Office Add-ins code samples are provided in this repo to help you learn, study, and build great Office Add-ins!
The following samples show how to build the simplest Office Add-in with only a manifest, HTML web page, and a logo. They will help you understand the fundamental parts of an Office Add-in. For additional getting started information, see our quick starts and tutorials.
- Excel "Hello world" add-in
- Outlook "Hello world" add-in
- PowerPoint "Hello world" add-in
- Word "Hello world" add-in
The following samples are the completed versions of various tutorials for Office Add-ins.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Excel Tutorial - Completed | This sample is the completed version of the Tutorial: Create an Excel task pane add-in that shows how to create an Excel add-in with a task pane and command ribbon buttons. The add-in shows how to create and sort a table, make a chart, freeze a row, protect a worksheet, and display a dialog box. |
| Outlook Tutorial - Completed | This sample is the completed version of the Tutorial: Build a message compose Outlook add-in that shows how to build an Outlook add-in that can be used in message compose mode to insert content into the body of a message. The add-in shows how to collect information from the user, fetch data from an external service, implement a function command, implement a task pane, and display a dialog box. |
| PowerPoint Tutorial (Visual Studio) - Completed | This sample is the completed version of the Tutorial: Create a PowerPoint task pane add-in that shows how to create a PowerPoint add-in with a task pane. The add-in shows how to add the Bing photo of the day to a slide, add text to a slide, get slide metadata, and navigate between slides. |
| PowerPoint Tutorial (yo office) - Completed | This sample is the completed version of the Tutorial: Create a PowerPoint task pane add-in that shows how to create a PowerPoint add-in with a task pane. The add-in shows how to add an image to a slide, add text to a slide, get slide metadata, and navigate between slides. |
| Word Tutorial - Completed | This sample is the completed version of the Tutorial: Create a Word task pane add-in that shows how to create a Word add-in with a task pane. The add-in shows how to insert and replace text ranges, paragraphs, images, HTML, tables, and content controls. The add-in also shows how to format text and how to manage content in content controls. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Create a Blazor WebAssembly Excel add-in | Uses .NET Blazor technologies to build an Excel add-in. |
| Create a Blazor WebAssembly Word add-in | Uses .NET Blazor technologies to build a Word add-in. |
| Create a Blazor WebAssembly Outlook add-in | Uses .NET Blazor technologies to build an Outlook add-in. |
All of the following samples show how to access and work with a user's Microsoft Graph data using the Microsoft identity platform.
| Host | Auth approach | Platform | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Outlook add-in | SSO | ASP.NET server | Use SSO in an Outlook Add-in with ASP.NET |
| Outlook add-in | SSO | Node.js server | Use SSO with event-based activation in an Outlook add-in |
| Office Add-in | SSO | ASP.NET server | Use SSO in an Office Add-in with ASP.NET |
| Excel add-in | SSO | Node.js server | Use SSO in an Office Add-in with Node.js |
| Excel add-in | MSAL | React SPA | Use MSAL.js for auth and Microsoft Graph in an Excel add-in |
| Excel add-in | MSAL | ASP.NET server | Use MSAL.NET for auth and Microsoft Graph in an Excel add-in |
| Outlook add-in | MSAL | ASP.NET server | Use MSAL.NET for auth and Microsoft Graph in an Outlook add-in |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Save custom settings in your Office Add-in | Shows how to save custom settings inside an Office Add-in. The add-in stores data as key/value pairs, using the JavaScript API for Office property bag, browser cookies, web storage (localStorage and sessionStorage), or by storing the data in a hidden div in the document. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Encrypt attachments, process meeting request attendees, and react to appointment date/time changes using Outlook event-based activation | Shows how to use event-based activation to encrypt attachments when added by the user. Also shows event handling for recipients changed in a meeting request, and changes to the start or end date or time in a meeting request. |
| Identify and tag external recipients using Outlook event-based activation | Uses event-based activation to run an Outlook add-in when the user changes recipients while composing a message. The add-in also uses the appendOnSendAsync API to add a disclaimer. |
| Set your signature using Outlook event-based activation | Uses event-based activation to run an Outlook add-in when the user creates a new message or appointment. |
| Verify the color categories of a message or appointment before it's sent using Smart Alerts | Uses Outlook Smart Alerts to verify that required color categories are applied to a new message or appointment before it's sent. |
| Verify the sensitivity label of a message | Uses the sensitivity label API in an event-based add-in to verify and apply the Highly Confidential sensitivity label to applicable outgoing messages. |
| Report spam or phishing emails in Outlook (preview) | Builds an integrated spam-reporting add-in that's displayed in a prominent spot on the Outlook ribbon. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Data types explorer | Builds an Excel add-in that allows you to create and explore data types in your workbooks. Data types enable add-in developers to organize complex data structures as objects, such as formatted number values, web images, and entity values. |
| Open in Teams | Creates a new Excel spreadsheet in Microsoft Teams containing data you define. |
| Insert an external Excel file and populate it with JSON data | Insert an existing template from an external Excel file into the currently open Excel file. Then retrieve data from a JSON web service and populate the template for the customer. |
| Create custom contextual tabs on the ribbon | This sample shows how to create a custom contextual tab on the ribbon in the Office UI. The sample creates a table, and when the user moves the focus inside the table, the custom tab is displayed. When the user moves outside the table, the custom tab is hidden. |
| Use keyboard shortcuts for Office add-in actions | Shows how to set up a basic Excel add-in project that utilizes keyboard shortcuts. |
| Custom function sample using web worker | Shows how to use web workers in custom functions to prevent blocking the UI of your Office Add-in. |
| Use storage techniques to access data from an Office Add-in when offline | Demonstrates how you can implement localStorage to enable limited functionality for your Office Add-in when a user experiences lost connection. |
| Custom function batching pattern | Batch multiple calls into a single call to reduce the number of network calls to a remote service. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Get, edit, and set OOXML content in a Word document with a Word add-in | Shows how to get, edit, and set OOXML content in a Word document. |
| Import a Word document template with a Word add-in | Shows how to import templates in a Word document. |
| Load and write Open XML in your Word add-in | Shows how to add a variety of rich content types to a Word document using the setSelectedDataAsync method with ooxml coercion type. |
| Manage citations with your Word add-in | Shows how to manage citations in a Word document. |
Check out these samples if you want to take advantage of the shared runtime for your Office Add-in.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Share global data with a shared runtime | Shows how to set up a basic project that uses the shared runtime to run code for ribbon buttons, task pane, and custom functions in a single browser runtime. |
| Manage ribbon and task pane UI, and run code on doc open | Shows how to create contextual ribbon buttons that are enabled based on the state of your add-in. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Use a shared library to migrate your Visual Studio Tools for Office add-in to an Office web add-in | Provides a strategy for code reuse when migrating from VSTO Add-ins to Office Add-ins. |
| Integrate an Azure function with your Excel custom function | Learn how to integrate Azure functions with custom functions to move to the cloud or integrate additional services. |
| Dynamic DPI code samples | A collection of samples for handling DPI changes in COM, VSTO, and Office Add-ins. |
To learn more about Office Add-ins, see the Office Add-ins documentation.
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