Want to build your own molecule image and add it to your research paper? Or how about add subscripts and superscripts to electrons and isotopes? Today,
Office Home And Business 2010, you can. Microsoft Research just released version 1.0 of their Chemistry Add-in for Word. Similar to the Mathematics Add-in for Word,
Windows 7, when you install the Chemistry Add-in a new tab appears on the Word ribbon. From this tab you can insert and modify chemical information,
Windows 7 License, such as labels and formulas. It even includes a 2D chemical editor.This is how you add structural diagrams to your document. To see it in action,
Windows 7 Download, watch this short Microsoft Research video. Download the Chemistry Add-in for Word and its accompanying user guide to get started. And it you're interested in the history of this collaborative project between Microsoft Research and the University of Cambridge,
Office 2010 Pro Plus Key, read Alex Wade's blog post Chemistry Add-in for Word Helps Bridge the Gap between Science and Technology. I don't know about you, but this release totally blinded me with science. What about you? Is this something that you'll use? Leave a comment and let me know what you think. --Jennifer Bost <div