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Even with the release of ChemDraw version 16 from PerkinElmer Informatics, round trip editing using the common drag and drop method still does not work with Office 2016 (although compatibility with Office 2011 continues). With the end of the support lifecycle for Office 2011 on 10/10/2017, it may no longer be possible to install Office 2011 on newer versions of macOS. There is currently a workaround for this problem which is using copy (⌘+C) and Paste as PDF (⌘+Control+V) instead of drag and drop in Office 2016.
What you need to know
Macs and ChemDraw: A change to your copy-and-paste procedure into MS Office documents.
The procedure to copy-and-paste ChemDraw elements for round-trip editing with MS Office documents changed after Microsoft Office 2011 (Mac).
Most people in our department have up to this point managed this change by continuing to use Office 2011 for Word and PowerPoint. This strategy is not sustainable. To wit, Microsoft is dropping support of Office 2011 this October. And a forthcoming macOS version may not properly support Office 2011. Microsoft currently offers Office 2016, and no other version is available for download via Office 365 to personal computers.
There are no great options. One option is to learn to paste a ChemDraw object into Word or PowerPoint differently:
- Step one is unchanged: copy (⌘+C).
- Step two has changed:Paste as PDF (⌘+Control+V) instead of drag and drop into an Office 2016 document.
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Status in Chemistry:
As of 1/17/17:
Researchers and others to reach out to, in person:
| Person | Notes |
|---|---|
| Pete Wolczanski <ptw2> | |
| Geoff Coates <gc39> | |
| Dave Collum <dbc6> | |
| Others? |
Communication plan:
| Method | Dates, aprox | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Documented (wiki) | Fall 2016 | Done, always being added to. |
| Newsletter (and News item) | Do "now", as of Jan 17, 2017 | |
| Talk about and meet with groups and individuals | See above table. | |
| Computing Cmt's role? |
ChemDraw 16:
Came out ~11/1/16:
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- For any more-recent version of MacOS (macOS), Windows, and ChemDraw.
- Pay attention to version of MS Word (MS Office).
- Similar cut-and-paste issue as with MathType, apparently.
- Note: When creating pasting from CD into Windows (Office 16), it is possible to Paste Special from ribbon as a "CS ChemDraw Object" - double click image to round-trip edit
- All with current version of ChemDraw (v16).
From ChemDraw to the following type of Word file: | Tested file on left on a Mac: Open in Word (Office 2011) => ChemDraw | Tested file on left on a Mac: Open in Word (Office 2016) => ChemDraw
| Tested file on left on Windows: Word (Office 2016) => ChemDraw |
|---|---|---|---|
Created/ edit on a Mac: Office 2011 (Word):
| OK | OK | FAIL |
Created/ edit on a Mac: Office 2011 (Word):
| OK | OK | FAIL |
Created/ edit on a Mac: Office 2016 (Word):
| FAIL | FAIL | FAIL |
Created/ edit on a Mac: Office 2016 (Word):
| OK | OK | FAIL |
Created/ edit on a Windows: Any Office version (Word):
| OK? | OK? | OK? |
See also:
http://www.cambridgesoft.com/support/DesktopSupport/KnowledgeBase/SystemRequirements/
- http://disq.us/p/z7dtk1
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