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Get started with Microsoft Outlook meeting room booking in proNestor Booking

To book a meeting room in Outlook or add catering to an appointment, you will first need to download and install proNestor Booking Outlook Add-in for Microsoft Office 2003/2007 (2010 support comes in September).

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proNestor Outlook add-in installation and setup

You can download the installation packages for proNestor Outlook Add-in from within the proNestor demo web solution, or from your private proNestor web solution.

* Log on proNestor to Web with an administrator account.

* Choose the tab 'Administration'.

* Choose the tab 'Settings'.

* Choose 'Other settings' in the menu to the left.

You now have to create the installation packages for the proNestor Booking Outlook Add-in. Create the package that matches the Microsoft Outlook version, you have installed on your own computer. Click 'Create Installer' under the matching Outlook version section as shown below.

If an installation package has already been created, then there will be a link called 'MSI Installer' and a link called 'Outlook Installation Package' - see the three screen dumps below. If the 'Outlook installation package' for your Office version has already been created then go to section 'Download installation package'

* Click 'Create Installer' for the desired Outlook version.

* Click 'Create Package' and wait until this is completed and the 'Outlook installation package' link appears as shown below.

Download the installation package

You now have to download the installation package, and install it on your computer to install proNestor Booking Outlook Add-in.

* Click the link 'Outlook installation package' and choose 'Save' to save the package on your computer. Remeber to choose the installation package matching your Outlook version.

* Choose 'Open folder' when the installation package has been downloaded to your computer.

* Right click the installation package and choose 'Extract all' to extract all files.

The folder where the files have be extracted to now contains the installation program itself. It is called 'setup.exe'

* Install proNestor Outlook Add-in by double clicking 'setup.exe'.

This program installs all the necessary components along with the proNestor Outlook Add-in for meeting room booking and catering orders.

Installation of proNestor Outlook Add-in

After having extracted the installation please run the 'setup.exe' program. Follow the steps below.

* Click 'Next'.

* Click 'Next'.

* Click 'Next'.

* Click 'Close' to finish the installation.

Running the proNestor Outlook Add-in

You can now start booking meeting rooms and catering. Close your Outlook if it is alread running, and start it again. Otherwise just start Outlook.

You now have an extra menu item in Outlook called 'proNestor Booking' in the top menu.

* Choose proNestor Booking from the top menu.

* Choose 'Create account'

The proNestor Outlook Add-in opens a new window, where you can enter your account information and create your account.

* Fill out the form.

Remember to fill in an email that you have access to, since proNestor Booking sends you a mail with your login information to the given e-mail address.

* Click 'Create'

Your new account has been created. In a moment you will receive a mail with your login information.

You can now log on to proNestor and start meeting room and catering booking directly from your Outlook appointments. Login to proNestor

* Choose 'proNestor Booking' from the top menu.

* Choose 'Login'

* Enter your login as stated in your mail from proNestor Booking.

* Enter your password and click 'Login'

You are now logged in to proNestor Booking and this is reflected by the menu options in the 'proNestor Booking' top menu. These have changed so you can now choose to log out from the proNestor Booking system.

You can now place an order for catering and create a meeting room booking in Outlook. When you create a future appointment in your calendar, there will be a proNestor button in the appointment form for booking room, catering and equipment.

proNestor Booking for Outlook is now installed and an account has been created for you in the proNestor Booking solution. You can read about how to use proNestor Booking for Outlook for meeting room booking in our guide ' Outlook - Quick User guide'.

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