ChemDraw temporary label for chemnum LaTeX

Question

Currently I'm searching for a nice way to implement my ChemDraw graphics into $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$.

There is a package called chemnum which will auto-label the compounds in the eps-graphic which sounds nice. The package describes, that I need to put "temporary markers" inside the document where the number should be.

How do I get these markers? I guess it is not a normal text area, isn't it? I'm using ChemDraw 16.0.1.4.

It's better to ask $\mathrm{\LaTeX}$-related questions on TeX.SE. There is already a plethora of similar questions there, check them out – probably you'll find an answer. — andselisk, Dec 17 '18 at 23:35
This is not about LateX. It is about chemdraw. Thats why the question is in here but I will check out the Questions in the Tex.Stackexchange — Inselino, Dec 17 '18 at 23:43
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's software issue. — Mithoron, Dec 18 '18 at 00:15
Just put tmp1 etc below the compounds you want to label, then let the latex macro replace those with the actual numbers from the aux-files. This requires at least two runs, and you are limited to using epslatex. There are certain drawbacks to this. — Martin - マーチン, Dec 18 '18 at 10:16

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 18 '18 at 02:05

The ChemNum package documentation that can be found on CTAN specifies:

Create the scheme and place temporary tags like TMP1, TMP2 and so on where you want the compound labels to be.

A question on TeX.SX specifies:

When you create a text box and type into it, it will store it as a string correctly in the EPS. However, it was (sometimes) automatically putting it into chemical formula mode - so that in TMP1, the 1 was subscript (TMP₁). Even if you fix this manually, it now saves the TMP and 1 separately in the EPS, meaning CHemNum fails to find TMP1.

Thus, it seems all you need to do is create textboxes with the appropriate labels.

And for creating textboxes with the appropriate labels in ChemDraw see also this question: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/45055/7951 — , Dec 18 '18 at 18:31

ChemDraw temporary label for chemnum LaTeX

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