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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.
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Updated writeProtection logic

Hi, it looks like MS have changed how the writeProtection element (one definition found https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.wordprocessing.writeprotection?view=openxml-2.8.1) behaves in Word documents. Prior to Word 365…

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.
91 questions
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
438 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
125 questions
asked 2023-02-06T09:05:15.8266667+00:00
midget 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-28T18:54:58.3433333+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to sets the PPT background use openxml

I'm using openxml to manipulate ppt, but I don't know how to modify the ppt background, hope to get help, 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.
2,157 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.
91 questions
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Presentation Foundation
A part of the .NET Framework that provides a unified programming model for building line-of-business desktop applications on Windows.
2,270 questions
C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
7,490 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.
1,607 questions
asked 2023-02-14T08:14:32.7+00:00
qiangang 40 Reputation points
accepted 2023-02-15T02:45:37.8633333+00:00
qiangang 40 Reputation points
1 answer

Pass Authenication cookie to MS Word to open word document without MS Word authentication popup

Hello, We have a website where we list the MS Word documents and a WebDav setup and user has to login for viewing the list of documents. Users can edit the documents online in Office online and while opening the document remotely(by supplying 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.
2,157 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.
91 questions
JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
500 questions
asked 2022-02-03T15:33:05.683+00:00
Varun Arora 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-02-02T13:40:37.4866667+00:00
Wisal Ahmed 0 Reputation points
0 answers

What does acronym STTF stand for

Hi Team, I would like what acronym STTF stand for

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.
91 questions
asked 2023-01-20T07:56:44.1266667+00:00
Muraina, Kehinde 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-01-20T17:04:34.0033333+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

[MS-ONESTORE] TransactionLogFragment's nextFragment size

OneNote seems to add some implicit padding to the TransactionLogFragment. According to the [MS-ONESTORE] spec, section 2.3.3.1, the TransactionLogFragment has the following components with their respective size in bytes: list of TransactionEntries…

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.
91 questions
asked 2021-02-14T15:56:21.437+00:00
Sebastian Engel 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:34:14.94+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

ST_HINT is missing "cs" enumeration inside RNC/XSD schema files

Hi, Whilst updating the our software to use the Java library "Apache POI", we came across an issue whereby the documentation for the ECMA-376 5th Edition standard specification differs from the WML.RNC and WML.XSD files contained in Part 1…

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-05-25T01:33:09.76+00:00
Chris Lake 21 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:33:36.81+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Unlock Endpoint not being called after Iframe is closed in WOPI, when upgraded Office Online Server to version to 16.0.10338.20039.

Hi All, We have integrated Word application and editing docs using WOPI Integration in our website. I am aware of the fact that in earlier versions of WOPI, OOS, there is a known bug that Unlock endpoint does not get called after the editing session is…

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.
91 questions
asked 2021-07-02T06:18:17.617+00:00
Ajitesh Singh 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:31:26.39+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Format of drawings OneNote 2010

Hello! We would like to add processing of drawings from *.one files to our product. The current version of specification for OneNote 2010 format(MS-ONE) doesn't describe drawings at all. We have identified manually that nodes with JCIDs below are…

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.
91 questions
OneNote Management
OneNote Management
OneNote: A family of Microsoft products that enable users to capture, organize, and reuse notes electronically.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
134 questions
asked 2021-06-18T12:42:00.65+00:00
AlexeiSo 81 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:30:49.65+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Add-ins missing from Insert Ribbon for WOPI

In the WOPI delivered UI it appears that the 'Add-ins' option has been removed from the Insert Ribbon - where it used to be there and looked much the same as the Insert Ribbon you would get when using office online/365. …

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.
91 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.
2,157 questions
asked 2021-07-20T05:47:48.693+00:00
Kevin Jansz 11 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:29:45.7733333+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

GetInboxRules API updated ?

