User guide

The ChemDraw items folder
The folder contains the preferences, hotkeys, nicknames, and isotopes files; scripts, and the generic nicknames file.
It also contains template documents and template Stationery Pads. You can have multiple ChemDraw Items folders.
This is useful in corporate installations for maintaining personal files such as nicknames and standard templates.
The location of the ChemDraw Items folder is based on your operating system. If you are using ChemOffice 2012, the
folder is at:
Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\ApplicationData\CambridgeSoft\
ChemOffice2012\ChemDraw\
Windows Vista
C:\Program Data\CambridgeSoft\ChemOffice2012\ChemDraw
To add a path to a ChemDraw Items folder:
1. Go to File>Preferences. The Preferences dialog box appears.
2. Click the Directories tab.
3. Click Add New, browse to a location, and click OK. A new path is added to the list.
4. To rearrange the search order, click Move Up and Move Down.
5. To delete a path, click Remove. To delete all added paths, click Default Paths.
Default styles
ChemBioDraw 13.0 saves default styles as a style sheet . When you launch ChemBioDraw 13.0, the last style sheet
you use opens as the default. If you choose different one, that file becomes the default.
You can set a default that is not changed:
1. Go to File>Preferences.
2. On the Open/Save tab, browse to the default style sheet.
3. Deselect Opening Any Style Sheet Changes Default.
4. Click OK.
To view the default style, click the File menu. The New menu item displays the name of the Style Sheet.
Saving customized styles
Every new document you create uses a style sheet file for its document settings. These files can also contain prede-
fined objects. When you create a new document, you actually create an untitled copy of the style sheet. Changes you
make to the copy do not affect the file.
You can create a style sheet with your own customized setting by saving it as a CDS file. If you store the CDS file in
the ChemDraw Items folder, it appears in the Open Templates menu (under the File menu).
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