The Clerk for Microsoft Word: pilot installer for Windows
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This adds The Clerk to Word on Windows, for your own Windows account.
It needs no administrator rights and no other software.

You need: Microsoft Word on Windows (Microsoft 365, or Office 2016 or
later), and the access code from your pilot invitation.

1. Extract the zip.
   Right-click The-Clerk-Pilot-Windows.zip, choose Extract All, then click
   Extract. A folder opens with this file, Install The Clerk.cmd,
   Remove The Clerk.cmd and manifest.hosted.xml. Keep them together:
   the installer does not work from inside the zip.

2. Close Word.
   Close every Word window. (If you forget, the installer reminds you.)

3. Run the installer.
   Double-click Install The Clerk.cmd. A black window opens and says what
   it is doing.

   Windows may warn you first, because the installer is not signed:

   - A blue window "Windows protected your PC", saying "Microsoft Defender
     SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this
     app might put your PC at risk."
     Click "More info", then click "Run anyway".

   - Or a window "Open File - Security Warning", saying "The publisher
     could not be verified. Are you sure you want to run this software?"
     Click "Run".

   When the window says Done, press any key to close it.

4. Open Word.
   On the Home tab, click "The Clerk (hosted)". The Clerk opens beside your
   document.

5. Enter your access code.
   Open The Clerk: it asks for your access code first. Enter the code from
   your pilot invitation and click Open The Clerk.

To remove The Clerk: close Word, then double-click Remove The Clerk.cmd.

What the installer changes: it copies manifest.hosted.xml to the folder
%LOCALAPPDATA%\TheClerk and adds one entry, named after The Clerk's
add-in Id, under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\WEF\Developer.
Word reads that entry when it starts. The Clerk itself runs from
https://empiricquest.com. Remove The Clerk.cmd undoes both changes.

Questions: info@empiricquest.com
