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From YouTube: Microsoft Word Extensibility Update – September 2022
Description
In this 8-minute Developer-focused demo, Yun Wang reviews four topics in this update. UI demos and use scenarios are delivered for the first two topics. 1) Embed an Add-in into a Word document (using Open in Word Pattern), 2) shared runtime support, 3) structured document survey result, and 4) Word panel (user research community focus group) introduction. This PnP Community demo is taken from the Office Add-ins community call – September 2022, recorded on September 14, 2022.
Demo Presenter
• Yun Wang, Principal Product Manager (Microsoft)
Supporting documents
• Sample - Web application that uses Open XML SDK to configure Office documents to automatically open a specified add-in
• Documentation - Configure your Office Add-in to use a shared runtime
• Survey - Structured document content usage in Word add-ins | aka.ms/WordAPI
• Feedback - Improve Word add-ins
Learn more
• Microsoft 365 Unified Sample gallery - https://aka.ms/m365/samples
• Microsoft 365 Platform Community in YouTube - https://aka.ms/m365/videos
• Microsoft 365 Platform Community - http://aka.ms/m365/community
A
A
I
have
four
topics
for
today.
Let's
start
with
the
embed
add-in
into
Word
document.
Unless
the
community
call,
our
colleague
introduced
a
pattern
to
open
file
in
Excel.
So
after
that
Community
call,
we
got
a
lot
of
feedbacks
asking
for
the
similar
capability
for
word
so
today,
I
will
introduce
this
to
you.
Let's
recap
for
how
a
user
goes
to
install
and
open
up
and
add
in
so
traditional
way
or
common
way.
A
Is
that
the
user
goes
to
the
store
office
store
and
try
to
find
the
add-in
do
the
installation
and
after
they
install
the
user,
switch
to
the
ribbon
button
or
click
click
on
some
buttons
and
then
launch
the
add-in.
So
you
can
see
that
there
is
long
pass
for
a
user
to
actually
start
to
install
and
use
the
add-in.
However,
another
pattern
here
is
that
we
we
have
a
existing
technology
to
allow
the
user
to
open
the
add-in
directly
when
the
document
is
opened.
A
So
this
is
the
simple
pass.
So
this
technology
actually
bring
you
the
capability
that
open
the
document
and
then
the
add-in
will
be
Auto
launched
so
from
the
video
here
you
could
see
that
you
know
once
the
user
open
up
a
specific
document,
the
the
task
pane
of
a
script
lab
has
been
opened
and
launched
automatically.
If
the
user
doesn't
install
the
add-in
before
then
actually
the
add-in
will.
A
The
word
document
will
ask
the
user
to
install
the
add-in
first
or
trust
the
add-in
first,
and
also
you
can
share
the
link
into
your
OneDrive
or
you
can
upload
the
document
into
your
OneDrive
or
any
online
spaces
you
have
and
to
to
share
the
link
of
the
document
to
anyone
else,
and
this
capability
is
also
enabled
and
available
for
the
users.
So
once
the
user
gets
the
shared
link
somewhere
and
you
also
can
open
up
the
document
from
the
word
online
and
this
capability
is
also
available
over
there.
A
So
there
are
a
couple
of
use
cases
here.
For
example,
I
talked
to
several
template
vendors,
who
provide
the
word
template
to
the
users,
and
one
of
the
problem
they
met
was
they
want
to
keep
connected
after
the
user,
downloaded
their
document
or
their
templates.
So
the
current
problem
is
that
if
the
user
shared
the
downloaded
document
or
template
to
others,
the
other
users
will
no
longer
know.
A
So
this
is
the
first
one
I
want
to
talk
about.
Second,
one
is
the
shared
runtime
support.
So
shared
runtime
support
is
available
there
for
a
while
for
Excel
and
in
July.
We
bring
this
capability
to
word
and
for
share
runtime.
You
could
share
the
variables
or
maintain
connections
to
your
systems
or
do
anything
that
you
can
share
between
different
components
of
your
add-in.
So
from
the
video
example
here,
you
could
see
that
we
just
simply
do
a
counter
at
the
right
bottom
there.
A
So
I
keep
open
up
and
close
the
task
pane
of
this
sample
add-in
and
all
the
numbers
will
be
added,
which
means
that
underneath
there
is
the
shared
variable
over
there,
so
that
we
can
log
for
the
all
the
open
up
times
of
the
task
pane.
There
are
also
a
couple
of
use
cases
here,
for
example,
many
of
the
partners
they
want
to
to
run
some
code.
A
You
know
automatically
when
the
document
is
opened,
so
this
runtime
is
perfectly
for
that
and
also
there
are
a
couple
of
other
things
you
could
do
and
you
can
find
the
more
details
from
the
link
below
and
another
thing
is,
the
structure.
The
document
survey
result
last
time,
David
shared
a
words
away
for
the
structure,
the
documentation.
So
this
is
the
just
the
FYI
information,
so
we
have
several
customer
feedback
over
there,
and
here
are
some
of
the
important
results
that
I
would
like
to
share
with
you.
A
So
these
results
will
also
guide
us
for
the
future
development
Direction
and
also
the
prioritization
as
well.
So
we
focused
on
the
content,
control
and
field.
So
the
first
question
we
asked
is
whether
you
have
ever
used
the
content
control
fields.
We
have
many
customers
that
are
leveraging
these
two
technologies
and
for
Content
control.
We
are
asking
you
know
what
type
of
the
content
controls
are.
The
users
using
so
rich
text.
No
doubt
is
the
number
one
and
plain
text
number
two
and
checkbox.
A
Also
number
two
I
did
didn't
put
other
votes
here:
I
just
select
the
top
ones.
That
I
think
are
important
because
from
our
priority,
maybe
these
are
something
we
will
consider.
First
for
the
future
development
and
also
for
Fields,
the
add-in
type
of
the
fields
is,
and
the
hyperlink
are
the
most
voted
Fields
over
there
and
also
we
have
date
for
Content
control
events.
A
Many
partners
are
waiting
for
the
existing
apis
to
be
graduated
from
preview
and
we
are
working
on
that
and
there
are
also
a
couple
of
others
listed
there,
but
these
five
hunting
control
events
are
the
top
ones.
So
the
survey
is
still
open.
You
can
still
access
to
this
survey
and
provide
your
feedback.
If
you
want
to
share
your
background
and
how
you
use
these
results,
and
last
one
is
a
update
for
information
sharing.
So
we
have.
A
We
had
created
a
word
panel
in
Microsoft
user
research,
thanks
David
for
that,
but
it
is
over
there
for
several
months
and
we
really
have
a
couple
of
Partners
there.
The
benefit
that
you
register
in
this
panel
is
that
we
periodically
share
information
through
that
channel,
so
we
decide
to
share
more
latest
updates
of
word
apis
through
the
channel
and
we
also
will
do
some
Dynamic
schedule,
scheduling
of
meetings
and
interviews
with
partners
and
also
the
case
studies
through
that
channel.