Chemistry Add-In for Microsoft Word

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Reasons to Upgrade

  • Supports Windows versions 7, 8.1, 10 and Word versions 2010, 2013, 2016/2019/365.
  • You can now copy and paste structures within and between documents.
  • We no longer use a word temple to implement the Gallery (replaced by Library). – No more messing with your pre-defined styles. See Here
  • Structures displayed in Navigator and Library are not blurred.
  • Convert text into 1D chemical objects (uses you library to detect chemical names).
  • Faster rendering (inserting of drawing into Word) of structures. More than 100 times faster for some large structures. See example here View Here
  • We use installers which are signed by the .Net Foundation (our sponsors) code signing service, so you you can verify that the app is from our trusted source.
  • Updates are now downloaded to your Downloads folder; Some Anti Virus programs detected running the updater from other locations as a virus risk.
  • We only check for updates when a chemistry operation has been performed; You will recieve fewer nags to update.
  • New ChEBI Search.
  • Better reporting of MOLFile and SDFile import errors.
  • Prevent Out of Memory Exception by limiting import from SDFile to first 16 structures.
  • Allow import of 1D chemical object (no atoms only labels)
  • Fix memory leak in ChemDoodle Web 8.0.0 Editor.
  • Changes to UTC system time detection.
  • Allow 1D structure (with no atoms).
  • Fix horizontal scrolling of structure in Task Panes.
  • Handle error when WPF Browser does not load ChemDoodle Web.
  • New resolution independent ChemDoodle Web Editor (8.0.0).
  • Change method of opening files for import to improve handling of locked files.
  • Change to using our own InchiKey resolver, ChemSpider is no longer working.
  • Update SQLite to latest version.
  • Add Check for Updates after RightClick and Selection Change errors.
  • Restrict Right Click chemistry detection to selections where there are up to 5 sentences, for performance reasons.
  • Prohibit chemistry when more than one cell of a table is selected.
  • Improved detection of places where chemistry is not allowed to be inserted (Microsoft Word does not allow it, not us!).
  • Handle old Word 2007 style Content Controls.
  • Improved Right Click detection of Chemistry.
  • Fix permissions issue with Library folder.
  • Run downloaded files from C:\Users\{InsertNameHere}\Downloads instead of C:\Users\{InsertNameHere}\AppData\Local\Temp. Host Intrustion Protection System (HIPS) preventing execution of files from temp folders.
  • Clearer message when initial setup is completed.
  • Handle documents in compatibility mode.
  • Handle error in setting text of 1D labels.
  • Make config files self healing, when options are added or removed.
  • Add option to Render Carbon Atoms.
  • Add extra menus to Help, to open manual, WebSite, YouTube and Manual Update Check.
  • Prevent structures with half bonds being sent to ChemSpider.
  • Make Chem4WordSetup.exe single instance.
  • Allow Chem4Word-Versions.xml and updates to be deployed to multiple domains.
  • Ensure Chem4WordUpdater.exe copy was successful before trying to run it.
  • Revised Office version detection.
  • Fix glitch with detection of Office 365 (2016) installation.
  • If user chooses not to upgrade, prevent legacy chemistry being erased when saving a document.
  • Handle error caused if user tries to insert a V3000 molfile.