Sending messages from Microsoft Excel
Ozeki Message Server provides a way to send SMS messages using Microsoft Excel from any computer in your office. All you have to do is to set up the Message server on one of the computers. After you have installed the software, you can send messages following these steps:
Steps for sending SMS messages
- Create a list of mobile phone numbers and messages
- Open the Excel file with the SMS Macro (sms.xls)
- Configure the SMS Macro
- Send the messges by pressing the "Send all" button
Step 1 - Create a list of mobile phone numbers and messages
When you finished the installation of Message Server, open the Excel database. You can reach it on this link: C:\Program Files\Ozeki\Ozeki Message Server\messages.xls
As you can see on the screenshot below, you need to create an Excel Sheet in the following way: in column "A" enter the mobile phone numbers in international format and in column "B" enter the messages. (Picture 1). (Note: international format means: phone numbers begins with a plus sign and the country code without using any spaces e.g.: +36201234567)
Step 2 - Open the Excel file with the SMS Macro (sms.xls)
After creating the message list, you have to open the Excel file containing the Excel Macro. You can find it at the following location: C:\Program Files\Ozeki\Ozeki Message Server\ Ozeki.xls (You can copy this file to any location you like)
Step 3 - Configure the SMS Macro
In the ozeki.xls file you have to specify the IP address and Server port of the computer by dividing with double-dot from each other while the Message Server is running, as well as Server account and password. You need to do this only once (Picture 2).
You are recommended to regulate macro safety at low level in Device menu (Picture 3).
Step 4 - Send the messges by pressing the "Send all" button
By pressing the Send all button, the messages will be sent automatically within a few seconds (Picture 4).
The SMS sending will be successful, if the website is appeared on the screen, which means the message is accepted for delivery. We can notice the website that flashes with orange colour at the bottom of the screen (Picture 5).
When we open a flashing website, we can check whether our messages were sent (Picture 6).
We can check sent messages by starting of Ozeki Message Server. In order to run the server, we have to log in by giving username, password and server URL (Picture 7).
When we click on the sent items menu, we can see that our message were sent from the Excel database (Picture 8).
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