Which version can I install today?
The desktop version, Science Teacher Helper classic, is available now: one licence covers it, and it needs Windows desktop Word. Science Teacher Helper add-in, the Office add-in for Microsoft 365 and Word on the web, is in development and will follow - it will carry the same 889 drawings at the same version number (3.1).
| Science Teacher Helper add-in | Science Teacher Helper classic | |
|---|---|---|
| Available today | in development - not on sale yet | available now - install it today |
| How it reaches Word | Office add-in; a task pane docks on the right of the document | Word template (.dotm) in Word's STARTUP folder, with a ribbon tab and a docked toolbar |
| Platform | Word on Windows, on macOS and in the browser | Desktop Word on Windows |
| What it needs | Word on Windows, Mac or the web (Microsoft 365 or Office 2019+), and an internet connection while the pane loads | Desktop Word on Windows (2016 through Microsoft 365), with macros allowed for the template (the installer registers the folder as a Word trusted location). No internet connection needed - the library, the trial and everything else work offline |
| Working offline | The pane loads from the web the first time it opens; after that Word caches it and documents work offline. The licence key is checked on your own computer | Fully offline from the first click: the library, the trial and the licence key are all checked on the computer |
| Account | None. The 7-day trial starts the first time you open the panel | None either. The 7-day trial starts the first time you open the template |
| Licence | The one-time US$39.99 licence covers this version; the key arrives by email and is pasted into the panel | The same licence; the key is typed into the template once and checked offline |
| Updates | Automatic - the pane always loads the current build | Download the refreshed template when a new build is released |
| Best for | Most teachers, and anyone who also works in Word on the web or on a Mac | Locked-down or offline computers, shared classroom PCs, and schools that deploy by script |
The classic template: the version available today
An exam laptop with the wireless switched off, a computer suite where nobody may sign in to a Microsoft account, a machine whose Office is a perpetual licence rather than Microsoft 365 - these are the rooms the classic template was built for. The whole library travels inside the template, so the toolbar keeps working when the network does not.
- No account, no sign-in and no connection required at any point.
- A 7-day trial that starts the first time you open the template.
- Activated once with a 20-character key; the key is not tied to a machine.
- A dockable gallery with the same search box and the same names as the add-in.
- Installs into Word's STARTUP folder, or is deployed by your administrator's script.
One check before you buy: the classic template draws with macros, so this version
runs on desktop Word with macros allowed for the template - the installer registers the folder as a
Word trusted location. Where a school policy blocks macros outright, the template stays blocked from
our side, and for those rooms we keep a macro-free figure pack: the same
889 drawings as a Word catalogue, plus PNG and SVG files for slides and handouts. Ask
for it at myhama@hotmail.com. Your IT department can also
install the template silently from a share with install.ps1 -Quiet, and uninstall it the
same way.
Which one can I install today?
The classic template: it runs on desktop Word 2016 onwards, including Microsoft 365, on any Windows machine - and it works with the network switched off. If you work in Word on a Mac or in a browser, write to us and we will tell you the moment the add-in lands.
Still unsure? Write to myhama@hotmail.com with your Word version (Word shows it under File > Account) and we will tell you what to install.
Same drawings, one licence
7 days with the whole library, no card, and a 30-day refund window after that.