Marvin with JChem for Office Lite

How to use MS Office with Marvin promotion license

Marvin integrates with Microsoft Office to give you a seamless copy-paste experience. Move quickly and keep editing your chemical data in Word and PowerPoint documents. Follow the below steps to start using it.

For copy-paste your chemical structures from Marvin to MS Office please install JChem for Office Lite: https://download.chemaxon.com/jchem-for-office-lite

For editing functionality please contact sales (https://chemaxon.com/form-submit) and ask for a Marvin promotion license. We can only provide this promotion license for commercial users.

How to set the License for JChem for Office Lite

1. Open License Manager: After installation, navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon and open LicenseManager.exe.
2. Upload License: For License Key: Paste the key into the input bar and click Apply.

For more information regarding licensing, see the License Management pages:

Installing to Desktops

License Server Configuration

Instructions for using Marvin in Word and PowerPoint

The right-click context menu on a given chemical structure in Word/PowerPoint brings up the JChem for Office menu item. If you do not have a molecule object in your Office file, please go to https://freetrial.marvin.cxn.io/ and draw a simple molecule (e.g benzene) in Marvin which can subsequently be-copy pasted into Word/PowerPoint.

Using the right-click context menu on a chemical structure, you may select from a variety of structure editors to use as a renderer and as an editor itself. If you are a Marvin Trial user, the settings below are recommended.

Marvin should be selected as a Structure Editor.

Structure Renderer should be set to Autodetect.