The ARIANA tool is an add-on designed to enhance Microsoft Word and Excel applications. It streamlines the process of creating policies, generating or updating audit reports, managing Excel and Word-based records of processing activities compliant with GDPR, and offering additional utilities beneficial to consultants in their daily tasks. Developed by itrust consulting as a VBA application, ARIANA aims to deliver standardized documentation, particularly within the ATENA project framework. As part of the CyFORT project initiative, ARIANA has been released as open source, thereby making its core functionalities accessible for utilization and welcoming contributions from the community.
To install ARIANA tools, initially clone the GitHub repository contents into a local folder and copy the contents into C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates.
Then, quit all Microsoft Office instances and launch Word. A full system reboot could be needed in order to complete the installation, if there are instances of Word running in the background.
After copying the files, it might not be possible yet to view the ARIANA-Tools Ribbon menu. If that is the case, perform the following steps:
- Launch Microsoft Word;
- Click on "Options" on the bottom-left side of the screen;
- On the dialog box that will open, select the "Customize Ribbon" option to change the dialog box to the Ribon menu customization view
- Click on the button "Import/Export" on the bottom-right side of the screen and select "Import customization file";
- Navigate to the folder "Templates\SetUp" under ARIANA installation folder and select the file "SUP_Q010_ARIANA-Ribbon_v24.exportedUI";
- The list of ribbon menus to be imported should now have three ARIANA items: ARIANA-Audit, ARIANA-Doc Mgt and ARIANA-Tools.
If the previous process was successful, the Ribbon Menu in word should now display the following new Ribbon menu items:
After making this verification, the tool is ready for generating new documents.
To install ARIANA tools, initially clone the GitHub repository contents into a local folder and copy the file ARIANA-T.xlam, found in the folder ITR-PACKAGE\Templates\SetUp into C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\AddIns.
Then, quit all Microsoft Office instances and launch Excel. A full system reboot could be needed in order to complete the installation, if there are instances of Excel running in the background.
After copying the ARIANA-T.xlam file, Excel have to be configured to add the ARIANA Add-In. To do so, execute the following steps:
- Click on "Options" on the bottom-left side of the window;
- Select the "Add-Ins" option in the left side of the dialog box;
- Click on the "Go..." button on the bottom of the dialog box;
- Make sure that the checkbox by "ARIANA-T" is checked.
Refer to the quick user guide for getting started.
For further GDPR generation instructions, refer to the GDPR user guide for getting started.
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Acknowledgment: This tool was co-funded by the Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade of Luxembourg, within the project Cloud Cybersecurity Fortress of Open Resources and Tools for Resilience (CyFORT).
Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) v3.0.
For more information about the project, contact us at dev@itrust.lu.