A & B of Sheet1 and click the Draw Charts button again to redraw the charts using the new settings. Read the comment notes attached to cells A1 thru A5 for instructions on how to run the worksheet model. To view or print all of the workbook's comment notes together click on the link below.
The Excel file MicPopExplModel.xls contains 16 worksheets. Sheet1 contains instructions, user input cells, five embedded charts, and three buttons labeled Clear All, Generate Data and Draw Charts. Cells that have a red triangle marker in their upper right corner have a comment note attached to them.