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      <div class="title_topic3" id="xps10_pagetitle">Toggling Between Xess and NX</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">While the spreadsheet is active, you can access NX only through items on the spreadsheet main menu bar - you cannot use NX directly (the red light is displayed). When you need to work directly in the NX environment, you must disconnect the spreadsheet. The only way to disconnect Excel is to exit the program without saving.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">There are two methods to disconnect from Xess:</p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">  Before you disconnect, make sure you have saved your data using File&rarr;Save. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">To suspend the spreadsheet, select Connections&rarr;Disconnect. The Xess process continues to run, but this breaks the communication link so that NX becomes active. Reconnecting a suspended version of Xess to NX takes less time than restarting the program. To reconnect, select Tools&rarr;Spreadsheet again. At the system prompt, click Continue to preserve the current Spreadsheet data.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">To exit from the spreadsheet, select the File&rarr;Exit. Xess exits and control is returned to NX. </p>
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