The design solution was a Microsoft Office Connector for Aras Innovator product that enables users of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook applications to create, store, edit, search and manage documents in Aras Innovator while working within the familiar, easy to use Microsoft environment. At the same time the solution provides administrators of Aras Innovator with sophisticated capabilities for document control and security, including need-to-know access, configurable automatic document numbering and naming conventions, optional use of corporate templates, and more.