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This software package installs the latest version of Drafting Assistant.*

Current customers can install Drafting Assistant by downloading here:
Single Desktop User Install
Multiple Desktop Users Install for System Administrators

To install Drafting Assistant, verify you meet the system requirements below and then click Proceed with Download.

Complete the following steps to install Drafting Assistant software products on a single desktop using a wizard.

1. Close Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook.
2. Click the Download button below, save the installation file to your local hard drive, right click the file and select "Run as administrator."
3. If you are prompted with a Security Warning dialog box, click Run.
4. If you are prompted for a Windows user account, enter credentials for an administrator account.
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

File name: TRDT.exe
File size: 183 MB

Complete the following steps to install Drafting Assistant software products using an unattended installation of the exe. install file.

1. If desired, install prerequisite software first. The Prerequisite Software section below contains download links. If you don't install prerequisites, they are downloaded and installed automatically as needed during the Drafting Assistant installation.
2. Click the “Proceed with download” button below.
3. Run a Windows command prompt as an administrator. To access a command prompt, click Start, click Run, type cmd, and click OK.
4. Navigate to the folder where you saved the installation files (use the cd command) and then type: TRDT.exe /q /norestart
   
5. Press Enter. Dialog boxes may be displayed during installation, but none require interaction.
   

Complete the following steps to install Drafting Assistant software products using an unattended installation of the msi. install file.

The following support packages are additionally available for individual download below:

• TRDT_setup.msi
• silent_thomson_reuters_utility.vbs and silent_thomson_reuters_utility_readme.txt

Here is the order and the commands to install the above components:

The following installation parameters are supported, only one can be set at a time:

Prerequisite Software
Note: The Drafting Assistant .exe file automatically installs the following prerequisite software. To avoid a reboot during the installation process, though, you must install Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 before installing Drafting Assistant.

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 offline installer for Windows – Downloads Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
• Microsoft Office Primary Interop Assemblies – Needed for your Office version
• Office 2010
  Note: The Microsoft Office Primary Interop Assemblies for Office 2013, Office 2016 and Office 2019 are automatically installed with the product. For further information, visit microsoft.com.

• WebView2 Runtime
• Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime

Supported Operating Systems**

• Windows 10, 32-bit or 64-bit – Office 2013 (32-bit & 64-bit), Office 2016 (32-bit & 64-bit), Office 2019 (32-bit & 64-bit) Only

**Note that "Home" editions of Windows are not supported.

Windows User Account

To install and update software, you must have administrator privileges on the computer.

Supported Word Processors***

• Microsoft Word 2019, 32-bit or 64-bit
• Microsoft Word 2016, 32-bit or 64-bit

***Note these exceptions:

Office 365 subscriptions are supported in the desktop version of Microsoft Office for Windows. Online versions of Microsoft Office are not supported at this time.

Browser

Microsoft Edge

Please Note: Drafting Assistant 5.571.2038 and prior builds rely, primarily, on Internet Explorer 11 Runtime. Microsoft ended support for the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application on certain operating systems on June 15, 2022. This action will not impact the security of the Drafting Assistant application in 5.571.2038 and previous builds, as Microsoft will continue to provide security updates for the Internet Explorer 11 Runtime. Please refer to this article for details.

Hardware

• Personal computer with 1 GHz dual-core or faster processor
• At least 1 GB of RAM
• At least 2 GB of available space on the hard disk

Prerequisite Software (Installed Automatically If Needed)

• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 offline installer for Windows – Downloads Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8
• Microsoft Office Primary Interop Assemblies for your Office version
•  Office 2010
   Note: The Microsoft Office Primary Interop Assemblies for Office 2013, Office 2016 and Office 2019 are automatically installed with the product. For further information, visit microsoft.com
• Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime

*Starting with release 5.541.1023 (5.541.1023), Drafting Assistant installation consists of two parts:

1) Installation framework installed into the %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Thomson Reuters\TRIAD folder and providing core services for add-in startup and hosting product binaries
2) Product binaries installed into the%LocalAppData%\TRIAD folder and containing business logic

The version numbering scheme includes a number for the installation framework, followed by the version number for the product binaries in parentheses. The product binaries contain business logic that can be updated more often than the installation framework. Product binaries are hosted by the installation framework that precedes the product binaries version. Therefore, the product binaries version number will be the same or newer than that framework version number. Product binaries can also be updated automatically without reinstalling Drafting Assistant.