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1. Open PlanSwift.
   
   
2. Select the A1.2 Floor Plan - Sample Plans.
   
   
3. Open Swift Excel.
   
   
4. Connect to the WorkBook associated with this job (click here if you need help connecting).
   
   
5. On the spreadsheet, enter Game Room Tile in cell A17 (Figure 4).
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         Figure 4
   
   
   
6. Click in cell D17 of the Swift Excel spreadsheet.
   
   
7. Right-Click in cell D17, hover over PlanSwift - Takeoff and click on Area to do an area takeoff. (Alternatively, you can also simply click on the Area takeoff on the Swift Excel PlanSwift Ribbon-bar Tab.)
   
   
   
        Figure 5
   
   
   
8. Enter Game Room Tile for the New Area property Name, and click on Ok. 
   
   
         Figure 5
   
   
   
9. Now do the area takeoff for the GAME ROOM in PlanSwift (Figure 6).
   
   
   
         Figure 6
   
   
10. As shown in Figure 6, the GAME ROOM area is approximately 366 square feet. This number appears in PlanSwift (see arrow in Figure 6), and it now also appears in the Swift Excel spreadsheet that is connected (Figure 7).
    
    
    
          Figure 7
    
    
    
11. The other Takeoff Group functions (Linear, Segment, and Count) work identically to the Area takeoff and may all be invoked from within Swift Excel.