Otar Retirement Calculator - 2026Simple Edition

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Installation Notes: 

What you see is what you get. I do not offer free counseling, planning your retirement or advice on how to operate the software. Refer to the User Guide which comes with the software in folder C:\ORC2026Simple

• Close all your Excel programs.

• If using Office 2010, make sure that it was originally installed with VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) included under Office Shared Features. Otherwise, you will have to reinstall it with VBA enabled.

• Make a new folder on your hard disk: C:\ORC2026Simple

• Open Excel with a blank spreadsheet.

• If using Excel 2007: Click on the “Office ” button menu on top left corner. Click on “Excel Options”.

• If using Excel 2010: Click on the “File” tab button menu on top left corner. Click on “Options”.

• Click on “Trust Center”. Click on “Trust Settings”. Click on "Trusted Locations". Click on “Add New Location”.  Now browse and add "C:\ORC2026Simple" folder to this list.

• You do not need a printer connected to run the program. However, you need to have a designated default printer so that the pages have some format to follow. Otherwise, you might see huge letters or parts of letters on the page. I use 600dpi printer resolution. With some printers, you might have to choose “graphics” setting.  

• Close Excel

• Download ORCSimple by clicking on the link here: Download here

• Clear your browser's cache to make sure you don't install an older version by mistake.

• Double Click on the downloaded program file name (ORC26Simple.exe) to start installation process.

• If Windows stops you from downloading this executable file, click “more info”, next tab, and allow the downloading. The installation takes a few seconds. If you receive a message after installation something like "Your installation may not be complete", ignore it.

• After installation is complete you should see an icon with a description “ORC2026 Simple” on your desktop.

• Now, you are ready to run ORC. Double click on the "ORC2026 Simple" icon on your desktop to start the program. If asked, click on the "Enable Content" button.

• If you installed the ORC in a folder with a different name, you need to add that to your trusted locations list, instead of "C:\ORC2026Simple".

Make sure to backup folder C:\ORC2026Simple regularly.

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IMPORTANT: IF YOU DO NOT ALLOW MACROS TO RUN AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU WILL GET ERROR MESSAGES AND/OR THE PROGRAM WILL NOT RESPOND TO ANY INPUT DATA.

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