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To do:
What and where is the metadata embedded in files which can round-trip?
- For both TIFF and(?) PDF.
Ensure the following compatibility behavior matrix is completed and accurate
- 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.
From ChemDraw to the following type of Word file: | Mac: Word => ChemDraw METHOD: Drag or cut-and-paste | Mac: Word => ChemDraw METHOD: Paste Special => PDF | Windows: Word (born?/ edited on Mac) => ChemDraw METHOD: Drag or cut-and-paste | Windows: Word (born?/ edited on Mac) => ChemDraw METHOD: Paste Special => PDF |
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| Mac: Office 2011 (Word) | OK | OK? | OK? | OK? |
| Mac: Office 2016 (Word) | FAIL | OK? | FAIL? | OK? |
| Windows: Any Office version (Word) | OK? | n/a? | OK? | OK? |
See also:
http://www.cambridgesoft.com/support/DesktopSupport/KnowledgeBase/SystemRequirements/
- http://disq.us/p/z7dtk1
End of support for Microsoft Office 2011 on October 2017
Microsoft changed how pasting works in Office 2016 for the Mac
- http://wwwforums.cambridgesoft.com/support/DesktopSupport/KnowledgeBase/SystemRequirements/messageview.aspx?catid=12&threadid=3415
- http://disqforums.cambridgesoft.us/p/z7dtk1com/messageview.aspx?catid=12&threadid=3187
Issues with Round trip editing on Macs
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- For those using Office 2011 on Macs, it was possible to be able to drag and drop from Chemdraw into Word 2011 and drag and drop the image back into Chemdraw for editing. This is no longer the case for Office 2016.
- Dragging and dropping from ChemDraw 15.1 to Word 2016 will paste an image into the Word document but the image will NOT be editable
- Copying(⌘+C) and Pasting (⌘+V) will only paste text into Word(2016)
- IMPORTANT: Opening a old Office 2011 file in Office 2016 and resaving it will not affect the images already in the document (you can drag them into Chemdraw for editing). However, anything dragged into Office 2016 will still not be editable
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