The integration of Rational® ClearCase® and the Microsoft Office applications Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is supported. Using the Rational ClearCase integration with Office allows you to check out, modify, and check in your files, without leaving the Office application or starting additional applications.
When you install Rational ClearCase on your client computer and configure your client for the integration with Office, a ClearCase menu is available on the menu bars in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
You can use the Rational ClearCase integration with Office to access files under source control by using a dynamic view or a snapshot view.
The following Rational ClearCase commands appear on the main ClearCase menu on the Office application menu bar.
The available commands depend on your context. For example, if the file that you are editing is already an element, the Add to Source Control command is not available.