Installing Contract Express Author

Template authors need Microsoft Word 2013, 2016, 2019, or Microsoft Office 365 (desktop version), running on
Windows 10
or
Windows 11
to install Contract Express Author.
You must also have .Net Framework 4.8, available from Download .NET Framework 4.8 | .NET, and Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime, available from Download Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime from Official Microsoft Download Center.
Follow the below steps to install the application:
  1. Select the
    Templates
    tab.
    Templates tab header with author add-in download options.
  2. Click on Download author add-in. This will download a file called TR CE Author MT. Once downloaded, click on the file to install the application or click Run if prompted. Below is a snip from Chrome which downloads to the Downloads folder.
    Author add-in downloaded file in the downloaded folder.
  3. When prompted with the following screen, click on Install.
    Install window.
  4. Click Close when the install is Complete.
    Add-in completed window.
  5. Open Microsoft Word. If it was already open, you must close first and then re-open. You will now see a new tab on the Microsoft Word ribbon called Contract Express. This completes the installation of Contract Express Author.