Microsoft KB Archive/821010

= MacWord: Cannot Perform In-Place Editing with ChemDraw Product =

Article ID: 821010

Article Last Modified on 5/31/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 2001 for Mac
 * Microsoft Word X for Mac

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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 &quot;Applies to&quot; 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.

