Prerequisites for Installing Contract Tools

On all computers, Contract Tools requires Windows 7 or later, Word 2007 or later, and Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime.

On computers with Windows 7 and 8.1, Contract Tools requires .NET Framework with a version between 4.5.2 and 4.8. On computers with Word 2007, Contract Tools also requires .NET Framework 3.5.

To download an installer for this	Visit
Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime	https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=105522
.NET Framework 4.5.2	https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42643
.NET Framework 3.5	https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21

By default, when you install Contract Tools (see Installing Contract Tools), you also install Contract Tools’ prerequisites, so you shouldn’t need to download the installers listed above. To troubleshoot problems with installing Contract Tools’ prerequisites, see Contract Tools Setup Won’t Download Prerequisites.

Activating and beginning a trial of Contract Tools require real hardware, not a virtual machine; see Using Contract Tools on a Virtual Machine to learn more.