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Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.

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Office context language isn't correct

Hello! In my Outlook Add-in, I access the Office context's display language in order to localize the Add-in. It appears that the language is always returning en-US, even though I set my Outlook language to a different language (for example, Spanish). I…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2023-01-27T18:53:23.71+00:00
Alex Bloch 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Is ther a way to link directly to profile cards in M365?

I would like to be able to open up a user's profile card from an on page link. Specifically, I'd like to be able to open the Organization tab of the profile card. Is there a deep link available to do this?

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Access Development
Access Development
Access: A family of Microsoft relational database management systems designed for ease of use.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
726 questions
asked 2021-04-09T23:42:38.487+00:00
Heidi Connor (Plaster Group) 1 Reputation point
answered 2023-01-27T17:56:42.9833333+00:00
Bohn, William C 0 Reputation points
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Is there an Excel Add-in for Outlook?

I was asked to enable a function where sending an email prompts the user with an Excel entry. My searches say it's possible, but I need to enable an Excel COM Add-in in Outlook. I cannot find this Add-in. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
3,415 questions
asked 2023-01-26T16:17:25.4166667+00:00
Wilton B. Adams 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-01-27T15:50:19.7766667+00:00
Wilton B. Adams 0 Reputation points
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In a Powerpoint VSTO addin, I cannot find a way to programmatically check the right pane called "Designer" is opened or not.

In a Powerpoint VSTO addin, I cannot find a way to programmatically check the right pane called "Designer" is opened or not. Is it possible to access this pane information? Thank you.

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2023-01-27T15:37:54.06+00:00
Ana__B 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Windows defender is blocking Shell ThisWorkbook.Path & "\name.exe", vbNormalFocus

Hi Everyone, I have macro in excel that was working fine but after the new security update in windows defender I can not run it anymore and I am getting the Run-time error '5', Invalid procedure call or argument and when I debug the error, this line is…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
5,897 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
663 questions
asked 2023-01-23T16:26:08.4366667+00:00
Moti 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-01-27T10:23:04.47+00:00
Shweta Mathur 11,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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I've uninstalled Office, but why do I still have Office components in "New" when I right-click on my desktop?

I've uninstalled Office, but why do I still have Office components in "New" when I right-click on my desktop?

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
56 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,563 questions
asked 2023-01-27T08:53:36.4333333+00:00
自立 徐 0 Reputation points
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How to track if app is minimized through office-js add-in for word/excel/powerpoint ?

I am developing an OfficeJS add-in for Word, Excel and PowerPoint where I need to perform some action when the file is minimized or out of focus. Is there any OfficeJS api which can provide us related event ?

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
442 questions
asked 2023-01-27T07:06:46.7233333+00:00
Minatee Pradhan 1 Reputation point
5 answers

Need a formula

Need a formula to find a cell with text in a worksheet and copy the numeric value to the right of that cell into another worksheet

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,563 questions
asked 2023-01-05T11:20:35.53+00:00
Maurizio5 6 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-27T06:41:32.0166667+00:00
Yuki Sun-MSFT 24,311 Reputation points
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Do not open file with VBA in Excel

I have problem with open file .xlsb .xlsm in Excel (Office 365). After open file with start macros VBA code, file automatic close. In logs: Назва аварійного застосунку: EXCEL.EXE, версія: 16.0.15928.20216, позначка часу: 0x63b610f9 Назва аварійного…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
56 questions
asked 2023-01-20T20:42:33.32+00:00
TVY 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-01-27T05:48:48.05+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 21,526 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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M365 VBA Compatibility Issues with TN3270 Emulator

I am experiencing M365 VBA Compatibility Issues with TN3270 Emulator. I cannot find any documentation, so your experience on the subject is much appreciated. I have an enterprise client running legacy TN3270 Emulator. I developed an Employee Survey in…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
56 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
56 questions
asked 2023-01-26T14:05:26.6866667+00:00
Bill Spang 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-27T02:52:31.6066667+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 21,526 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

我已经卸载了Office，但是为什么我桌面右键，”新建“中仍然有Office组件？

我已经卸载了Office，但是为什么我桌面右键，”新建“中仍然有Office组件？

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,563 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
90 questions
asked 2023-01-26T13:51:57.2566667+00:00
自立 徐 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-01-27T02:50:56.3033333+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 21,526 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

OneNote graph API results lag behind current state

I am calling the OneNote Graph API to list the pages in a section. The pages returned are not in the current state of the section. The OneNote desktop application on two different computers displays the current state of the section. The Graph API is…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Graph
A Microsoft programmability model that exposes REST APIs and client libraries to access data on Microsoft 365 services.
556 questions
asked 2023-01-26T19:17:46.8366667+00:00
Mark Ward 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-27T02:20:54.5733333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 10,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Using java script api's Can you acces the styles collection in Word and get the value of property ?

I am trying to make an addin that will just print in console the value of property of specific style but I want to do it without making user select any text or doing anything i just want the program to print out maybe spacing or scaling value of font…

JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
442 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2023-01-26T14:02:34.95+00:00
Jonasz Janicki 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-27T02:18:36.5366667+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 10,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Develop Addins under Mac OS

Is there any platform that be used to develop own add-ins for office? Thanks!

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2022-04-28T13:25:19.087+00:00
sweetylucy 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-01-26T20:22:45.4933333+00:00
Glenn Bullock 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Word Web addin opens outside Word

Hi, We have three on premise application servers (Development, Test & Production) with Internet Information Services installed and we have three Web Word Add-ins, those are hosted on these servers. We have only one Web project for all three…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2021-08-11T05:54:54.337+00:00
Aftab Ahmad 1 Reputation point
answered 2023-01-26T17:34:58.9833333+00:00
husting 0 Reputation points
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Attempting to save Options always results in error message "the end date you entered occurs before the start date"

Problem is ... In Outlook, File | Options, any attempt to save by clicking the OK button (even if you have made no changes) results in the error message "the end date you entered occurs before the start date" and no changes to the Options can…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
104 questions
asked 2023-01-20T14:00:31.8433333+00:00
John M Meredith 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-26T17:04:12.5233333+00:00
Richard Hay (MSFT) 311 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

Using Shell Namespace method "GetDetailsOf" causes excel to crash

I'm using a vba script to summarize a list of data files in certain folders so I can manage those files (mark important, not important, whether I've used them in presentations, etc.). The files are created by a program called Vector CANape and are MDF…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
56 questions
asked 2023-01-25T12:42:35.5566667+00:00
Senior, Russell (R.A.) 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2023-01-26T12:16:45.4066667+00:00
Viorel 82,286 Reputation points
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Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2023-01-26T11:16:25.9066667+00:00
Holy Gu 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-01-26T11:44:17.44+00:00
Holy Gu 0 Reputation points
0 answers

Outlook plugin Python

Hi I have followed this guideline [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/quickstarts/outlook-quickstart?tabs=visualstudio and I was able to insert the code in Viusal Studio. The code was sucessfull, but I have checked in Outlook in the…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2023-01-25T10:58:02.7166667+00:00
Ewa Teklinska 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-26T11:18:45.2166667+00:00
Tianyu Sun-MSFT 12,846 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

Is there a way to add a translation language in MS word?

hello. I want to add a new language to the translation languages. It is a self-developed language. Can you add that language to your word program's translation function?

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
1,933 questions
asked 2023-01-26T07:10:51.5233333+00:00
bb.kang 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-26T09:26:27.3333333+00:00
Jiachen Li-MSFT 10,756 Reputation points Microsoft Employee