When you install an Word add-in an icon appears in the ribbon, and the user has to click on the icon in order to open the add-in
Is there a way to make an Word add-in open automatically every time Word starts up, without the need to click the button?
You can configure that in the add-in manifest with the AutoShowTaskpaneInDocument setting. There are details in the docs here: Automatically Open a Task Pane with a Document.
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I often find that sideloaded Word addins disappear when I restart Word, or open new documents. I sideload using this method: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/testing/create-a-network-shared-folder-catalog-for-task-pane-and-content-add-ins
How do I install add-ins so that they persist when Word is restarted?
For what i know, the only posibility is to use the "Automatically open a task pane with a document"
See this link for more info
I’m preparing some ‘tutorial’ videos and have probably a stupid question that I'm just overlooking the answer.
I’m following the steps on starter:
https://dev.office.com/getting-started/addins?product=word
with the option “Other Tools”
This all works fairly straight forward, ending with adding the generated AddIn to Word Online:
My question is though …. How do you get rid of the just added Show Taskpane again?
I can’t imagine it to be very hard, but I just don’t see the option anywhere in Word Online, to clean up again and remove the add-in to get a clean slate for the next video….
localStorage.clear();
sessionStorage.clear();
There is no UI for it unfortunately. You need to clear your local storage. Here is an example for IE, run it on the JavaScript console (F12 tools). Then reload the page with Ctrl + F5.
Just an update here. You can right click the add-in command and select Remove Add-in.
This capability is available for add-ins acquired from the in client Office Store or via App Source.
If an add-in is centrally deployed, in Outlook, you can configure add-ins so a user can right click and remove the add-in if they don't want it.
For people coming here from google:
If you tested your javascript add-ins locally you can remove those add-ins in MS Word by going File-Options-Trust Center-Trust Center Settings...-Trusted Add-In Catalogs and click 'Clear'.
I have an application which uses Office Word on particular click. I need to see behavior when word is not installed on my machine. Can we replicate this by doing some settings as I do not want to uninstall word.
Go to the control panel. Navigate to add or remove programs. Click on "Microsoft Office..." (version information will be in place of ellipsis). Click "Change" then when the dialog box appears for the Change process click the "Add or Remove Features" then Next then disable Microsoft Word and continue through the process. To re-enable go back through the process and enable Microsoft Word.
I recently needed to do this to test a new process on machine with MS Word and without MS Word. This way is much faster than installing or copying your test code to a different machine that does not have MS Word installed.
I want to know why does Microsoft word don't allow multiple instance of a file. Say i have opened something.doc, once it has opened then i clicked the file something.doc again it doesn't open another instance but opens the existing instance of the file. I would love to have a concrete reading material about this. Can anyone provide? thanks a lot!
Doesn't seem like an issue to me but just a settings problem as illustrated on some forumns. Try doing the below hack which if for Office 2007:
My Computer
Tools
Folder Options
File Types
Choose XLS
Go to Advanced
Uncheck "browse in same window" in advanced window.
Then highlight Open
Edit
Make sure in the Action box it says &Open
Make sure in the application used to perform action it says:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE" "%1"
Check the box next to use DDE
Remove anything that is in DDE Message box and DDE Application Not Running box.
Make sure the application box says: EXCEL
And in the Topic box it says: System
I created a Word add-in that contains ribbon tab and some code to work with SharePoint sites. All working code including ribbon definition I placed in separate library that is shared between Word, Excel and PowerPoint add-ins.
For testing my solution I use trial versions of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Office Home and Business 2010. My Word add-in installs and works fine, but every time I open Word, I see the following notification: "The function you are attempting to run contains macros or content that requires macro language support." I need to press OK button three times for my add-in to load.
Is it possible to hide that notifications without having to install "Visual Basic for Applications" feature for MS Office?
There is no such problem in Excel or PowerPoint.
I suggest you check your security level for macros. The setting is different for each office application. On the lowest setting, no prompts will be shown.
Update:
You might also want to check this out:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/168555-word-2007-continuous-macro-errors/