MacWord: Cannot Perform In-Place Editing with ChemDraw Product (821010)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh 6.0
  • Microsoft Word for the Power Macintosh 6.0
  • Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition
  • Microsoft Word 2001 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft Word X for Mac

SYMPTOMS

When you double-click a Cambridge ChemDraw 7.0 or later structure that is pasted in a Microsoft Word 6.0 or later document, the ChemDraw tools do not start for editing the structure.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because you cannot start ChemDraw by double-clicking the graphic object in the Word document. This feature was named Edit Graphics Object (EGO) and was available only on Macintosh computers that ran Apple System 7.

ChemDraw and its associated programs do not currently support the OLE features of Word for the Macintosh for all versions that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, you have to copy and paste between ChemDraw Macintosh and Word.

MORE INFORMATION

EGO is the protocol used that permits you to edit structures in a Word 5.0 or later document. Microsoft has dropped support of EGO in Word 6 and later. Word 6 and later now support a program linking protocol named OLE.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

REFERENCES

For information about ChemDraw, Chem3D, and ChemFinder contact:

Cambridge Scientific Computing, Inc.
875 Massachusetts Avenue, Sixth Floor
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 491-4510 Voice
(617) 491-7203 FAX


Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information. ChemDraw, Chem3D, and ChemFinder are manufactured by Cambridge Scientific Computing, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:5/31/2003
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