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UCAI.XLA Unit Conversion Add-In for MS-Excel  Version 1.0      12-26-97
Copyright 1997 MZCS (MZ Consulting Services) 
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This is the Shareware version of UCAI.XLA for MS-Excel.  If you 
distribute the Shareware version of UCAI.XLA for Windows to 
friends, associates, or to a computer bulletin board (BBS), 
please distribute the file UCAI.ZIP rather than the 
individual files for UCAI.XLA for Windows


Files included with this release
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UCAI.XLA        Unit conversion add-in, in MS-Excel add-in format.

UCAI.HLP        The help file for using UNITCONV for Windows.

README.TXT      Information about installing UCAI.XLA for MS-Excel 
                (this file).



Installation of UCAI.XLA and UCAI.HLP
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1.  Run the self-extraction ZIP file (UCAI.ZIP).  When prompted for
the destination directory, type:

c:\msoffice\excel\library  

This assumes MS-Office is installed on your C: drive, and you are running
Windows 3.1   If you do not have MS-Office, and are only running Excel,
use the following as the destination directory:

c:\excel\library


If you are running Windows 95 and MS-Office 95, use the following 
destination directory:

c:\msoffice\library\custom

Note that both the UCAI.XLA and UCAI.HLP files must be in the same
directory.

2.  Start Excel, then click Tools >> Add-Ins.

3.  Click the Browse button.  When the Browse window appears, navigate
to the destination directory you used in step 1, above.

4.  Select UCAI.XLA, then click OK.  The add-in will be loaded and 
available for use.  

5.  A message box will appear, showing author and copyright information.
Click OK to clear the message box.  This message box will only appear
when you load the add-in using Tools >> Add-Ins.  Once it is loaded,
the message box will re-appear each time Excel is started.

6.  To unload UCAI.XLA, click Tools >> Add-Ins.  Clear the check box
next to Unit Conversion Add-In (UCAI.XLA), then click OK.


Features available in this release
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Converts to & from various English and SI (metric) units of measurement.  
The conversion is done directly in a cell of your MS-Excel spreadsheet.

A new item (Engineering) is inserted in the Excel main menu bar.

Basic units of measurement included in the add-in:

	Area
	Length
	Mass
	Moles
	Temperature
	Time
	Volume


Advanced units of measurement included in the add-in:

	Concentration (mass/volume)
	Concentration (volume/volume)
	Density
	Dynamic Viscosity
	Kinematic Viscosity
	Volumetric Flow Rate
	Force
	Pressure
	Velocity
	

Scientific constants are also included in the add-in.  These constants 
may be inserted directly in a cell of your MS-Excel spreadsheet.  Constants
included in the add-in:

	Acceleration of gravity
	Ideal gas constant
	Density of water


Several engineering functions are available in the Excel function wizard,
under User Defined functions.  These functions include:

	First Moment of Inertia of a set of (x,y) data.
	Second Moment of Inertia of a set of (x,y) data.
	Mannings velocity (English or SI units), for pipes flowing full.
	Mannings flow rate (English or SI units), for pipes flowing full.
	Integration of a set of (x,y) data by Composite Simpsons Algorithm.
	Integration of a set of (x,y) data by Composite Trapezoid Algorithm.
