Smart Tags and M365 Business

Larry
Larry Member Posts: 101 ✭✭
edited November 2024 in English Forum

Trying to get Smart Tags to work again in MS Word. I have Logos 8 and M365 Business.

I have done the steps in the Wiki (they previously worked). 

I ran Powershell execution policy and the RegisterSmartTags download. Both say that it succeeded.

But in Word there is no option under Com add-ins (or anything else) to activate this tag.

Anyone been able to do this?

Thanks

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  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,855

    Larry said:

    But in Word there is no option under Com add-ins (or anything else) to activate this tag.

    If you are in File > Options > Add-ins you should see "Logos Bible Software (Bible references)" near the top, with Type = Action

    In the Manage: box at the bottom, click the down arrow and select Actions and Go..

    Check the boxes for Enable additional actions... and Logos Bible Software (Bible references) and then click OK.

    Despite all this, I was also unable to get it working in M365. Faithlife may be able to assist.

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • Bradley Grainger (Logos)
    Bradley Grainger (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 11,993

    I don't have Microsoft 365, so I haven't been able to test, but I do note that Microsoft has deprecated Smart Tags since Word 2010: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/microsoft.office.tools.word.smarttag?view=vsto-2017#usage

    It's not outside the realm of possibility that they finally removed support.

  • Bradley Grainger (Logos)
    Bradley Grainger (Logos) Administrator, Logos Employee Posts: 11,993
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1097126#Comment_1097126

    Bradley Grainger (Faithlife) said:

    I don't have Microsoft 365

    Turns out I wasn't paying attention: I have an Office 365 subscription, which has now become Microsoft 365.

    I discovered that the copy of WINWORD.exe on my system is 64-bit. I don't remember installing that explicitly; perhaps that was the new default when I first installed, or perhaps Microsoft has started upgrading existing installations to 64-bit?

    If you're running 64-bit Word (like me), you'll need to use L4SmtTg64.dll. Once I installed and registered that, I was able to see the Smart Tag in Office (on the Additional Actions right-click menu).

  • Dave Hooton
    Dave Hooton MVP Posts: 35,855
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1097127#Comment_1097127

    Bradley Grainger (Faithlife) said:

    I discovered that the copy of WINWORD.exe on my system is 64-bit.

    I think that can be specified during initial installation, but my copy is 32-bit.

    After another display of M365 banners and restarting Word, Smart Tags is now working!

    Dave
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    Windows 11 & Android 13

  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith MVP Posts: 53,766
    https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1097127#Comment_1097127

    Yes, MS changed to 64-bit but one can override it.

    Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."

  • Dr. David Wolfe
    Dr. David Wolfe Member Posts: 11 ✭✭

    Dave Hooton … I have 64bit Office 365 . . . I have down loaded LSmTg4.dll . . . run Powershell . . . it says it accepted, registered, etc., but my MS Office 365 doesn't recognize. PowerShell said it loaded, but I can not find Logos in either add-in or proofing. Can you help? :)

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