How to run Trados 2007 with Word 2010

Supposedly, Trados 2007 (the last "classic" version of Trados) does not work with Word 2010: since Office 2010 was released after Trados 2007, Trados does not detect the new version of Office.

SDL, however, provides a workaround. I have tested the fix with Word 2010 on a Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate machine, and it does work, as you can see from this screenshot.

The workaround is neither guaranteed nor supported (as the SDL article makes clear). But since it seems to work, it might extend Trados "classic" usefulness on newer machines.

For detailed instructions, see the following instructions (suggested by SDL's original article: "SDL Trados 2007 Suite toolbar compatibility with Microsoft Office 2010", article # 3359):

To use Trados 2007 toolbar with Microsoft Office 2010, hook up Word 2010 with SDL Trados Translator's Workbench 2007, as follows:

1. Make sure that Trados, MultiTerm and Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, etc.).
   are not running
2. Find the file Trados8.dotm in the folder C:\Program Files\SDL International\T2007\TT\Templates.
3. Copy Trados8.dotm into the following folder:
• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup\
• Windows Vista or Windows 7: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\Startup\
• If the folder already contains a Trados8.dotm file, overwrite it
4. Find the file MultiTerm8.dotm in the folder C:\Program Files\SDL\SDL Multiterm\Multiterm8\Templates\.
5. Copy MultiTerm8.dotm into the following folder:
• Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\[USERNAME]\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\Startup\
• Windows Vista or Windows 7: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\Startup\
• If the folder already contains a MultiTerm8.dotm file, overwrite it. 

Start Microsoft Word 2010. You should now see, and be able to use, Trados's Workbench or MultiTerm from Microsoft Word 2010.

Update

I've updated this post, adding the above detailed instructions, since the link to SDL's article was not working properly.