ChemDraw and Word on WindowsĬhemDraw and Word have a long history together, and it hasn't always been smooth sailing.
Although most widely-used and best-understood system has for years been ChemDraw and Word on Windows, many other combinations have been tried with varying degrees of success. Three major pieces of software come into play for round trip editing: (1) the structure editor (2) the word processor and (3) the operating system (mainly through its system clipboard). This article is a short compilation of some of the round trip editing problems that have been reported while trying to get structure editors and word processors to play nice together. The process of moving a chemical structure or drawing from a structure editor to a word processor and back is called 'round trip editing'. To make this happen, the structure editor and word processor need to work together, despite not being specifically designed to do so. In particular, written communication taking the form of reports, patents, and publications very often requires both a structure editor (e.g., ChemDraw) and a word processor (e.g., Word).ĭuring preparation of a document, it's essential that the graphical chemistry content be just as editable as the text itself.
Chemical Structure Copy and Paste Problems T00:00:00.000ZĬhemical structure editors play a vital role in chemistry today as a bridge between chemists and their software.
