Is the WordAPI 1.4 deprecated? When is it available?

Bill King 1 Reputation point
2022-11-30T06:50:37.48+00:00

I am developing and Add-in for Word, I was developing on a Mac and was able to get the 1.4 requirement set. ie : 

Office.context.requirements.isSetSupported("WordApi", "1.4")

returned true.

I have just bought a brand new Surface Laptop 4 and now I can only get 

Office.context.requirements.isSetSupported("WordApi", "1.3")

to return true. Is this expected, it seems very counter intuitive to remove features.

Are there any rules as to which feature sets are available in which versions of Office? The javascipt API feature set is quite small as it is without being restricted even further. Do I need to upgrade my Office 365?

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  1. David Chesnut 81 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2022-12-01T17:54:38.033+00:00

    Hi @Bill King ,

    The 1.4 API isn't available on some older versions of Office. You can see the complete details of all platform options and versions here Office client application and platform availability for Office Add-ins. For example, in that list, "Office 2021 on Windows
    (volume-licensed perpetual)" does not have the 1.4 API.

    Hope this helps,
    David

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