On February 1, 2011, we announced the availability of version 1 of the Chemistry Add-in for Word, as well as the assignment of the open source project to the Outercurve Foundation by Microsoft Research and the University of Cambridge.

System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

Any computer that can run Office 2007 or Office 2010.

Software Requirements

Your computer must have the following software:

• Any version of Windows that can run Office 2007 or Office 2010, which includes Windows XP SP3 and later versions of Windows.
• Word 2007 or Word 2010
• 2007 Microsoft Office System Requirements http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/HA101668651033.aspx
• 2010 Microsoft Office System Requirements http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624351(office.14).aspx

Installation Instructions

To install Chemistry Add-in, do the following:

1. Close all Word documents
2. Download the Chemistry Add-in binaries from Version 1.0 Release
3. Copy the Chemistry Add-in .zip file to your hard drive
4. Extract the contents of the .zip file to a folder
5. Navigate to that folder and run Setup.exe, which runs the standard MSI installation wizard
6. Use the installation wizard to install the Chemistry Add-in

To verify the installation, launch Word. The ribbon should now include a Chemistry tab.

Building Instructions

To build Chemistry Add-in using Visual Studio 2010, do the following:

1. Download and install the Chemistry Add-in
2. Download the source code from http://chem4word.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/changes/fc72c8656113
3. Update the reference to Chem4Word.Font.dll in the Chem4Word.Addin project and point to the corresponding location in your local installation (e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Chemistry Add-in for Word\Chem4Word.Font.dll)
4. Build the Chem4Word.sln solution
5. The Chemistry Add-in installer will then be generated and you can find it in the Chem4Word.Setup project

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