Hi, I am configuring Zimbra mailbox to Microsoft outlook client latest version. I am able to see few exceptions like -->>>>> 2020-08-06 13:58:19,179 WARN [qtp1143371233-141:https://xxxxxxxxxxx/ews/Exchange.asmx] []…

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-01-11T11:40:47.097+00:00
Indraneel Patil 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:28:18.8633333+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Unexpected OutlineGroup element

Hello! I have a file in OneNote Online format. This file has unexpected structure: there is a table cell with OutlineGroup node as a child. But [MS-ONE], 2.2.55 ElementChildNodesOfTableCell states that this situation can't happen: only…

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.
91 questions
asked 2021-12-07T13:21:57.107+00:00
AlexeiSo 81 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:27:03.08+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to identify chapter numbers in Word without needing Table of Contents using openXML SDK

I am currently trying to read headings from a Word document and categorize them with header numbers using the openXML SDK. The problem is that I can't figure out a good solution for retrieving header numbers. Example document The picture…

C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
7,490 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.
91 questions
asked 2022-07-07T13:47:31.857+00:00
Oscar Vagle 21 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:26:08.7666667+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

ActiveX.bin file

I want to read the activeX.bin file that is created by inserting a activeX checkbox in the Word application. I want to read its caption, state, and other properties that the user set? How can I do this? Can someone suggest the way forward? Either I use…

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.
2,157 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.
91 questions
C++
C++
A high-level, general-purpose programming language, created as an extension of the C programming language, that has object-oriented, generic, and functional features in addition to facilities for low-level memory manipulation.
2,741 questions
asked 2022-07-13T11:12:26.63+00:00
salman jeelani 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:25:14.2933333+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How is Word choosing which header to display?

This section in my document has multiple options for header. Based on these options I would expect the header on page 2 of the document to either use rId17 (first page of the section?) or rId13 (page 2 is even). The titlePg node makes me think it should…

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-06-09T16:53:37.337+00:00
Kyle Rosenberg 171 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-01-12T21:23:48.19+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Why CellReference is null?

I created Excel file with some data. Why the CellReference is null while CellValue is something inputed? I expect the CellReference is automatically created when Cell is created, right? thanks!

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-12-05T10:32:44.863+00:00
Tiger Chen 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-12-06T23:31:25.55+00:00
Tiger Chen 1 Reputation point
6 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

obectjViewport viewportSz in microsoft ML

Hello, I have been trying to programmatically write 3D GLB objects in PowerPoint using C++. I have figured out all the camera settings and options, but the only thing I need to calculate is the objViewport Sz. Here is the link of the element and its…

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-11-29T15:11:49.113+00:00
jad maqdah 21 Reputation points
commented 2022-12-05T19:13:58.527+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

WOPI billing policy

Hi, We are planning to integrate our product (Cloud Storage Service) with 'Office for the web' and 'O365 for Mobile integration' using WOPI protocol. I found documents about CSSP program and WOPI protocol details but I'd like to know about…

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.
91 questions
Microsoft Office Online Server
Microsoft Office Online Server
Microsoft on-premises server product that runs Office Online. Previously known as Office Web Apps Server.
398 questions
asked 2022-12-01T08:43:56.603+00:00
Prod3 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-12-02T08:09:54.823+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 23,531 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Where is the Normal Style Font defined in an XLSX file when file uses multiple fonts

Hi, I am working on a project that needs to extract data from the internal xml files stored within an xlsx file. The part I am currently working on involves trying to extract the xlsx files "Normal font" information. As I understand it,…

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-11-30T14:18:56.97+00:00
Chazg 21 Reputation points
accepted 2022-12-01T10:04:26.527+00:00
Chazg 21 Reputation points
0 answers

Deugging some broken SpreadsheetML using pivotTables

We have a small library that builds SpreadsheetML documents without the use of the Office related libraries (originally to allow porting). I have been trying to add PivotTable/PivotCache support without luck, all of my attempts result in Excel reporting…

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-10-05T14:33:06.35+00:00
Maury Markowitz 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-11-03T20:21:44.613+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,056 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

How to calculate context hash in CT_TextCharRangeContext elements?

Dear MS Support! We are consuming and modifying pptx files in a native manner and we stumbled upon an issue when modifying contents around modern comments. According to the schema file describing the location of modern comments…

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.
91 questions
asked 2022-10-05T11:09:11.293+00:00
Sándor Kolumbán 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-10-05T15:11:20.69+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 896 Reputation points Microsoft Employee