Contemplating buying Xcelsius - need suggestions please

We are insurance agents and prepare excel proposals for our clients. On the average we receive 70 different alternatives from numerous carriers for every single proposal we prepare; whether it is for a 3 men group or for a 200 men group.
Each proposal is different, so this process is not only tedious, but highly prone to mistakes. For each proposal we prepare, we enter each carrier data into a separate worksheet (all 70 different alternatives)...and re-enter each number ONE BY ONE from the PDF copy we get from each insurance carrier...as you can imagine, IT CAN TAKE US DAYS JUST TO GET ONE PROPOSAL READY!
We are contemplating using Xcelsius to make our presentations dynamic and also be able to streamline this process.
Is there a way to either streamline this process using Xcelsius? If so, which version works best?
Is there a way we do not have to re-type the numbers from the PDF into the excel so that we can then convert each different proposal into an Xcelsius presentation?

Hi,
It is better if you ask your questions in Business Objects - Xcelsius forum.
SAP BusinessObjects Dashboards
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